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Let me answer. "Chris Dixon, the project manager at Seattle Tunnel Partners [...] said he felt pretty confident that the blockage will turn out to be nothing

by wittekm 13y ago

Let me answer. "Chris Dixon, the project manager at Seattle Tunnel Partners [...] said he felt pretty confident that the blockage will turn out to be nothing more or less romantic than a giant boulder, perhaps left over from the Ice Age glaciers that scoured and crushed this corner of the continent 17,000 years ago. " ~ The article.

Zikes 13y ago
Which is why there will never be a followup. "Mystery Object Found to be Benign, Everyday Rock" does not make for a great headline. Edit: I may be underestimating NYT's ingenuity a bit. I suppose "Big Bertha Resumes Drilling After Penetrating Ancient Glacial Super Rock" would serve the purpose.
- BrandonMarc 13y ago
  "Subterranean Seattle Drilling Engineers Use This ..." (wait for it) "... One Weird Trick ..." (ah, there it is) "... To Conquer Ancient Mega Boulder Behemoth" Yep. That's a headline.
  - Raphael 13y ago
    Glacial tills hate them!
- drzaiusapelord 13y ago
  Print news is now web-based which is all about ad impressions via alarmist or overly dramatized articles. Journalism somehow keeps finding a way to get worse.
  - sharkweek 13y ago
    This isn't new -- journalism has always been about selling a headline. But even then, it's just about them meeting a demand we have for the curious/ridiculous/obscene. WAR BEGINS... with a w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H6OULO5R4Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H6OULO5R4Y)
    - drzaiusapelord 13y ago
      Good point, but my concern is, in the past they only needed catchy covers. Then you bought the paper and the rest was more sane. Now every article needs to make money, so every article is a cover story with all its drama and embellishments.
InclinedPlane 13y ago
The area that Bertha is digging in right now is glacial till, so it wouldn't be even a little surprising if it ran into a big glacial erratic. It should be able to chew through those even so, but if it ends up loose and just bounces around in front of the cutting head then it would be a problem, which is probably what's happening.
nailer 13y ago
Also: why would the boring machine have trouble with some wood or stones of the size you'd use for walls in an old building?

by wittekm 13y ago

Zikes 13y ago

Which is why there will never be a followup. "Mystery Object Found to be Benign, Everyday Rock" does not make for a great headline. Edit: I may be underestimating NYT's ingenuity a bit. I suppose "Big Bertha Resumes Drilling After Penetrating Ancient Glacial Super Rock" would serve the purpose.

BrandonMarc 13y ago
"Subterranean Seattle Drilling Engineers Use This ..." (wait for it) "... One Weird Trick ..." (ah, there it is) "... To Conquer Ancient Mega Boulder Behemoth" Yep. That's a headline.
- Raphael 13y ago
  Glacial tills hate them!
drzaiusapelord 13y ago
Print news is now web-based which is all about ad impressions via alarmist or overly dramatized articles. Journalism somehow keeps finding a way to get worse.
- sharkweek 13y ago
  This isn't new -- journalism has always been about selling a headline. But even then, it's just about them meeting a demand we have for the curious/ridiculous/obscene. WAR BEGINS... with a w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H6OULO5R4Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H6OULO5R4Y)
  - drzaiusapelord 13y ago
    Good point, but my concern is, in the past they only needed catchy covers. Then you bought the paper and the rest was more sane. Now every article needs to make money, so every article is a cover story with all its drama and embellishments.

InclinedPlane 13y ago

The area that Bertha is digging in right now is glacial till, so it wouldn't be even a little surprising if it ran into a big glacial erratic. It should be able to chew through those even so, but if it ends up loose and just bounces around in front of the cutting head then it would be a problem, which is probably what's happening.

nailer 13y ago

Also: why would the boring machine have trouble with some wood or stones of the size you'd use for walls in an old building?