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Subject: Re: [OM] E-5 and engineers...
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:17:27 +0000
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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