Twelve people were hurt – at least ten of whom were hospitalized – when a deck collapsed Friday afternoon at the Sea View Inn on Pawleys Island, S.C.
The incident occurred at around 6:15 p.m. EDT as occupants of the hotel congregated outside to admire a majestic rainbow that appeared over the ocean following a passing thunderstorm.
“I’m not sure if the nails were rusted or the wood was weak but it just gave way,” one witness told FITS founding editor Will Folks, who was vacationing with his family a block away from the Inn.
Pawleys Island police chief Mike Fanning broke the news via social media.
“We have had a major deck collapse at the Sea View Inn,” Fanning tweeted.
The incident occurred just hours after the hotel – built in 1937 – trumpeted its status as one of the most romantic wedding destinations in South Carolina, according to a tourism puff piece appearing in Friday’ morning’s editions of USA Today.
The story referred to the hotel as “a rustic but sweet 20-room inn on the beach.”
A little too rustic apparently …
Emergency vehicles – ten ambulances, six fire trucks and assorted police cars – descended upon the Inn in the wake of the deck collapse, shutting down traffic on Myrtle Avenue in both directions.
Here are some pictures from the aftermath of the deck collapse …
Here’s the deck itself …
And here’s a picture of the rainbow everyone was looking at when the deck gave way …
Details regarding the nature of the injuries were not immediately available, although witnesses told FITS many of those hospitalized had broken bones.
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Quote yourself in the third person? Well, nice. Henry Price would be horrified.
Structural engineer Sic Willie has performed a forensic evaluation of the deck and determined the cause(s) of the failure. He has moved on from automotive/electrical engineering and aeronautical engineering. Is he aware of the laws governing the practice of engineering in SC and other states?
SIC willie couldn’t understand a remedial class in statics, much less dynamics.
Statics Dynamics is the name of the girl I’m taking sailing — she promised me a really great weekend and one I would never forget.
Here’s hoping you get blown offshore, Cap’n.
*Raises Bloody Mary to toast.*
Sailing offshore can be fun and adventurous. My Cousin Louise went on a chartered deep-sea fishing trip several weeks ago with five guys. When I asked her about it she told me she caught a 185 fish. “No shit!” I exclaimed. “It’s true,” she replied. “We’re getting married in July!”
I thought you were going to say that she went deep-sea fishing with five guys and came back with a big red snapper.
Hah — good one! I’ll save it
edited: — Here’s hoping you get blown ‘of course’, Cap’n.
“of course”
*chuckles*
“Structural engineer Sic Willie has performed a forensic evaluation of the deck and determined the cause(s) of the failure”
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>>> and GrandTango will be his next project
Same thing happened to a beach house across the street from ours. Twenty people on a deck built to hold ten, the deck had been improperly rebuilt ten years ago. All of the fasteners were rusted through, not a bolt our a screw in the lot. Nine went to the hospital and the owner went to court, the relator’s office and then the poor house. Sea air and salt spray will eat anything, dumb installation techniques compounds the problem.
They should expose who rebuilt the deck for them so everyone else knows who not to hire.
Sounds like something DuMont brothers would do.
Sadly for the former owners, they rebuilt the deck…
The former owners rebuilt the deck, or DuMont brothers rebuilt it?
will eat anything
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South Carolina in a nutsack
Please excuse me but my Give-a-Fuck meter must be broken.
But, but, but it’s a (not so) Slick Willie scoop!
….my Give-a-Fuck meter must be broken.
*taps lightly with fingernail*
Mine, too.
Reckon it’s a fuse?
Squishy, now that is classic. Should be on a stage somewhere.
Why are you so stupid??
Truly am sorry for injuries but according to “FITS” libertarian mindset: You assume the risk when you set foot on the structure because structural shortcomings are between the property owner and the occupants.
Per FITS libertarian mindset:It is personal responsibility to know what the deck can hold.
Tough shit if the weight exceeds the ability of the deck to hold the excess weight and the damn thing collapses and causes injuries per FITS’ criteria.
Libertarian mindset = You assume risk and are accountable for your actions.
