Seers and the Silver Spring Transit Center

Since March 2013 when the structural report for the Silver Spring Transit Center became public, we've heard from many seers--politicians, bureaucrats, paid and unpaid consultants and even engineers--who proclaim that "the SSTC will absolutely be safe". The latest to do so is Montgomery County councilman George Leventhal.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/montgomery-at-large-council-hopefuls-try-to-get-their-messages-out-at-crowded-forum/2014/10/14/10aa3364-53ab-11e4-892e-602188e70e9c_story.html

"Leventhal, of Tacoma Park, acknowledged grevious lapses of exexutive oversight and poor decision-making, but said the facility will be safe when it opens."

Every time that I hear someone say "the SSTC will be safe when it opens", I wait for a reporter, or anyone for that matter, to ask "what makes you so sure?"

The fact is that no one can predict the future. No one can see what other serious structural flaws may be present inside the SSTC's severely flawed concrete shell.

Even fortunetellers don't know if the Silver Spring Transit Center will be safe.