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Videos and satellite images show how fast the Donald Trump detention center in Florida has been built – because experts suggest the design of disabled sites and will endanger the safety of people who are detained there.
The Sky News data and forensic team has verified the recordings posted on social media that show the water that covers the ground near the electric cable during the storm because the first resistance will arrive.
The Florida Emergency Management Division (FDEM), run by Governor Ron Desantis, was posted on X that prisoners were at the location on July 3 exactly before 1 pm local time (6 pm British time).
Donald Trump held a facility tour on July 1 that brought journalists around “Alligator Alcatraz”. His name is a reference for the local reptiles and former Alcatraz Federal Corrections with maximum security in San Francisco Bay, California.
The tour shows the rapid construction of a center, which is designed to accommodate up to 3,000 prisoners. The purpose of this site is to accommodate people who are detained by immigration and upholding the US Customs (ICE).
James Uthmeier, Attorney General Florida, was posted on X: “And only in a week, Alligator Alcatraz was built.”
Political commentator Benny Johnson, who is on a tour, praised the eight -day turnover. “I don’t think anyone realizes how impressive Alcatraz crocodiles are,” he said.
In the middle of the positive comments, the video appeared highlighting the flood in the middle, with an electric cable covered with water on the tour day.
The flood was said to be caused by a small storm. However, the Department of Foreign Affairs claims the structure and tent can withstand the two storms categories, reaching 110 mph winds.
FDEM spokesman Stephanie Hartman wrote in a statement that “the vendor has tightened layers at the bottom of the structure that allows water to enter during the storm”. He described minimal water intrusion.
Steff Gaulter, a Sky News meteorologist, said: “In the last 10 years, we have seen 13 storms that have struck Florida. Seven of them have become category three or higher.
“Besides needing to know how strong this storm is when they come, it is also very unexpected, their tracks can change in the last minute.”
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) have said the structure in the two -risk category issued by Alcatraz under – needs to withstand the 121MPH wind gust.
If the housing tent exceeds 300 residents per tent, the guidelines reach 167mph.
MS Gaulter explained: “You don’t need to need a storm to see a gust of wind more than 100 mph. In the lowest storm, category one, wind range will be between 74mph and 95mph. But even in that category, you can easily get a gust of wind up to 120mph.”
Dr. Patrick McSharry, professor at Carnegie Mellon University and former Head of Disaster Risk Financing at the University of Oxford, told Sky News that in the storm “it is impossible for a tent to be in whatever you will suggest to someone to be”.
“This is more a case of having a plan in a place that can be mobilized very quickly to make people out of the dangerous situation.”
This site is also located in a storm -prone area as defined by Asce.
Discussing building rules, Dr. McSharry said: “We deal here with the potential for human life so that this is a more sensitive calculation, I think it needs to be made.”
The blue pin marks the Alcatraz crocodile. The key shows the average wind speed of the storm. Credit: Asce.
Sky News gave this concern to Ron Desantis and the Florida Department of Foreign Affairs, but did not receive responses.
Spokesperson of the White House Abigail Jackson told Sky News: “Alligator Alcatraz is a sophisticated facility that will play an important role in fulfilling the president’s promise to get the worst illegal criminal aliens from America as quickly as possible.
“President Trump is grateful [Homeland] Secretary [Kristi] Noem and Ron Desantis on this important project. “
Satellite imagery obtained by Sky News shows a fast central construction, which was previously a Dade-Coller training airport.
Five days after the center was announced by Attorney General Florida James Uthmeier, more than 60 new trailers can be seen on the right side of the runway.
Satellite imagery obtained by Sky News also shows that from June 24 to the opening date on July 1, more than seven large housing tents were installed at the location.
Satellite imagery showing the site on June 24. Credit: Maxar
Site aerial photo on July 1. Credit: AP
This site is reported to be open with 3,000 beds, developing to 5,000 in early July.
It was also reported that the site would cost around $ 450 million (£ 330 million) per year to operate, with a bed of $ 245 (£ 180) per day.
This bill is reportedly borne by the state of Florida, who plans to get money back from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Ministry of Domestic Security (DHS).
Tessa Petit, Director of the Florida Immigrant Coalition, told Sky News: “That was also built [quickly]. This is a sign that we see a disaster [waiting to] happens when we see it.
“The usual detention center, you know, their bricks and mortars, right? This is not a brick and mortar. This is only a tent and car house that is assembled in the airport.”
“There was a detention of immigrants in a place that had been damaged by a storm and we entered the storm season,” MS Petit added.
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He was worried that medical support and sanitation provisions, such as the waste disposal system, would not be installed correctly.
“You cannot build a waste disposal system that can sustain 3,000 people in eight days. You can’t dig on Everglades. So, what will be an additional sanitation condition?” he said.
There is also a concern for sustainability about this site.
The Biodiversity Center has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court to protect Florida Everglades. They stated that it was “a reckless plan to build a massive detention center for people trapped in immigration attacks”.
Tania Galloni, a lawyer who works with a biodiversity center, stated that the proposed plan “has not undergone an environmental review required by federal law, and the public has no chance to provide feedback”.
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