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Depends. Do they call it the "greatest maritime disaster in history" or somesuch? If so, then yes Pearl Harbor would absolutely be fair game to bring into the c
by sparky_z 5y ago
Depends. Do they call it the "greatest maritime disaster in history" or somesuch? If so, then yes Pearl Harbor would absolutely be fair game to bring into the conversation. In that scenario, they're the one being hyperbolic, not you.
- nobodyandproud 5y agoThe article’s context is about time-related deterioration, lack of transparency, and how on-top and empowered boards and local civil authorities are to handle critical issues that were both known and could have been prevented. So I still fail to see the relevance of the WTC collapse, other than both being catastrophic.
- sparky_z 5y agoI wasn't responding directly to the article, I was responding to the person who commented "This will likely turn out to be deadliest building collapse America has seen." They were making the point about just how catastrophic (and therefore worth of press coverage) the collapse was by by comparing it, in terms of lives lost, with other structural collapses. Obviously the WTC has nothing to do with the problem of concrete deterioration, but neither did any of the other big collapses that Surfside is likely to surpass (Pemberton Mill, Knickerbocker Theater, Hyatt Regency, etc). They all had very different causes and different lessons to teach.
- nobodyandproud 5y agoWhy would you assume the poster meant everything above and beyond deterioration related collapse? I understood “deadliest building collapse America has ever seen” to be context-specific, and I suspect others interpreted it this way as well.