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RandySF

(58,835 posts) Wed Jun 17, 2015, 01:24 AM Jun 2015

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Berkeley apartment balconies had been red-tagged and deemed unsafe before accident.

According to reports, all the balconies in the complex were red-tagged and deemed unsafe before the accident. The Library Gardens apartments, located in downtown Berkeley, are surrounded by museums, restaurants, coffee shops and chain stores and is just blocks from the University of California, Berkeley.

http://wivb.com/2015/06/16/5-dead-8-injured-after-california-balcony-collapse/

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Berkeley apartment balconies had been red-tagged and deemed unsafe before accident. (Original Post) RandySF Jun 2015 OP

Red tagged should mean the entry to the balconies inaccessible. Kalidurga Jun 2015 #1

Guess noone told the foreigners malaise Jun 2015 #2

They looked decorative rather than functional... Historic NY Jun 2015 #3

That's not accurate. Some balconies were red-tagged AFTER the accident. DesMoinesDem Jun 2015 #4

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)

1. Red tagged should mean the entry to the balconies inaccessible.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 03:16 AM

Jun 2015

It's obviously not enough to just put a tag on a balcony, they can be removed, missed, or laughed at.

malaise

(269,003 posts)

2. Guess noone told the foreigners

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 05:59 AM

Jun 2015

Expect law suits

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)

3. They looked decorative rather than functional...

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 08:05 AM

Jun 2015

they shouldn't have had french doors that opened.

DesMoinesDem

(1,569 posts)

4. That's not accurate. Some balconies were red-tagged AFTER the accident.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 09:55 AM

Jun 2015

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