Don’t get on a deck if it looks like it can’t handle the load is what FITS is saying… (if he truly believes what he posts all the time)
You can’t have it both ways “Sic Willie”……………………..
PRO TIP:
It is better to be silent , not post and be commonly thought of as an idiot…than to post and remove any lingering doubts.
“It is better to be silent , not post and be commonly thought of as an idiot…than to post and remove any lingering doubts.”
Oh no!!!
You diunnt!!!
Oh Yes!!!
TBG di-ud!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iE4uEsaBF0
Does government inspect buildings like this for structural integrity? Even on a semi-regular basis? I actually have no idea.
Even in a libertarian utopia the owner of the property would be liable for injuring others, so you’re being a little unfair. I would question whether arbitration corporations or whatever other private entity would judge these things fairly, though, but again, not every libertarian goes that far in their beliefs.
“I would question whether arbitration corporations or whatever other private entity would judge these things fairly”
This is one of those few times where I’m agreeing with everything you said.
I just wanted to answer the above quote. If you decide to take the time to look into it yourself, you might start with Dr. Walter Block, but the short of it is that one example of how this might work would be that multiple arbitration corporations would exists and their success/failure in a free market would be determined by the “fairness” of their decisions and the consequential reputation as a result.
The toughest ‘sell’ for libertarianism intellectually in general is getting people to understand that no one is exactly sure how such things would play out, but that the basis for a truly civil society would be one of voluntary association, property rights, & the non-aggression principle. The Founders were close in some areas, but far away in others(like codified/institutionalized slavery for example), but given the times they lived in they still made a great intellectual jump versus the reality around them in the rest of the world.(with still much improvement to be had)
So in summary, getting people to trade the unknown, though based on sound principles, for the currently known(which is based sadly on unsound principles in many areas) is very difficult because it’s not always apparent how society might reorganize under purely voluntary terms.
I feel confident in libertarian principles as a whole, but who knows if they will ever become a substantial part of any society. I argue for them anyway and hope for mans intellectual progress, even if I never live to see it.
Once it’s up, unless it has moving parts (elevators, escalators…) a building will likely never be inspected for structure again. Exceptions would include sales, some refis, remodels, ad-ons or fire, earth quake or drunken sots slamming into the structure.
As a matter of fact every “libertarian” I’ve ever encountered supports “tort refom,” the preferred phrase for limiting individuals’ access to compensation for wrongs.
Don’t get on a deck if it looks like it can’t handle the load…
This is *bad* advice, how?
PRO TIP:
This is America, buddy. “Don’t cross the river if you can’t swim the tide.”
One set of conservatives–the Libertinearianistas–say that liability and individual-injury lawsuits will take the place of government regulations (such as building and food standards) and inspections, while another big set of conservatives–the more-mainstream “owner” set and its legal and legislative stooges, works to eliminate torts law and injury lawsuits and juries deciding damages.
PRO TIP:
If you have something you don’t want anymore…
Loan it to a friend or expose it to salt water.
The only thing salt water doesn’t fuck up is 1) fish, and 2) salt water.
LOL . . . Norma – you’ve got quite a mouth on you! You go girl!
Norma, will you marry me?
What if she is a he?
What? You never read it as “Norma’s Cok?”
TBG suspects Norma Scok’s first initial is an “E”.
LMAO! Very well done!
Thats funny Mr. Goldstein.
Was Pawleys Island Emergency Services so damn involved that they had the emergency tape upside down???
I’ve been involved in 30 or more industrial accidents and I NEVER taped off the area with the tape upside down
But again, this is South Carolina…………………….
Can’t you fuckers do anything right????
Did you not get the idea what the tape meant? Does it really need to be readable? Its a fucking bright yellow tape surrounding an accident scene. Figure it the fuck out.
Seriously, bro? That tape is a flimsy piece of vinyl about 3 mils thick! It flutters around, twists on itself, etc. It’s not supposed to be a sign, just tape with some extra labeling in case some moron who doesn’t know what yellow tape around a bunch of fire trucks means, much akin to the “Caution! Contents Hot!” stamped into disposable coffee cups from fast food joints…
The people it’s meant for can’t read anyway.
Ha! True indeed!
“The people it’s meant for can’t read anyway.”
