"Unsafe? Yes, it's unsafe. There had been an incident that happened in the spring where some youth were on the roof throwing rocks and damaged cars in our parking lot."

This building is only unsafe when people fark with it.

"Does this look like a load bearing beam to you?"

Darwin FTW!

Problem is self solving. That is all.

The last words of one of the thieves, "Hold my beer and pass me that sledge hammer".

What really astonishes me about these scavengers is how little they understand about value. When GM went in bankruptcy they abandoned entire plants full of functional equipment, tools and the like. Just closed the doors, locked the gate and walked away. You're talking about functional CNC machines, drill presses, welding equipment, you name it. If I had the opportunity to break into such a place, I'd use one of the functioning fork lifts to load a functioning CNC machine center onto one of the functioning flat bed trucks and drive the thing over to my garage. Within a couple of weeks I'd be in business manufacturing something that I could sell on eBay. These guys break in, smash open a CNC machine center to pull out the copper wires. Smash open the fork lift to get the copper radiator and smash open the dash of the flat-bed to get at the brass heater core. I mean, WTF?

MaxxLarge: Though prices for scrap are appealing,
And plenty is there for the stealing,
A wise man recalls
That thieving the walls
Leaves little to hold up the ceiling.

And see, that's why your posts are green.

The gravity of the situation must have hit them like a ton of bricks

so they found a nice piece of red iron going from the floor to the ceiling, decided they should take it.

One Bad Apple: The gravity of the situation must have hit them like a ton of bricks

+1

First chuckle today thanks

Fissile: What really astonishes me about these scavengers is how little they understand about value. When GM went in bankruptcy they abandoned entire plants full of functional equipment, tools and the like. Just closed the doors, locked the gate and walked away. You're talking about functional CNC machines, drill presses, welding equipment, you name it. If I had the opportunity to break into such a place, I'd use one of the functioning fork lifts to load a functioning CNC machine center onto one of the functioning flat bed trucks and drive the thing over to my garage. Within a couple of weeks I'd be in business manufacturing something that I could sell on eBay. These guys break in, smash open a CNC machine center to pull out the copper wires. Smash open the fork lift to get the copper radiator and smash open the dash of the flat-bed to get at the brass heater core. I mean, WTF?

"They were getting into the skeletal structure, the beams that actually hold the floor up. They literally just tore it apart,"

This was beyond the idiocy of copper thieves. They were taking load bearing beams!

I hope they helped themselves to the Chinese drywall too.

Read the article ? No i didn't read the article. What kind of elitist are you that would you stoop to reading.

scanman61: "Does this look like a load bearing beam to you?"

Are there any other kinds? ;)

Wow, it's truly shocking that Detroit still has police and fire departments.

whatshisname: scanman61: "Does this look like a load bearing beam to you?"

Are there any other kinds? ;)

Anti-sway beams come to mind quite immediately.

And absolutely nothing of value was lost that day.

Fissile: What really astonishes me about these scavengers is how little they understand about value. When GM went in bankruptcy they abandoned entire plants full of functional equipment, tools and the like. Just closed the doors, locked the gate and walked away. You're talking about functional CNC machines, drill presses, welding equipment, you name it. If I had the opportunity to break into such a place, I'd use one of the functioning fork lifts to load a functioning CNC machine center onto one of the functioning flat bed trucks and drive the thing over to my garage. Within a couple of weeks I'd be in business manufacturing something that I could sell on eBay. These guys break in, smash open a CNC machine center to pull out the copper wires. Smash open the fork lift to get the copper radiator and smash open the dash of the flat-bed to get at the brass heater core. I mean, WTF?

What really sucks is that when thieves just damage and steal shiat for the raw materials, it costs the property owner more to replace whatever it is that they broke than what the thieves will get at the scrap yard.

