[javadog]

I think it's a mistake to take the other part of the building down right now. The storm doesn't look like a factor and the side facing the rubble pile is the strongest part of the whole building.

I wonder who the "officials" are that are making these decisions, and under what authority... I also wonder if they will be exposed to liablity for any loss of contents not covered by insurance.

My brother owned a building of similar size that went through a very mild tornado. It got condemned, nobody was allowed back in, etc. All of that concern turned out to be nonsense. It's still standing several years later and at no risk of falling down. In the hysteria after the tornado passed through, you couldn't get within a quarter mile of it.