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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by an OVERLY-PRECISE TEMPORAL SHARK - Title-text still pending, and particularly bare-bones explanation for first draft. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
− | An {{w|incident report}} describes the | + | An {{w|incident report}} describes the events that happen before something goes wrong; this usually involves describing what time related events happen at. In this comic, a report at a {{w|nuclear power plant}} on the day of the comic's publishing starts with particularly vague timestamps (that a package of fireworks arrived "roughly 18 hours prior" to it), then uses false minute-level precision ("14:00" and "14:20", which could reasonably be five minutes off in either direction), then actual minute-level precision ("14:28"), then second-level precision ("14:29:22" and "14:29:26"). |
− | This suggests that the ''clock'' time is really a proxy for the ''amount'' of time before one specific moment where everything falls apart, and when seconds start appearing, it implies that the recollection is within a few minutes of the disaster. Normally the increased level of precision reflects close monitoring capabilities of the affected | + | This suggests that the ''clock'' time is really a proxy for the ''amount'' of time before one specific moment where everything falls apart, and when seconds start appearing, it implies that the recollection is within a few minutes of the disaster. Normally the increased level of precision reflects close monitoring capabilities of the affected system and/or detailed analysis by incident investigators. |
− | + | Examples of real-life incident reports with second-level precision timestamps showing the increasing prevision around critical moments include: | |
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− | Examples of real-life incident reports with second-level precision timestamps showing the increasing | ||
* [https://spaceflightnow.com/challenger/timeline/ Explosion] of the Space Shuttle Challenger | * [https://spaceflightnow.com/challenger/timeline/ Explosion] of the Space Shuttle Challenger | ||
* [https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/appendices/chernobyl-accident-appendix-1-sequence-of-events.aspx Chernobyl explosion] | * [https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/appendices/chernobyl-accident-appendix-1-sequence-of-events.aspx Chernobyl explosion] | ||
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− | + | Although the comic refers to {{w|Juggling club|juggling "pins"}}, jugglers commonly refer call those props as "clubs." It is possible Randall is confusing the {{w|Bowling pin|similarly shaped objects}} in 10-pin bowling to juggling clubs. "Pins" are another name for {{W|nuclear fuel rod}}s, which control the speed of a nuclear reaction within a nuclear power plant. No sane reactor staff would juggle{{citation needed}} these complex, heavy and expensive pieces of equipment. | |
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− | Although the comic refers to {{w|Juggling club|juggling "pins"}}, jugglers commonly call those props "clubs." It is possible Randall is confusing the {{w|Bowling pin|similarly shaped objects}} in 10-pin bowling to juggling clubs. "Pins" are another name for | ||
− | The title text refers to the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCI-gNK_y4 theme music] from the 1975 film ''{{w|Jaws (film)|Jaws}}'', which has come to represent impending danger | + | The title text refers to the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCI-gNK_y4 theme music] from the 1975 film ''{{w|Jaws (film)|Jaws}}'', which has come to represent impending danger. |
− | 9603120071 | + | 9603120071 was an actual accession number for an [https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=9603120071 incident] at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in which four slightly contaminated stray kittens were found, cleaned, and adopted. No clock times were mentioned in the report. |
− | Real-world nuclear power stations have strictly regulated control rooms which would prevent the simultaneous presence of fireworks, juggling and birthday celebrations. | + | Real-world nuclear power stations have strictly regulated control rooms which would prevent the simultaneous presence of fireworks, juggling and birthday celebrations.{{Citation needed}} |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
+ | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
:Facility: East Valley Nuclear Plant | :Facility: East Valley Nuclear Plant | ||
:Date: 12/10/2021 | :Date: 12/10/2021 | ||
:Report ID: 9603120071 | :Report ID: 9603120071 | ||
:Event description: Roughly '''18 hours''' prior to the incident, an Amazon package containing fireworks was mistakenly delivered to the reactor control room and left under the console. | :Event description: Roughly '''18 hours''' prior to the incident, an Amazon package containing fireworks was mistakenly delivered to the reactor control room and left under the console. | ||
− | :The next day, at approximately '''14:00''', | + | :The next day, at approximately '''14:00''', technician A arrived at the facility with a bag containing four juggling pins. At '''14:20''', technician A entered the control room, and joined technician B at the console. |
− | :At '''14:28''', | + | :At '''14:28''', technician C exited the elevator and approached the control room holding a birthday cake intended for technician B. |
− | :At '''14:29:22''', | + | :At '''14:29:22''', technician A said "Hey [technician B], check out this cool trick I learned" while taking out the juggling pins. Technician B turned to look just as, at '''14:29:26''', technician C entered holding the cake. |
:[Caption below the panel]: | :[Caption below the panel]: | ||
:You know things are about to get bad when the incident report starts including seconds in the timestamps. | :You know things are about to get bad when the incident report starts including seconds in the timestamps. | ||
+ | :[Title Text]: | ||
+ | :Increasing-precision timestamps are the Jaws theme of incident reports. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} |