Message to Humans Doomed to Repeat, don't be so duped by politicians,
or leadership who says; "no one saw this coming" after a terrible
disaster, usually they are just covering up bad judgement and inept
decision making - often conclusions which came out of a bureaucratic
group think committee. No one wants to own up to their disregard for
Murphy's Law, Physics, Probability, or those who recommended against it.
Our think tank over the years, has studied disasters of all types,
natural and man-made, most of the deaths were preventable and most of
the real problems were predicted and forewarned. Let's talk.
And,
can I recommend a few very interesting books to read? I recommend all of
these books, yes, I've personally read them myself and thus, felt
compelled to write this article + putting together my own experiences
and observations in the real world. The books I'd like you to read are:
1.) "Flirting with Disaster - Why Accidents Are Rarely Accidental" by Marc Gerstein
2.) "Crashes, Crisis, and Calamities - How We Can Use Science to Read Early Warning Signs" by Len Fisher.
3.) "The Politics of Disasters - Katrina, Big Government, and a New Strategy for Future Crisis" by Marvin Olasky.
The
last book is relevant to the upcoming 2015-2016 El Nino, which is said
to be the strongest in 20 years and the Sacramento CA levees. Northern
California got a lot of rain, but the snowpack was not at 200% of
normal, luckily we dodged a bullet, in 2016 (we think, as we are still
not out of the woods yet, as of writing this article). Still, that is a
perfect example of poor decision making with government budgets and just
hoping for the best. China's Three Gorges Dam is another case in point,
one year perhaps within this decade, it will probably fail - imagine
the loss of life and damage - almost incomprehensible.
When it
comes to disasters, this is an interesting topic when you study what
happened and why in hindsight, whether from reading the NTSB air
disasters report or those from space disasters like the Space Shuttle
Columbia.
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