[time-nuts] Man killed in quartz crystal accident

J. Forster jfor at quikus.com
Tue Nov 26 08:34:54 EST 2013


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

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> 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: nerd at verizon.net
>> To: time-nuts at febo.com
>> 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.
>> >
>>
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