Far more people are killed and injured every year by car crashes and smoking than by all civilian incidents, or even atomic warfare, in history.
-John ======================= > This quartz crystal accident is a canary in the coal mine that > demonstrates how poor safety and regulations often work in the real world. > What I feel is a bigger concern is the similar risks we have with our > aging Nuclear reactors. Many are over twenty-five years past their > intended life. > The problem is today they are paid for, and the government insures them, > so they are very profitable. The question is do any of the safety > officials and inspectors really have the authority to close them when they > become inherently unsafe? I don't think so. I think they will run until > one catastrophically fails. I think government oversight is far to often > an illusion. > > Thomas Knox > > > >> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 00:51:49 -0500 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Man killed in quartz crystal accident >> >> I oncecancelled my purchase of a home when I found a sign nearby >> indicating an >> underground high pressure gas transmission line. These days they're >> probably >> removing the signs. >> >> Let's hope the government doesn't decide that precise timekeeping is of >> strategic value and not permitted amongst ordinary people. >> >> >> On 11/25/2013 11:49 PM, Joe Leikhim wrote: >> > If you really want to lose sleep, think about those old rusty 24 inch >> gas >> > mains running under your neighborhood like in San Bruno California. >> The >> > warning signs were present there as well. >> > >> > Now thanks to Homeland Security you can't find accurate gas >> transmission maps >> > on-line unless you are cleared. So if you are buying a house in a >> particular >> > neighborhood, do some walking around looking for signs of buried >> facilities. >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
