Ancient Egypt endured plagues of locusts. Seattle has its tunnel, which over the last year has featured a series of setbacks and fiascos that, depending on one’s outlook, can be the setup for a punch line, or an eye-rolling narrative of put-upon endurance.
In the latest blow, project engineers said this week that 30 or more buildings in the historic Pioneer Square area [...] had unexpectedly settled, possibly because of water pumping related to the project.
— nytimes.com
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This tunnel was an obviously-bad idea from the very start. Its failure was entirely predictable.
It doesn't happen often, but in this instance, gwharton, I totally agree with you.
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