Reply to "Amtrak wreck on 9/25/21"

Professor ChaosOGR Forum Member

@Allegheny posted:
Professor Chaos,
Since I'm a member of the peanut gallery what does that make you then?
Our journalist friend noted that the rail softened. Blamed it on climate change. Really? An insane conclusion. Thus the reaction to bring him back to reality.
Whether the article noted it as buckling doesn't matter as the Forum journalist should have known better. He should have done his homework first - PRIOR to blaming the accident on climate change at a ridiculous temperature of 84°F being the cause!!!!!!!!

I'm just another member of the peanut gallery of course!

Not about to debate climate change, but interestingly technical reports from England discuss an increase in heat-related failures from temperatures in the 27° C range - about 81° F. Though many of those were signaling issues, not track expansion. And of course English design is unlikely to anticipate summers as hot as ours.

9/27/214:38 PM

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