“No,” Martha agreed, “it certainly is not.”

The abandoned hospital site was enclosed by tall chain-link fencing covered with faded warning signs.

Beyond the locked perimeter gate stood the skeletal concrete frame of an unfinished six-story structure.

Exposed steel beams rusted in the open air, and torn plastic tarps flapped loudly in the wind on the upper levels.

No active construction work had taken place there for almost a year.

However, two commercial pickup trucks were parked near the temporary field office, and one engine was still radiating heat.