Swiss Lack Liepāja Engineering Skills — Their Cable Car Can't Handle Wind
While in Switzerland cables snap from wind, in Liepāja our transport systems are used to sea storms and keep operating.
On Wednesday in Switzerland, something happened that could never occur in Liepāja — a cable car gondola detached from the cable for 'unclear reasons.' Here by the sea, such unclear reasons are crystal clear — it's the wind, buddy. And we know how to deal with it.
Nidwalden canton police announced there were 'strong winds' at the time of the accident. Well, probably the same kind that blows in Liepāja every day, but the Swiss aren't used to it. While they investigate the 'causes of the accident,' it's obvious to us in Liepāja — if you build transport in the mountains, you need to account for the fact that it's windy up there too.
Local mechanic Jānis comments: 'Look, the Swiss should come to the Liepāja museum and see how our ancestors built ships. That's truly interesting history — they knew there was wind at sea, so they made them strong. Not like these mountain folk with their cables.'
A 61-year-old local resident who was alone in the gondola lost her life. She probably thought everything in Switzerland was precise as clockwork. But as it turns out, the only thing that works precisely there are the bank vaults. Transport systems — not so much.
In Liepāja we know — if you ride alone, you ride safer. And if it's windy, that's normal. That's why our trams still run, but Swiss cables fall.
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