Os "especialistas" de plantão e a judicialização dos boatos: os transtornos da imperícia geotécnica na Cidade do Rio de Janeiro. O caso da Avenida Niemeyer

: Two intense rainfall events hit the city of Rio de Janeiro, with distinct characteristics, in 2019 February and April. Despite a much lower death rate than similar events in previous decades, disorders for a significant portion of the population were large. In this scenario of disturbance arise the "generic specialists", who with the support of social networks and major media end up inducing judicialization of technical issues, ignoring the competence and experience of an institution with more than 50 years of service to the municipality in geotechnical analysis and stabilization works. On the other hand, experts without compatible experience with the specific situation are appointed to analyze the safety of the track in a short period of time and without performing numerical analysis or geotechnical testing. Despite all the technical arguments succinctly presented in this article, based on studies performed and the baggage acquired over decades, all allegations presented by the city were systematically rejected, with the maintenance of interdiction and inconvenience to the population.