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Subject:RE: Re: Procedures in real time From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:58:14 -0800
In most heavy industries there are indeed procedures to follow in disaster-like situations, and I expect there were some on the platform as well. Whether they were not followed or were and proved to be wholly or partially ineffective remains to be seen. It is possible that someone following an emergency procedure of some sort prevented the death toll from being even higher than it was.
Gene Kim-Eng
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On 6/18/2010 2:49 PM Jan Cohen wrote: I agree. But short of "bend over and kiss your butt goodbye," I was thinking more or less about procedures that might be used during an actual incident where time is of the essence. In the case of the BP disaster, there's surely nothing that could be done except try to save one's self.
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