I upvoted this comment because the point about the importance of writing. However, I don't think conciseness and clarity was the problem here. In 1985 if an eng

I upvoted this comment because the point about the importance of writing. However, I don't think conciseness and clarity was the problem here. In 1985 if an engineer personally composed a long letter you should automatically know it's important. If you read this letter at all the danger is made clear.