Why Did the National Hurricane Center Blow It on Earl?
We live in an era of political science. Science means to know, and our best educated, highly technical, instrument rich people, simply hit the wall of unknowable very quickly. This is normal; we are far better informed than in the days when a Cat. 5 hurricane appeared unannounced on the coast, causing massive deaths. Today, people who choose to stay and risk certain death from hurricanes, are simply exhibiting natural selection, the survival of the smartest.
We knew infinities about Katrina before it hit New Orleans as a down graded rain storm. What we did not know is that the Corps of Engineers knowingly, for decades, designed and built levees that could not withstand a rain storm. This is political science. We learned it at Three Mile Island with the NRC, we learned it in the BP oil well blow out with the Interior Department. We are suffering through it with global warming; our power plants are so old, “some critics say they might fail and kill you.” Whenever you hear, “some one said”, or “might”, you are hearing political science, Democratic science, Republican science, environmental science, corporation science. There is a difference between might know, and know.
Take scientific statements with a grain of salt. Chances are it will rain in New England.
