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Roller Bearings, Railcar Owners and East Palestine

Posted on March 6, 2023 by jccarlton

Recently there was a derailment in East Palestine OH that has raised some controversy. This CNN video has most of the major issues.

Here is some NTSB Drone footage in another video

The ambulance chasers have come out and raised the controversy level to a high pitch already and are blaming Norfolk Southern for the derailment. But as usual, there is more to the story.

Quibi is a Billion Dollar Disaster

Posted on June 6, 2020 by jccarlton

Perhaps the people that invested in this should hire me to evaluate pitches. It took me ten seconds and a google search of Quibi to see that the things was a dumpster full of gasoline saturated paper. Of course both Katzenberg and Whitman have left quite a few dumpster fires behind them before.

The Danger Of Fake Ball Bearings

Posted on November 10, 2016 by jccarlton

Karl Denninger posted about fake ball bearings recently. The thing is that while he writing in very hyperbolic language, he’s not exaggerating very much.

How NOT To Run A Railroad

Posted on October 19, 2016 by jccarlton

Or “is the Metro on fire? Nicki calls it a study in suck.

A Study in Suck

She then reference this page, which indicates problems significantly larger than suck. Actually if fires are a constant problem it’s gone way beyond “suck”

The Engineering Mistakes That Led To The Apollo 13 Disaster

Posted on April 17, 2015 by jccarlton

When You read stories like this the same things show up.

http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/04/apollo-13-the-mistakes-the-explosion-and-six-hours-of-live-saving-decisions/

Somebody assumes. Somebody doesn’t check. Somebody doesn’t follow up. Followed all to frequently by somebody dies.