In terms of measurable outcome, what does "catastrophic" mean? At some point, language about everything has transformed into having zero dynamic range. Everything is either a disaster or nothing.
And considering high rises by the sea side, scooters on sidewalks, and bike lanes are all "catastrophic". It would be useful to get a scale here that is continuous non-binary-value.
For instance, if it's as bad as the article's claim that the FAA's failed to hold a bilingual hearing, I'm not really that concerned. Lack of bilingual hearings don't rise to the level of disaster, by my reckoning.
I don't agree with this article.
Level 7 on the INES scale indicates "health and environmental effects."
The scariest part of this event was the potential extent of the disaster. But reality got in the way again, and thankfully the worst case scenario hasn't come to be.
I got an e-mail from someone right after the tsunami. He summed up the whole situation in one word: "Terrible."
>It's a catastrophe, no doubt, but even catastrophes have levels. I'm betting the financial damage will be very, very, very bad and not very, very, very, very bad.
Where do you get "minor accident" from "very, very, very bad"? He is just saying that the liberal media is, as it usually does (ratings anyone?) exaggerating the situation. It doesn't help either that mass media types covering this kind of problem are usually the sorts that have orgasms from hugging trees.
"disaster" and "actively harmful" are hyperbole. This is a helpful document for people who want to understand what development from first principles. If that doesn't describe the people you work with that's fine, but yours is the first comment people will currently see about this article so it matters.
And considering high rises by the sea side, scooters on sidewalks, and bike lanes are all "catastrophic". It would be useful to get a scale here that is continuous non-binary-value.
For instance, if it's as bad as the article's claim that the FAA's failed to hold a bilingual hearing, I'm not really that concerned. Lack of bilingual hearings don't rise to the level of disaster, by my reckoning.
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