Re:Hospitals across England hit by large-scale cyber-attack
by dredmorbius on Friday May 12, 2017 @06:30PM
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You do realise that very nearly every engineering standard ever established, or regulation imposed, is written in the blood and memorialises the souls of those who died because it wasn't in place.
Turn on your gas stove for a moment, but don't light it.
That smell you detect is a memorial to the 295 students and teachers of the New London School:
Early in 1937, the school board canceled their natural gas contract and had plumbers install a tap into Parade Gasoline Company's residue gas line to save money. This practice—while not explicitly authorized by local oil companies—was widespread in the area. The natural gas extracted with the oil was considered a waste product and was flared off. As there was no value to the natural gas, the oil companies turned a blind eye. This "raw" or "wet" gas varied in quality from day to day, even from hour to hour.
Turn on your gas stove for a moment, but don't light it.
That smell you detect is a memorial to the 295 students and teachers of the New London School:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_London_School_explosion
Early in 1937, the school board canceled their natural gas contract and had plumbers install a tap into Parade Gasoline Company's residue gas line to save money. This practice—while not explicitly authorized by local oil companies—was widespread in the area. The natural gas extracted with the oil was considered a waste product and was flared off. As there was no value to the natural gas, the oil companies turned a blind eye. This "raw" or "wet" gas varied in quality from day to day, even from hour to hour.