Well, if you were anywhere in the upper midwest that day...

by KGB, Belly o. the Beast, Monday, April 18, 2011, 10:52 (5547 days ago) @ domer.mq

...I think it was pretty obvious that the wind was intense and dangerous. Everywhere. In the entire midwest. For the whole day. And I feel fairly secure from my perch in Kenosha, Wisconsin, condemning the decisions that were made or not made by people hundreds of miles away in South Bend, Indiana.

Yes, it was a tragedy and probably a preventable one at that, but I have little interest in listening to the wailing wallers who simply want to use this incident as their emotional fulcrum to vent their spleens in the general direction of the University and get their fix of righteous indignation.

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I'm interested in confirming or refuting (edit) - Jay, 2011-04-18, 09:24
- Read the section in "Outliers" about airplane crashes - Dylan, 2011-04-18, 10:39
  - That's an interesting point re: unequal power relationships. - KGB, 2011-04-18, 14:15
    - Oh, ND is not at all unique in that regard - Dylan, 2011-04-18, 14:21
      - But, I mean, they're still going to fire someone, right? - KGB, 2011-04-18, 15:08
    - some companies use "Stop Work" cards - Jay, 2011-04-18, 14:18
  - And it could have been even more out-of-whack in football - Kevin, 2011-04-18, 11:10
    - I guess it's simpler to believe someone ordered a Code Red - Jay, 2011-04-18, 11:25
      - That hasn't stopped certain blogs - Chris (HCC), 2011-04-18, 21:24
        
        do you have a link to the With Leather post? - Jay, 2011-04-19, 07:49
        
        Here ya go - Chris (HCC), 2011-04-19, 08:30
- Check out The Checklist Manifesto - Jeff (BGS), 2011-04-18, 10:22
  - yep - Jay, 2011-04-18, 10:34
- There's one thing I'll definitely refute... - domer.mq, 2011-04-18, 09:43
  - Your first linked article - JRT, 2011-04-18, 10:14
    - Sure, but... - domer.mq, 2011-04-18, 10:26
      - Carrying this over from another front. - JRT, 2011-04-18, 10:29
        
        I think a real issue is that a decision was left up to... - domer.mq, 2011-04-18, 10:31
        
        It wasn't an informed delegation. - JRT, 2011-04-18, 10:33
        
        I'm not arguing that it was. - domer.mq, 2011-04-18, 10:38
        
        Well, if you were anywhere in the upper midwest that day... - KGB, 2011-04-18, 10:52
        
        John Walters tweeted earlier... - domer.mq, 2011-04-18, 10:56
  - Collins, Russ, and Klunder all checked the wind - Jay, 2011-04-18, 09:57
    - I check weather.com, and find their "alerts" easily ignored - domer.mq, 2011-04-18, 10:11
      - Would you ignore a high wind warning - Kevin, 2011-04-18, 10:23
        
        Now, no. - JRT, 2011-04-18, 10:31
        
        If I'm aware of it, probably not. - domer.mq, 2011-04-18, 10:28
        
        I've made the same mistakes, too - HumanRobot, 2011-04-18, 11:17
        
        I had an issue with my alignment a few months ago. - Kevin, 2011-04-18, 11:22
  - Have I ever mentioned how much I hate headline writers? - Chris (HCC), 2011-04-18, 09:49
- Would this qualify as the Swiss Cheese Model? - CW (Rakes), 2011-04-18, 09:30
  - could be - Jay, 2011-04-18, 09:38
    - if there was a single point of failure... - HumanRobot, 2011-04-18, 10:19

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Well, if you were anywhere in the upper midwest that day...