Fissile: What really astonishes me about these scavengers is how little they understand about value. When GM went in bankruptcy they abandoned entire plants full of functional equipment, tools and the like. Just closed the doors, locked the gate and walked away. You're talking about functional CNC machines, drill presses, welding equipment, you name it. If I had the opportunity to break into such a place, I'd use one of the functioning fork lifts to load a functioning CNC machine center onto one of the functioning flat bed trucks and drive the thing over to my garage. Within a couple of weeks I'd be in business manufacturing something that I could sell on eBay. These guys break in, smash open a CNC machine center to pull out the copper wires. Smash open the fork lift to get the copper radiator and smash open the dash of the flat-bed to get at the brass heater core. I mean, WTF?

You uhh, you assume they can operate a CNC machine. To them it could just be another big piece of indecipherable machinery that could do anything. You also assume they have a place to take it, the know how and were withall to make something with it and a computer to access and sell said items on ebay. In the end it's just easier to rip out the guts and sell 'um. That, afterall IS something they know how to do.

Is it bad that I am amused with this as I am with copper thieves that electrocute themselves?

scottydoesntknow: "Unsafe? Yes, it's unsafe. There had been an incident that happened in the spring where some youth were on the roof throwing rocks and damaged cars in our parking lot.

So it's unsafe because they damaged cars in your parking lot, not because they're standing on a severely damaged roof that could collapse quite easily...

from what I read the roof wasn't damaged enough to collapse until they starting ripping metal out of the supports. It sounds like the two men had been at this for months.

FTFA: "We would like to urge residents that this is extremely dangerous way to make a living"

So, what I'm hearing is that I can make a lot of money doing this.

Michigan trifecta in play?

Were they white meth heads looking for copper? I love guessing can almost always tell what race by the crime.

Going now to read the story and see if I was right.

I read the headline, focusing on 'scrap metal,' and immediately thought of FallOut New Vegas. "yeah, gotta grab that scrap metal so I can make more weapon repair kits."

/I am not proud.

HAHAHA. Typical libtards.

This is what loser European socialism creates:

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This is what winnar US capitalism creates:

voran: Is it bad that I am amused with this as I am with copper thieves that electrocute themselves?

Yes it's bad. Electrocution is way more amusing than simple run of the mill crushing.

Delay: HAHAHA. Typical libtards.

This is what loser European socialism creates:

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This is what winnar US capitalism creates:

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Both of those pictures have items in them that are made from carboard.

McStubbins: I read the headline, focusing on 'scrap metal,' and immediately thought of FallOut New Vegas. "yeah, gotta grab that scrap metal so I can make more weapon repair kits."

/I am not proud.

I love the scrap metal so I can trade it and laser guns and get grenades at fort Independence.

/I don't care who knows I love the game it helps me in preparing for the zombie invasion coming from Russia and the spread of the drug Crocodile (crockidial).
//maybe I shouldn't have stop taking my meds....

Looks like their plans for the weekend...

... will have to be scrapped.

Loucifer: voran: Is it bad that I am amused with this as I am with copper thieves that electrocute themselves?

Yes it's bad. Electrocution is way more amusing than simple run of the mill crushing.

I get a charge out of it as well.

Onkel Buck: Both of those pictures have items in them that are made from carboard.

Yep. And car-bon.

Wanted for questioning:

Creaky concrete clinic collapses on common criminals caught coping compressed construction cantilevers.

/Calude Cooper questioned

Delay: HAHAHA. Typical libtards.

This is what loser European socialism creates:

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This is what winnar US capitalism creates:

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2/10

The First Four Black Sabbath Albums: So, what I'm hearing is that I can make a lot of money doing this.
its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia.edogo.com

Don't jam me up, bro.

nytmare: Looks like their plans for the weekend...



... will have to be scrapped.

Why am I not suprised that the locals knew this was going on and did nothing? Resident: Hey, there are kids on top of the building in question throwing rocks, let's call the cops and try to get the building demolished do absolutely nothing that will prevent this from happening again.
Resident: Hey, there are two guys endangering themselves and others by taking out the load bearing struts in the walls, maybe we should call our councilman/woman and get the building torn down wait for the building to fall on their heads and watch the media-frenzy aftermath.

/in my large city, the damn buildings get torn down frequently

Awesome. Two less pieces of crap for the system to support.

Karma's a biatch sometimes. Good riddance.