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NJ Transit's Use of Modeling Software Miscalculated Storm Surge Threat Level

AI Incident Database · article · Jan 12, 2013 · UTC

New Jersey Transit's use of a federal government storm modeling software underestimated the threat of storm surges to the Meadows Maintenance Complex, leaving millions of dollars worth of equipment in the rail yard before Hurricane Sandy struck.

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incident-report
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reported
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Global

Reported occurrence date: 2012-12-10T00:00:00.000Z

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AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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