Sunday, August 14, 2011
Yeah, yeah, yeah, nobody expected....
I'm terminally annoyed by the constant patter of Unprecedented, Unthinkable, Nobody Expected, Couldn't Anticipate .... after every disaster, riot or attack.
A small but especially annoying example after the State Fair disaster in Indiana.
The NWS did its job, trying to warn the officials. The officials clearly didn't do their job.
And here comes the Unprecedented:
Didn't need to be a fluke. The predicted 40 mph can easily bring down a weak structure like that one.
It's perfectly thinkable. Your officials just didn't think of it. Assholes.
¶ 5:44 PM
A small but especially annoying example after the State Fair disaster in Indiana.
The stage toppled at 8:49 p.m. A timeline released by Indiana State Police shows that fair staff contacted the weather service four times between 5:30 and 8 p.m. At 8 p.m., the weather service said a storm with hail and 40 mph winds was expected to hit the fairgrounds at 9:15 p.m.
The NWS did its job, trying to warn the officials. The officials clearly didn't do their job.
And here comes the Unprecedented:
Gov. Mitch Daniels called the accident an "unthinkable tragedy" and said the wind burst was a "fluke" that no one could have foreseen.
Didn't need to be a fluke. The predicted 40 mph can easily bring down a weak structure like that one.
It's perfectly thinkable. Your officials just didn't think of it. Assholes.
¶ 5:44 PM
