Something struck me today, not a bolt of lightening, more like an iceberg, or maybe a drilling rig. I don’t know why I hadn’t already connected the two before.
April 14th 1912 (technically April 15th 1912 at 2:20AM) the ship that couldn’t sink sank. April 20th 2010 the deepwater drilling platform that was assured to be similarly safe, exploded and sank. What is it about mid-April? Titanic’s hull was being framed exactly 100 years before the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Both have been referred to as the greatest disasters of their kind. The fate of both was sealed in the late evening hours, 11:40PM for Titanic, around 10PM for the Deepwater Horizon. Isn’t it funny that we have the more specific time for the event that happened almost a hundred years ago? Hmmm…
Both employed the latest in modern technology, each for their time. The passage of years sure alters perspective on what can be called modern. Royal Caribbean International now has the 21st century Oasis of the Seas and it’s five times the size of the 20th century Titanic. This latest biggest ship ever thankfully survived its recent maiden voyage.
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It’s understandable that we want to believe we are the best ever. That surely we will not fall victim to fate or flaw. Our greater technology will not fail us. No, we know enough. Like a child wanting to grow up and make his or her own decisions, to be in control, it’s part of our individual instinct and evolution. But it would be nice if we could better temper this with adult perspective and foresight.
Seeing the irreversible, and seemingly unstoppable damage, at least for the foreseeable future, being wreaked in the Gulf serves to remind us of how vulnerable we truly are. Whether it’s disasters of our own making like the Titanic and the Deepwater Horizon, or disasters that we merely bear witness to like that volcano in Iceland, there are times when we must allow ourselves to remember we live on a giant orbiting ball with a heart of fire. With great chunks of ice drifting about and crusts that shift and quake. We are not in charge. Then throw in a good dose of human error and luck of the draw.
Human hubris seems not to learn from history. We still decide it’s a good idea to drill 17,000 feet below sea level, creating a hole where none was intended, with no way to plug it back up. No backup plan for when things inevitably go wrong. Flip a coin long enough, it will always go against you.
