Liveinadive wrote:An estimated 600 tower blocks could have similar cladding to Grenfell. 600!
Liveinadive wrote:My suspicion early on was that the material passed regulations. The fact it seems to have been used widely across the UK and passed 16 inspections at Grenfell seem to add strength to this. Everyone is reading from the same sheet but the sheet is dangerously wrong.
Diluted Dante wrote:It's about 2 miles away I think.Vela wrote:What sort of conditions would the affordable housing be like? I assume they wouldn't be as particularly expensively furnished but should have all the necessities yeah? Parking? What about employment? Is it that far from their old homes and is there much in the way of employment or unemployment in that part of the city? Is it going to be good or bad for them to move there, irrespective of the posh knobs upstairs?
hunk wrote:Heh, told you this would be bigger than just Grenfell.
Liveinadive wrote:It is strange that we have had interviews with the Chancellor on the subject but I am yet to see anything from a Proffesional, be it an inspector or someone from a third party refurb company. When a plane crashes there are a handful of experts that regularly show up on the news. Aircrash investigators, engineers etc.
legaldinho wrote:Jacob Rees Mogg: time to tear down all the high rise towers. Surveys show ppl don't wanna live in them.
Vela wrote:install sprinklers etc.
Liveinadive wrote:Latest is 27 blocks have failed safety tests. 4 towers in Camden have already been evacuated. Those 4 towers made up 700 homes. Assuming all the Camden towers are average size and that other blocks will need evacuating that could be 5000 homes total. Average 2.5 people per home (minimum) means 15,000 people to temporarily home.
hunk wrote:Some elementary reasoning here with some general assumptions: assuming there's about 8 appartments with an average of 3 residents spread over 24 floors that's approximately 8×3×24=576 residents. Not far off from her estimate. I may be wrong but a building that size? If you take an average of 2 people per appartment: 8×2×24=384. Quite a bit lower and closer to my initial estimate of 350 residents. So current official figures courtesy of the Guardian: 30 dead 70 missing 24 wounded 124 total That's a lot of missing people.
"I expect this will go for a lot more (and I hope it does), but here goes: £1500.
If this is still the leading bid on Tuesday, I’d like to call the character Nur Huda el-Wahabi.
The real Nur Huda was an ex-pupil of mine who lived in Grenfell Tower and didn’t make it out of the building that night. A life that was so full of promise has been cut short in the most terrible way. As well as raising some money, this would mean her name would live on. Plus Nur Huda is a pretty cool name for a character.
Please outbid me by lots though- it’s an important cause."
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