http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 13th 2009 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 13th 2009 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Great book, decent movie.]]>Jun 13th 2009 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 13th 2009 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 14th 2009 5:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/
Why so much rage? Did you actually read what I wrote?]]>Jun 14th 2009 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 14th 2009 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 15th 2009 6:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 15th 2009 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/
"Oh yes, well as soon as I heard I went straight round to see them, yesterday afternoon. You hadn't exactly gone out of your way to call attention to them had you? I mean like actually telling anybody or anything."

"But the plans were on display ..."

"On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them."

"That's the display department."

"With a torch."

"Ah, well the lights had probably gone."

"So had the stairs."

"But look, you found the notice didn't you?"

"Yes," said Arthur, "yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying Beware of the Leopard."]]>Jun 15th 2009 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 13th 2009 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/
A: The home must of been unoccupied.
B: The home must of been run down.
C. Nobody was caring for it (There was holes in the walls for over a month).

They should get a new house of the value of their old one. That's all.]]>Jun 13th 2009 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/
First off, the holes were put there by the demo company. Second, the house was built by their father by hand. There is enormous sentimental value attached to it. Third, you suck at reading comprehension. If no one was caring for the house then why the hell would the guy who mows the lawn call the owner and tell them the house was being demolished? You don't mow the lawn of a house you aren't caring for...]]>Jun 13th 2009 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/
Actually, the house was occupied. The resident came home from work to find his house in a heap.]]>Jun 13th 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/
It's called English. check it out sometime.]]>Jun 13th 2009 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 13th 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/
They only deserve to be compensated for the house? What about everything in it? For all we know, everything that guy owns, or has ever collected during his time on this planet, was destroyed in that house (seeing as how his father built it, it's probably the only place he's ever lived). I think you'd feel differently if your home was demolished.]]>Jun 13th 2009 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/
"Must Have" not "Must of", dufus.]]>Jun 13th 2009 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 13th 2009 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/
The guy was probably recently inhereted the house and only holding onto it until he could sell it or otherwise. There are also typically laws which require a person maintain property that they own. This is only my assumtion but don't think it's a far reach.

Leave Chris ALONE!!! hehe]]>Jun 13th 2009 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/
http://www.wsbtv.com/video/19717268/index.html ]]>Jun 13th 2009 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 13th 2009 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/
please learn your english well.. do it by visiting this site more often http://www.engrish.com/
]]>Jun 13th 2009 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/I would deduct from the houses value if "He" built it. I own a house built by the owner and I'm still repairing
and rebuilding things he did wrong.

The owner should be fully compensated for the contents and the house itself and maybe a little extra. But I'm
tired of all the people that think the only way they will ever become rich is to sue someone else or a company.
And I can tell many of YOU are that way by your comments.



]]>Jun 13th 2009 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/
Guys, let's leave Chris alone. It's obvious from his above statement that he suffers from skitsofrenia. "I own a house built by the owner" That is the funniest thing I've ever read. Let's hope he's not a teacher, squishing child's poor minds with his terrible engrish.]]>Jun 13th 2009 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 13th 2009 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 14th 2009 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 14th 2009 1:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 14th 2009 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/
Do you mean schizophrenia? ]]>Jun 14th 2009 2:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/

Idiots.]]>Jun 14th 2009 3:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 14th 2009 3:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/
"The man who cuts the grass told Byrd about a month ago that the power box was missing and there were holes punched into the walls. They both thought it was vandalism. Now, Byrd believes it was part of the preparation for the demolition." - Article

The dumbfuck knew his house had holes in it, they chalked it up to vandalism, and he STILL left the house alone. Now, he cares for family heirlooms? BS. He should have gone over right away... a full month before the demo, and made some calls. He cared not for the items contained within the house. That is obvious. Think of it.

If you cared for something, you would go check on it right?

Dont get me wrong, this is a tragedy, but don't pity Byrd too much. He's a moron of epic proportions for ALLOWING this to happen. A month... AN ENTIRE MONTH he knew that his house was compromised.

The Demo company needs to close, shut down, have licenses revoked. Basis, using GPS co-ords to demo a home. FFS. I know Georgia's down south, but come on. How much of an idiot are you to destroy a home based on GPS co-ords?
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dude, you're a fucking douche bag. because you're living in a shoddy house, you think that people in this country are automatically incapable of doing stuff on your own. why do you think people like bob villa are so famous (the do it yourself guy, semi spokesman for craftman tools, basis for tim taylor on tool time), or there's shows like horsepower tv, trucks, or shady tree mechanic. there's lots of people who build their own houses, their own cars, their own VERY nice furniture. you're a douche on so many levels its mind boggling. ]]>Jun 14th 2009 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/
I resent that... I was born and raised in the south, and it's not actually that bad.]]>Jun 14th 2009 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/
This was horrible and sloppy from the demolition company's part. I'd venture the house was far enough out people didn't think they needed to put up address numbers on the house. My wife delivers phone books over the summers and close to 50% of houses don't have damn numbers on them. She also worked at a utility billing office where they took bills for light poles and barns in the middle of Texas with nothing but a mile marker as a billing address. It's not at all outlandish a demo company would want to use GPS "to be sure" right up until they send b-grade secretary out to the site and she goes to the wrong place!

Demo companies have insurance for this sort of thing. They'll quickly settle at several times the home value and fire said b-grade secretary for effect.]]>Jun 14th 2009 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 13th 2009 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/]]>Jun 13th 2009 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 13th 2009 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 13th 2009 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 13th 2009 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 13th 2009 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 13th 2009 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 14th 2009 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/We have the technology.
He can make it better than it was.
Better, stronger, faster ...


Seriously, though ... that sucks.
They should be called the Global Positioning Stupids.]]>Jun 13th 2009 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 13th 2009 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 13th 2009 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 13th 2009 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 13th 2009 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/gps-coordinates-lead-demolition-crew-to-destroy-wrong-house/Jun 13th 2009 5:49PM