News: 2022-05-24_15-04-37_une-tempete-meurtriere-plonge-ottawa-dan

  ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

Une tempête meurtrière plonge Ottawa dans l'obscurité

(2022-05-24_15-04-37)


Un habitant d’Ottawa a filmé des images terrifiantes samedi, qui montrent le moment où une tempête meurtrière est passée dans son quartier. En quelques secondes, le ciel s’est assombri et la ville a sombré dans l’obscurité. Au moins huit personnes ont perdu la vie et 900 000 foyers ont été privés d’électricité lorsque des orages violents ont frappé l’Ontario et le Québec.


Most people exhibit what political scientists call "the conservatism of the
peasantry." Don't lose what you've got. Don't change. Don't take a chance,
because you might end up starving to death. Play it safe. Buy just as much
as you need. Don't waste time.

When we think about risk, human beings and corporations realize in their
heads that risks are necessary to grow, to survive. But when it comes down
to keeping good people when the crunch comes, or investing money in
something untried, only the brave reach deep into their pockets and play
the game as it must be played.

-- David Lammers, "Yakitori", Electronic Engineering Times,
January 18, 1988