The Perfect Storm
by Sebastian Junger, Anne Collins · first published 1997
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It was the storm of the century, boasting waves over one hundred feet high
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I know Junger more from his books -- The Perfect Storm, Fire, War. His style is gripping, with little details that bring the story to life, and the chapters often end with an emotional punch. He has said he is following the pattern of author John MacPhee,…
on “Why Young Men Go to War” ↗…caused by increased phosphorous and other nutrient availability, and others. "The Ends of the World" stands out as a top disaster book along with Simon Winchester's "Krakatoa" and Sebastian Junger's "The Perfect Storm".
on “Silurian Hypothesis” ↗Also The Perfect Storm in which the author discusses rogue waves and contemplates that one took down the Andrea Gail.
on “Enormous ‘rogue waves’ can appear out of nowhere” ↗He's likely 'task saturated'. https://nxlperformance.com/resource/wearing-too-many-hats-ca... TLDR: "Sebastian Junger, in his book The Perfect Storm, gave the ultimate example of the hazard of task saturation. He wrote of a rescue helicopter pilot faced with a terrible storm. The pilot ran down his punch list to save his crew. The only thing he didn’t…
on “Most Tracked Flight Right Now” ↗Reading through the report via the NYT reminds me strongly of Junger's The Perfect Storm and it's description of the last minutes of the Jolly 110. Specifically: Task-Saturation. For reference to set-up the situation[0]: "On 30 Oct. 1991, United States Air Force Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk,…
on “At Doomed Flight’s Helm, Pilots May Have Been Overwhelmed in Seconds” ↗…public needs only to decide which site it's going to next. Like with Digg, Twitter is relegated to being not much more than a domain name that doesn't 404. [0] A SnR term I learned from Junger's The Perfect Storm about when the USCG rescue helicopter pilot had to ditch. The recovered black box recorded that the pilot did everything on his checklist, except open his door. He was task saturated and just didn't have…
on “Mastodon links in name or bio now banned from Twitter for being “malware”” ↗