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Stone Fountain in Flagler Beach’s Veterans Park Knocked Over, Broken
As of Thursday night in Flagler Beach, the white stone fountain in the heart of Veterans Park has been knocked over and broken into pieces.
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Greg Lovekamp
June 25, 2021 at 9:51 am
Using “pushed” and “knocked over” in a report seems to have predetermined the answer to it being “broken under accidental or natural circumstances, or by vandalism.” Referring to the fountain as having “toppled” (as in the photo caption) might be better journalistic terminology. The photos show pieces that could be consistent with concrete failure due to water intrusion rather than being “pushed” over.
Chris Gollon
June 25, 2021 at 11:54 am
Greg,
I hear you, certainly didn’t mean to jump to any uncertain conclusions. Everyone on-scene made the determination that it was pushed / knocked over by some force, be that human or nature, and I trust their expertise enough to phrase it as such. This way, wind is taken into account as a potential cause, whereas concrete failure seems circumstantially less likely.
I will, however, gladly eat crow and correct the phrasing if a determination is made that it was concrete failure! Nothing is ever impossible with these things.
Thank you for reading!