On the news they showed some folks standing on their heads and I couldn’t figure it out and now it all makes sense . . .
WEAK – and nothing sparkles in Spartanburg but the rims.
And the occasional tooth…
I’ve been involved in 30 or more industrial accidents…
Give us a little heads up before the next time you come to town, would ya?
In the lease I use for my lake house I include two addendums. One restricts the deck to six people at any one time and the other is a hold harmless agreement with the tenant accepting responsibility for anyone who enters the water. Surprisingly they always sign them.
I guess that the inn was just a little too “shabby”. And after the lawsuits I’m assuming that the owners will be a lot less “arrogant.”
No, it’s still the most romantic. They set you and your lover up in the same hospital room, and best of all, the hospital staff brings the meals to you! See? Works out after all.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner in bed!
WOW!!!..This is big news….I also heard a rocking chair tipped at Litchfield and a cat lost part of her tail….
And in a related mater, my son scarped his foot causing a boo-boo…it was not Band-Aid level, but we gave him one (Go Diego Go) anyway, because it made him feel better…
Keep up the CRACK journalism, FITS. That $50,000 your daddy paid so you could go to graduate school, sure did prepare you to be a crackpot news hound. Remember Andrea Mitchell is getting old, and looks like she’s in a trance lately…maybe there will be an opening soon. Keep your eyes peeled. You’re too good to stay down…
” Andrea Mitchell is getting old, and looks like she’s in a trance lately…maybe there will be an opening soon”
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Please don’t tell anyone, but I secretly submitted an application for Mr. GrandTango. He deserves so much more in life. And perhaps he will give me a pay raise to help pay for my books at Clemson.
Tango this is news honey! Now we know where Will is staying. All we need to do is get a ride to the beach and we can stay with him and his family. Will has good taste in food and drink and I know he would let us stay with him and take us out to eat. Pack your thong honey. We are going to the beach!!!!!!!!!
REWARD: $ 100 for a photo of Mrs. Sic in a bikini — $ 500 for a photo of GrandTango doing the perp walk.
give you a buck and a quarter for GT’s corner’s photo, will go as high as two fifty for just an ankle shot of Ms. Skippy
What’s your offer for a photo of Sic Willie in his Speedo?
Order of crispy calabash wings,basket of crispy curly fries and a frosty pitcher of ying ling at BOBs on any Friday
If you happen to get a photo, make a copy – will send one to Andre and the other to Glennie and with a little luck both will jerk themselves to death
Jim, the paparazzi are now heading to Pawley’s Island!
I think the Honey Badger here needs to take a few days off, because most of us don’t care.
And in a related mater, my 7-year-old son scraped his foot in the drive, causing a boo-boo…it was not Band-Aid level, but we gave him one (Go Diego Go) anyway, because it made him feel better…
Your son sounds like a pussy.
The sound of Rush Limbaugh makes him pee the bed.
Yeah, probably so to you: You democrats Kill your children before age 7, (or put them in foster care, and the check recipients kill them)…Then you blame ‘the man’ because you are such worthless pieces of $#!* and will not take care of your own…
You tell them dada! Gee, this is fun!
You do know there’s a 90% chance Tango isn’t your real dad.
Momma, dada calls me ‘scrambled eggs’ when you are not here because he says you mixed with so many men.
You Liar!
Democrat?! Shit!!
The report references a transcript of a phone call in 2000 between DesJarlais and a woman with whom he had reportedly had a sexual relationship. According to the transcript, DesJarlais and the woman engaged in a back-and-forth over the prospect of her getting an abortion, with DesJarlais at one point telling the woman “you told me you’d have an abortion.”
Y’all are some desperate son of a Bit*h#$….LMAO…Have you watched what DSS has had to deal w/ lately…you ignorant B@$t@*d???….
What about Dr. Vermin Gosnell, who shares the same view o f infanticide as Obama…
You REALLY have to be stupid to be a democrat…
Hey, Emily!
“Remember Andrea Mitchell is getting old, and looks like she’s in a trance lately…maybe there will be an opening soon”.
Andrea is 68 +/-; her husband (Alan Greenspan) is 88 +/-.
