legal pad
What actually broke
thurs, after site visit
what actually broke
- it didn't fail at the weak point. it failed at the point everyone was SURE about
- ask for the logthe weak point had been inspected 11 times. the strong point, zero
- weld toe, not the weld. the weld was perfect. the toe was where the paint peeled first
- paint is a sensor, write this down somewhere officialnobody reported the paint because paint is not structural
- load was within rating. rating was from 1987. traffic was not from 1987
- the retired guy knew. retired guys always know. there is no line item for retired guys
- baseline problemthree inspections said 'no change'. no change from what? the first one was already wrong
- the sensor that would have caught it was ordered. twice. cancelled twice. budget
- get the maintenance window log
- stop saying 'unprecedented'. it was precedented. it was precedented in 1967 and in the training manual
- write the report so the next person reads the third paragraph
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