Disaster-wise

Friday, September 23, 2011

UARS, Terror Out of Space

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There's a remarkable amount of worldwide interest in the uncontrolled re-entry of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite , given the in...
Saturday, September 10, 2011

World Trade Center: Three visits

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I'm sure people have heard and seen plenty about the tenth anniversary of 9/11 by now, but here goes.  I was in the World Trade Center...
Saturday, September 3, 2011

San Bruno Pipeline Blast: NTSB lays out another system failure

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The National Transportation Safety Board met on August 30 to discuss findings from its exhaustive investigation into the September 9, 2010 P...
Thursday, September 1, 2011

The Thousand-Year Lease

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Look at the Chrysler Building in NYC, and what do you see? The Abu Dhabi Investment Council sees a crown jewel among its many holdings - ...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

Stage Collapse and the Emergency Shutoff: Remember the Liberté

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Even before forensic engineers report back ( Thornton Tomasetti of NYC is one) on the Indiana State Fair stage collapse , are there any les...
Friday, August 19, 2011

Sunsets and Anti-Sunsets

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When stopping to photograph a spectacular sunset or sunrise, look in the opposite direction too, at what might be thought of as the antipoda...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Tales of Coffman: In Praise of Engine Starters

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Difficulty with starting our lawnmower recently reminded me of the under-appreciated class of devices called engine starters. We take them f...
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