Thoughts on fourteen hundredths of a second

We take a lot of risks in our everyday lives. Some are more worthy than others.

From assuming we know how to navigate that ice during a thaw to getting behind the steering wheel, life is full of them, some warranted, some not.

Last week, two such risks stood out. On Friday, the Bureau of Reclamation started pumping water from Lake Roosevelt up to Banks Lake, an annual beginning that primes the Col...