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January 15, 2009
plane crash
i was eating lunch today in a place that had a TV. the TV showed the plane that crashed/landed in the Hudson river. I watched the coverage for nearly 30 minutes before a message scrolled by:
Federal Security Expert says terrorism unlikely.
It was at that moment I realized that terrorism was the furthest thing from my mind when wondering about the cause of this incident. I think that says something about me: I'm someone who understands the odds.
At the same time, I'm incredulous that the prime suspect is actually a flock of geese. Come on, it's the space age. Can't we protect our planes from birds?
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what, like some window screen in front of the turbine intakes? or maybe some wires spaced to slice/dice the birds into more maneagable bits? too expensive to implement i bet. or too easy.