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Reading about this sucked me into an hour of reading about Seattle’s “Bertha” debacle. If you want to hear about a parallel universe account of a project like t
by Eric_WVGG 11y ago
Reading about this sucked me into an hour of reading about Seattle’s “Bertha” debacle. If you want to hear about a parallel universe account of a project like this going straight to hell…
disaster predicted: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/what-could-possibly-go-wrong/Content?oid=4399657 http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/what-could-possibly-go-wr...
disaster realized: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/12/16/guest-editorial-seattle-pull-the-plug-on-the-tunnel-unless-you-can-answer-these-seven-questions http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/12/16/guest-e...
- curtis 11y agoI think claiming that the "disaster" has been "realized" is premature. They're repairing the tunnel boring machine now. If they are able to restart the machine and complete the tunnel, then is it a disaster? Heck, even if they end up completing the tunnel several years late and a billion dollars over-budget, it still wouldn't be a disaster.
- Eric_WVGG 11y agoI hope you're right, but they've experienced all these problems and setbacks and got only 10% of the tunnel dug. The remaining 90% of the dig had better be nearly problem free or maybe even hollow...
- chrismcb 11y agoConsidering there were cheaper, easier alternatives, then yeah it is a disaster.