Tuesday, June 16, 2009

If it's not broke - don't fix it

God I hate that saying. It's right up there with the pilot telling me "it will be OK. I'm in a hurry and gotta go."

The I-35W bridge that collapsed into the Missippie river and killed 13 people was operating fine the moment before it collapsed. It had failed previous inspections and was rated as "structurally deficient". These inspections were ignored because it was operating fine. Operating fine - don't fix it or "if its not broke don't fix it - kills innocents.

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