Sunday, May 02, 2010
Catastrophes everywhere
Earthquake in Haiti. Volcanic eruption in Iceland. Oil spill off coast of Louisiana. Spring flooding and catastrophic water-main break here. All tied, ultimately, to our inability to harness nature. Sounds corny. But someone mentioned it to me yesterday. I can’t get it out of my mind. …
Obvious Day 2 question (since the pipeline disaster wasn’t entirely nature’s fault): How does a $1.4 billion water system suffer a catastrophic failure after only seven years?
Earthquake in Haiti. Volcanic eruption in Iceland. Oil spill off coast of Louisiana. Spring flooding and catastrophic water-main break here. All tied, ultimately, to our inability to harness nature. Sounds corny. But someone mentioned it to me yesterday. I can’t get it out of my mind. …
Obvious Day 2 question (since the pipeline disaster wasn’t entirely nature’s fault): How does a $1.4 billion water system suffer a catastrophic failure after only seven years?
