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Chapter 9: Faults in a Complex System
Ian Malcolm followed Muldoon out of a gate that led through the fence around the visitor center. The fence was made of steel wiring. There was a concrete doorway around the gate. Maloclm slowly realised the precautions taken. Malcolm had not had time to analyze any equations for this Park. Chaos might prove a failure or a success. Everything Malcolm had seen could completely balance out the problems in the last Park. Automation had been cut back, the animals were correctly respected, security had been approved upon, but the animals were still unpredictable, chaos theory at its best.
Malcolm cracked a smile as he thought about it. Muldoon pulled open another gate, this one led to the Safari Lodge.
"Uh, how do you open those gates without getting shocked, Robert?" asked Malcolm.
Muldoon turned and looked at Malcolm who hadn't made a single comment about anything he'd seen at this point.
"Not electrified, the gates aren't, the fence is. Safety precaution that Hammond made us put in." Muldoon said.
'There it was, John Hammond's lack of thought.' thought Malcolm.
A single weakness in a complex system could cripple it. This was a prime example. A complex electrified fence with various sections had gates that were not electrified. Malcolm made a mental note not to trust this fence.
"So how aren't the gates electrified?" asked Grant walking beside Muldoon.
"They are hinged to a separate steel bar that comes up from the ground." Muldoon replied.
Grant turned and look back at the gate at first he hadn't noticed but the cutaway from the fence was surrouded by a concrete doorway, from the ground was a three inch bar that ran to the concrete. The gates were hinged to this bar cutting the gates off from the electricity that surged thought the fence.
Muldoon continued into the lodge. He led everyone to the third and top floor and showed them their rooms which were all located next to one another.
"I'll let you folks settle in. I'll come back in twenty minutes and continue our tour." Muldoon said leaving the group and going into the elevator.
The group settled, unpacked and made ready for the rest of the tour.