Comments by "yankee2 yankee" (@yankee2yankee216) on "Dark Records" channel.

  1. I climbed Mt. Whitney twice, our second and third attempts, both times in a single day. The trail is 22 miles round trip to the top and back, and 6K feet of rugged vertical. It took a long day, like 4:30AM to 6 or 7 PM to make the hike. The first trip failed, as there was freezing rain. We got about halfway up, and had to turn around. No problem, but farther on would have been dangerous!
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  2. This was a product of greed. At every level, the driving force was to make a profit, a MAXIMUM profit! That and a gross disregard for the laws of physics, and the NECESSITY of sound engineering, when building skyscrapers! The management should have understood the implications of all those changes, before they were made. They should have understood the warnings they were getting from workers (esp. the bent columns, exposing sagging of the floor above). The inspectors get a full measure of blame, but the engineers and contractors also get a full measure. They are EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE!
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  3. I agree with others, he knew what he was doing…
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  4. What the decision makers did was criminal. You can’t reduce the capacity of practically all components of a couple of floors, in the middle of is tall structure, and then keep building upward, as if nothing had changed! CRAZY!! Reducing component capacities, below engineered levels, should almost never be permitted (if they ever are, the engineering must be checked carefully)! It looks like quite a number of entities are responsible, and should be held both criminally and financially liable. Only the inspectors were charged? The contractors and engineers absolutely share the blame! It looks like those in charge of the project are sloughing the blame entirely off on the inspectors, when clearly, higher-ups were involved, and certainly responsible. The corruption never ends, in New Orleans! What an unbelievable disaster! THIS is why we need (honest) government.
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