If anyone needs a gig, it’s GT!
7 year old son, I figured you as a much older person. I guessed you had passed that “get off my lawn” stage a decade ago.
On a more important note, I’m just disgusted that you were allowed to reproduce. Is your wife retarded or just that desperate to have a kid that she’d allow you to stick your dick in her?
Just wise, Squishy. I have 3 young children. It’s why I care about my home, state and country, so much. I’m a young man. And I appreciate and enjoy the life God gave me.
And I don’t have much patience for those who are damaging us because of THEIR selfishness. .
You want to make that “four” young children? ????
Emily Peterkin via The State:
“Robert Marino Personally attack attack attack…if someone shows you up.
Your lord-god Obama and the DNC have taught you well.
Obama is a disaster. That is the point. Twice as many people are unemployed under Obama. You HATE that fact, so you bash me for telling you a truth, you do not want to hear.”
Emily Peterkin
“Haley is right. The Obama EPA is a bunch of Kooks, who are breaking our country, while China pollutes, and laughs at us.
When we get the US Senate, then the White House in 2016, all of the damage Obama has done, using the EPA, will be reversed on Day One. The folly of Obama’s Gestapo Enviro-policy is a GREAT campaign advantage for Conservatives. Having Obama, and his stupid schemes, makes Haley’s re-elect easier.”
Emily Peterkin
“Haley REPRESENTS me. So if the Koch Bros. are exercising their legal right to tell her what to do, I appreciate it. No matter if you are a Gestapo-type speech policeman.
It may be a good idea for you to read the US Constitution, especially the First Amendment. We have the right to free speech, even if Obama wants to prosecute us for it.”
So, Tango, either you have a new girlfriend or…
Y’all copy me, even though you hate me. (because I’m just so good, you can’t resist the brilliance)….
Why is it so hard believe that others (who agree) are co-opting my ideas, since I’ve been So Right about So Much?…. Especially where Obama is concerned.
Lol. The person obvisiously reads Fits, so it’s either you, BB, or Sandi using your shitty writing. Bad hyphenation, unnecessary capitalization, well, you get the point.
I’m just thankful you alerted me. I will DEFINITELY support this poster. Sounds like a MUCH-NEEDED voice.
Obama has a Million-Drone March of Lockstep idiots.
When there is a person preaching the TRUTH , like I do, the discerning MUST lend our support…the alternative is Obama, and Obama is the biggest F*#k up in this country since FDR sat on his liberal @$$ and let Hitler become a murderous Super-power.
Thanks, Tango! I love you so much and don’t have an original thought in my head so, I took your words of wisdom and posted them to The State.
Mind if I use this:
“…million, sorry, Million-Drone March of Lockstep idiots (I’ll capitalize Idiot to give it some original flare)
Nice talking to you, FINALLY!
I was not sure how the implosion would manifest, when you figured out I was 100% right. But I knew (because I know you so well) it would be kooky, and entertaining.
I’m Right again.
PLEASE let me know if you want me to post more on The Charleston City Paper too.
Love, Emily!
Obsess much?
LMAO. You people are SO scared that more than one person has figured you out, that you are on Kook Watch…
You are going to have a TOUGH election Day in Nov. Millions more see you, just as I do.
Geez guys, lighten up on Will just a bit, why don’t ya? He’s on vacation and something out of the ordinary happens. He’s in close proximity to it and like an off-duty cop at a convenience store when it gets robbed, his journalistic tendencies kick in and he covers it, because that is what he does. It may not be Earth-shaking to many of us, but to some, it is the biggest story of the month, maybe the year.
Don’t you find it a little strange that none of his many sources were able to tip him off to the upcoming collapse?
I agree. Sic is not THAT bad except for his love of Jean Toal lover, Tom Davis. Let Tom go, Sic. Tom is a Toalite whore.
I understand that Curtis Loftis has demanded an investigation into Reynolds Williams’ role in the collapse.
Reynolds is Hugh’s friend and therefore, my friend, You can run along now. ps. Lee C? You and Barbara V S, go ahead and dismiss all of those ODC complaints against Reynolds. There is no one to challenge me now. It’s over.
