samedi, avril 12, 2003
mercredi, avril 09, 2003
UN BRIN D'HISTOIREDocument de presse-oct 1983 fourni par Arnold Frankle
Rooflessdwellingsdrenched
By KEITH C. EPSTEIN
Herald Staff Writer
When roof work began Monday morning, residents of the Lauderhill condominium were hopeful. The work, they were told, would mean fewer leaky ceilings.
By Monday night, they needed more than the customary collection of tin pails to stop a deluge that had transformed their condominiums into aquariums.
Fire fighters turned out in force, only this time, they were pumping water out of a building.
A cloudburst at 4 p.m. opened large holes in the ceilings of nine apartments in the three-floor Camelot Hall, a 33-unit building at the Lauderhill East condominiums, 4301 NW 16th St.
The sudden storm unleashing a torrent into kitchens and living rooms, ruining furniture and soaking carpets.
The center third of the roof was missing when the clouds unexpectedly burst, sheriff's deputies said.
A layer of gravel and cement had been removed by Gable Roofing Co. employes, leaving nothing but half-inch-thick sheets of plywood and tarpaper between residents' rooms and the skies. Pieces of false ceiling littered the hallways.
"We never expected it to rain like that/* roofer John White said. "It's just a chance you take.
We lost the gamble."
Although several residents were visibly shaken and one unidentified couple needed to be carried away on stretchers, police said no one was injured.
Sheriff's deputies said 17 residents were forced out of their apartments. Many of them moved in with relatives or friends for the night. Several residents preferred to watch as the Lauderhill Fire Department
fought the three-story waterfall with pumps.
"We knew it was threatening weather, but we never expected this," said Irving Domue, whose role as president of Camelot Hall didn't save his apartment from inundation.
"The heavens just opened up fast. And when the heavens open up, there's nothing you can do."
"The skies just opened up," agreed condo manager Bernard Spiro
Deputy Vincent Rubino sak the downpour was "like a hum cane with heavy winds an( less than 100-foot visibility
Joseph DeMello's third-floor condo was among the hardest hit. Fortunately , he said, he was in a doctor's examination room at the time.
"I found out my blood pressure was fine^" he said. "Until ] got back here, anyway
Rooflessdwellingsdrenched
By KEITH C. EPSTEIN
Herald Staff Writer
When roof work began Monday morning, residents of the Lauderhill condominium were hopeful. The work, they were told, would mean fewer leaky ceilings.
By Monday night, they needed more than the customary collection of tin pails to stop a deluge that had transformed their condominiums into aquariums.
Fire fighters turned out in force, only this time, they were pumping water out of a building.
A cloudburst at 4 p.m. opened large holes in the ceilings of nine apartments in the three-floor Camelot Hall, a 33-unit building at the Lauderhill East condominiums, 4301 NW 16th St.
The sudden storm unleashing a torrent into kitchens and living rooms, ruining furniture and soaking carpets.
The center third of the roof was missing when the clouds unexpectedly burst, sheriff's deputies said.
A layer of gravel and cement had been removed by Gable Roofing Co. employes, leaving nothing but half-inch-thick sheets of plywood and tarpaper between residents' rooms and the skies. Pieces of false ceiling littered the hallways.
"We never expected it to rain like that/* roofer John White said. "It's just a chance you take.
We lost the gamble."
Although several residents were visibly shaken and one unidentified couple needed to be carried away on stretchers, police said no one was injured.
Sheriff's deputies said 17 residents were forced out of their apartments. Many of them moved in with relatives or friends for the night. Several residents preferred to watch as the Lauderhill Fire Department
fought the three-story waterfall with pumps.
"We knew it was threatening weather, but we never expected this," said Irving Domue, whose role as president of Camelot Hall didn't save his apartment from inundation.
"The heavens just opened up fast. And when the heavens open up, there's nothing you can do."
"The skies just opened up," agreed condo manager Bernard Spiro
Deputy Vincent Rubino sak the downpour was "like a hum cane with heavy winds an( less than 100-foot visibility
Joseph DeMello's third-floor condo was among the hardest hit. Fortunately , he said, he was in a doctor's examination room at the time.
"I found out my blood pressure was fine^" he said. "Until ] got back here, anyway