Indeed, Andrew. But of course it would probably not have been that expensive
to make the generators more durable against flood.
Chris
On 15 Mar 2011, at 05:56, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Clearly when it was designed, not enough 'what if's' were asked. "We have
> multiple back-up systems" tends to lull people into a false sense of security.
> As Nick Taleb suggested, people do not anticipate the scale of catastrophes
> because they lack the experience and imagination. Those few who do don't get
> the funding to do it and if extravagant protective measures are actually put
> in place, those who designed them are accused of a pointless waste of
> resources if nothing happens, as it usually does.
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