Odisha India Train Crash

On Friday evening there was a large train crash in Odisha in north east India. A passenger train crashed into a stationary freight train, then one of the derailed carriages caused a third train to crash. They think about 275 people were killed by the accident. It looks like June has got off to a bad start. 

I have never been to India but I consider their railways to be safe because accidents are rare and the railway is 115,000 km across, long enough to circle the Earth nearly 3 times. The accident was caused by a faulty signal; it showed a safe passage when there was a stationary freight train nearby. I don't blame anyone, sometimes faulty equipment can appear to be in working order, it may be functional for some time then begin to stop working. They are improving their railways but it takes time for such a large network. I feel some pity because that is a lot of people. Train journeys are safe but when they do crash, it is a big disaster. 

I think about Death every day because it can't be avoided. Every human being alive now will die in the near future. In the last few days I thought about death a bit more than normal. The one good thing about death is it humbles those that think about it. How could I be proud or racist when the final outcome of my body is to become dry bones with no thought or cares. One day I would not even be aware of the passing of time. I wouldn't know that 50 years has passed by because I'm without thought or care. Only the mercy or a resurrection would allow me to be conscious again. 

Super Tailback

I will remember 22nd of November 2019 as an encounter with the worst tailback in my life. I was driving to work and reached the A40 section that passes Hillingdon train station when I encountered a traffic jam. The traffic was so slow that it took over an hour to reach the next slip road.

To cut a long story short, I was 1 hour and 10 minutes late for my job yet I was due to arrive 5 minutes early.

The traffic was caused by a car crash and the car managed to jackknife itself sideways and took out about 50 meters of fencing to the northolt military base and I could see the runway from the road through the fence. The car looked like a BMW or Mercedes, they look alike to me. It was beige coloured and was upside down. That car must have been going extremely fast... 

If the driver survived I am sure he or she had life changing injuries. People need to calm down.

Donald Trump and Croydon Tram

Donald Trump has been elected president of the united states of America.  I wish him good luck. I hope that he makes good trade deals with the UK and US when we leave the EU in 2 years. 

I wish the best for America and I hope that the people that voted for Hillary or the other guys keep their chins up and sees opportunity in any changes.

I am distancing  myself from politics now because I feel it is out of my control. I'm just a little guy and I don't have any answers and no one listens to me anyway.

I am shocked that on the same Day a tram overturned in south London and seven people were killed. I wonder why,  Perhaps the driver was going too fast or there was something on the track, the incident happened in Croydon yesterday. We will see in good time what actually happened.

Today I am grateful for my good health and all the opportunities that come with it. If my health was too bad then I would not have the freedom to create so many things.