A history site I follow covers the Halifax Explosion. on its 100th anniversary in 2017 I wrote about it and asked what had we learned? I thought not very much, and that we had to stop stupid.

We have written before about how treehugger.com/american…, drunk, unbuckled or speeding. In Halifax 100 years ago, thousands were killed or injured because of stupid:

[The harbour pilot Mackey] first spotted Imo when she was about 0.75 miles (1.21 km) away and became concerned as her path appeared to be heading towards his ship's starboard side, as if to cut him off his own course. Mackey gave a short blast of his ship's signal whistle to indicate that he had the right of way, but was met with two short blasts from Imo, indicating that the approaching vessel would not yield its position. The captain ordered Mont-Blanc to halt her engines and angle slightly to starboard, closer to the Dartmouth side of the Narrows. He let out another single blast of his whistle, hoping the other vessel would likewise move to starboard, but was again met with a double-blast in negation.

A hundred years later, we are still playing chicken with people’s lives. That should be the lesson of Halifax: It is time to stop it. lloydalter.substack.com…