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Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View PostCould, but that would take years.
https://www.nestle-watersna.com/en/w...ater-be-stored“Demolish the bridges behind you… then there is no choice but to build again.”
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Also, warm temperatures can accelerate the off gassing from the plastic bottles. Obviously.
https://www.today.com/health/bottled...ts-say-t132687“Demolish the bridges behind you… then there is no choice but to build again.”
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State regulations are so pesky. killed another business!
How on earth would Kansas not require the work of engineers or need an inspection??
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Originally posted by Deutsche Gopher Fan View PostState regulations are so pesky. killed another business!
How on earth would Kansas not require the work of engineers or need an inspection??
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In 2012, the Schlitterbahn co-owner Jeff Henry, together with the senior designer John Schooley, fast-tracked Verrückt’s construction to coincide with an appearance on a reality TV show about amusement parks. (They were also gunning for a Guinness World Record.) Although they had built rides before, neither Henry nor Schooley had a background in mechanical engineering. And according to state law, they didn’t need those credentials to deem their own ride safe. Unlike in the neighboring state of Missouri, water parks in Kansas do not require inspections by a state agency. Still, Henry and Schooley delayed the ride’s opening three times due to safety concerns.
“There wasn't a lot of science or ride engineering involved in the testing and design,” Truesdell said. “They were sending sandbags down and basically hoping that they didn't fly off of the slide. The netting that ultimately ended up killing the child was added to prevent the rafts from flying off of the slide completely.”
In the film, Schooley speaks to a reporter after having tested the ride himself. “That was really exciting because we truly didn’t know whether we were going to survive it or not,” he says. “A ride might be scary, but you figure that they have it figured out. We didn’t know whether we had it figured out or not.”
As chance would have it, Schwab’s father was a Kansas state representative. On the day of Caleb’s accident, the Schwab family had been visiting the water park for Elected Official Day, an annual promotion from Schlitterbahn that offered free admission to Kansas elected officials and their families.
Henry and Schooley were ultimately indicted on charges of aggravated battery, aggravated endangerment of a child, interference with law enforcement, and involuntary manslaughter. Henry faced a charge of second-degree murder. The state alleged that the two men had rushed forward with the ride’s construction without the technical expertise required to design a properly functioning waterslide, skipped “fundamental steps in the design process,” and relied “almost entirely on crude trial-and-error methods” for safety testing.
According to court documents, a team of experts who inspected the ride after Caleb's death found “physical evidence that indicated that other rafts had gone airborne and collided with the overhead hoops and netting before the fatality.” What’s more, on July 3, 2014—one week before the ride’s grand opening—an engineering firm that was hired to perform accelerometer tests on Verrückt’s rafts issued a d-mning report that “guaranteed that rafts would occasionally go airborne in a manner that could severely injure or kill the occupants.” Other documents cited evidence of nearly a dozen Schlitterbahn customers who had been injured on the ride; according to evidence submitted by the state, Schlitterbahn buried or downplayed many of these reports.
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Originally posted by Kepler View PostI thought I knew about this story (that the designers weren't engineers) but my god:
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Originally posted by aparch View PostAlso, warm temperatures can accelerate the off gassing from the plastic bottles. Obviously.
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Even the shores of the UP in Michigan know how horrible that state is and they’re trying to escape.
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Good news everyone! Alaska figured out its budget mess for this year!
Now we just wait 3 months and start over...
On a related note, our Governor will be under attack from both sides for this, from the left because he’s a Trumpian POS, from the right because he caved on the PFD after promising $3000 and signing the bill for $1600.U-A-A!!!Go!Go!GreenandGold!
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Michigan GOP can eat ****. Oh, the voters wanted it? Too bad. They can’t win without cheating.
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Originally posted by Deutsche Gopher Fan View PostMichigan GOP can eat ****. Oh, the voters wanted it? Too bad. They can’t win without cheating.
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I wouldn't be the least surprised to see righty courts start handing elections outright to Republican candidates regardless of outcomes. They are that shameless at this point. They have no allegiance to democracy or to America, only themselves.Cornell University
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Originally posted by Kepler View PostThis is why we need to return the courts to sanity. While they're wholly owned subsidiaries of the RNC we're not going to get any justice.
I wouldn't be the least surprised to see righty courts start handing elections outright to Republican candidates regardless of outcomes. They are that shameless at this point. They have no allegiance to democracy or to America, only themselves.Facebook: bcowles920 Instagram: missthundercat01
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