TBG heard FITS fell asleep on the beach and awoke to several young children trying to push him *back* into the ocean.
‘Hurry!! He can’t breath out of the water!! He’ll dieeeeeee!”
Maybe there’s a connection here to the deck collapse.
Meh.
TBG’s gotsta go. Ryan’s Weekend Breakfast Buffet closes @ 10:00.
Really dumb way to communicate “Panic” instead of facts!!!
Pawleys Island police chief Mike Fanning broke the news via social media.
“We have had a major deck collapse at the Sea View Inn,” Fanning tweeted.
Read more at https://www.fitsnews.com/2014/06/06/twelve-hospitalized-pawleys-island-deck-collapse/#oOKd5YQvbCp18eb2.99
You’re a hot little monkey.
What’s the deal with the red, white, and blue bunting on the porch?
They are truly enjoyable to see, especially if kids are with you. I have seen many doubles, about four triples, and one with four rainbows.
I think the rainbow is something they did for a gay pride march or something in the area.
FITS is quick to report a deck falling, but his party, and lord-god Obama, are in a state of collapse…and he’s got his head up his @$$. Isn’t this a “political” website?…Go figure…
Damn shame, I love that place. Criticism of Will for reporting this are bullshit. It’s something that happened close to where he’s staying on his “working vacation.” It’s dumb to make it ideological.
I’m just wondering if FITS move toward spot (eyewitness) news, means he’s losing readership because he’s trying to Ignore the Obama, democrat party implosion…????
And if so: Will he lie about what he sees, like he does the other stuff???
Can’t we just say a prayer for the injured and not try and read the world into this. He reported something that happened where he’s at on his blog. Right, wrong, or indifferent, people were injured and most of y’all only want to carp about the blog owner. If you don’t want to know what he has to say, no one is making you look at his site.
John Clark
Isn’t there a nice recipe board, or a cat lover’s board somewhere, calling your name?
shrugs shoulders, your bile does your cause no good.
How do you know?
You don’t even know what my “cause” is!
Your causa is my causa . . .
“Isn’t there a nice recipe board, or a cat lover’s board somewhere, calling your name?”
Meouch!
John Clark, The Rodney King of FITS NEWS….
wow, so much for a little couth…
Stop the loud commercial every time you bring up Fits site! Very distracting. I’m voting against the guy because of this irritating commercial!
No Joke. That’s majorly fucking annoying. It does, however, remind me to turn off my speakers.
Just saw Richard Cash at a convenience store. Looks like a regular guy. Maybe he’s too regular. He was wearing a wrinkled white undershirt (not a tea shirt) and shorts. I guess he’s OK. You just don’t expect to see a Senate candidate slumming.
It would be like seeing Nikki in a culottes and halter top with beige bra straps showing.
Perv much?
Perv much?
“Nikki in a culottes and halter top with beige bra straps showing.”
Your mistaken. That’s not a turn on for me.
Sexist Much?
Nikki has A cup bosoms, very small. But she’s otherwise very attractive, with great legs and a spectacular bottom. Too bad she’s corrupt to the core.
Outrageous – the great Governor of the State of South Carolina being subjected to gutter language about her bosoms, legs and bottoms
Individuals engaging in such idle gossip should be donkey carted down to the State House, drawn and quartered
Anyone one with an ounce of common sense knows that Cockroaches don’t have bosoms, legs and bottoms
Now if you want to talk about her tawny beige nipples, the podium is yours
I’d also like to know if she smells of cumin… if you know what I mean. She’s open game since she fucked Will Folks and other men, her preferred romp spot being her car, then the guy’s place or the guy’s room. I haven’t kept track but believe she’s been knocked up by four men who aren’t her husband. All reported here. Me, I’d eat her like an oyster.
I see a niche for a capable deck builder, on the coast.
This exact same thing happened to my family a few months ago. These tragedies can be prevented!!!! Deck collapses are not freak accidents and should never happen again. I am on a mission to prevent the next deck collapse. please watch my YouTube video regarding my thoughts. And a word to the families of this accident… this was NOT your fault, you did NOT have too many people on the deck, let me know if you want help seeking comfort- God Bless
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvCXTyX-Q4k