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Signs can kill

Billct2

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Looks like this is the one that fell
 

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MikePro

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turns out man wasn't hit by the sign at all. (linked article)
sign fell at 6:30am, & man was an employee cleaning up the damage who had a heart attack at around noon.

craigslist sign company install, for sure.
regardless, looks like that awfully heavy pan sign face was studded/bolted to a brick fascia with only 4 angles/brackets. pummel it with wind/rain/ice/sun & repeat, you may as well be installing it on a pile of dirt.
 

MikePro

New Member
also, reading up on the mural collapse, it sounds like it was printed on a banner/mesh-type of material and attached to the side of the building. ...which must have been mostly plywood.
prints start catching heavy gusts of wind & ripped the wall panels right out of their studs.
 
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