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Comprehensive disaster thread

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by KingCheetah, Jul 10, 2022.

  1. London'sBurning

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    Some dude must have forgotten one of the bolts while sealing the sub from the outside.

    I know this because I have watched several Airline Accident investigation shows.

    It's always some random mechanic, ITT graduate, that couldn't wait to go on his lunch break.
     
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    You had me at "Steven A. Smith does not understand"
     
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    355671645_589624106612688_4695612623842848595_n.jpg
     
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    Another gem, what a sh**show:
     
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    More on implosion of sub from BBC:

    "When a submarine hull collapses, it moves inward at about 1,500mph (2,414km/h) - that's 2,200ft (671m) per second, says Dave Corley, a former US nuclear submarine officer.

    The time required for complete collapse is about one millisecond, or one thousandth of a second.

    A human brain responds instinctually to a stimulus at about 25 milliseconds, Mr Corley says. Human rational response - from sensing to acting - is believed to be at best 150 milliseconds.

    The air inside a sub has a fairly high concentration of hydrocarbon vapours. When the hull collapses, the air auto-ignites and an explosion follows the initial rapid implosion, Mr Corley says. Human bodies incinerate and are turned to ash and dust instantly
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    Wow
     
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    How bad is this CBS News graphic? :D

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    It's like some sort of parody, or some intern's last day or something.
     
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    Bro titanic is bigger than mount fiji I saw it
     
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    Moving on


     
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    Legit scale. I see nothing wrong
     
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    Seen so many images like these.

    Structures like Eiffel Tower and Empire state building cannot float in an upright position due to the salinity of sea water.
     
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    I think people have been really unfair to Ocean Gate and Stockton Rush, I dislike Stockton's woke politics but he was clearly passionate about The Titanic and the 250K for "tourists" were actually just funding for the scientific expeditions. Yes, he was negligent and irresponsible with something extremely dangerous but The Titan wasn't just a hunk of metal with bolts on it either. Although flawed it was still highly capable just a bit too ambitious in my opinion.

     
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    I thought Orcas was the official unit of measurement in space.

    Also, how would I convert that to Altuves?
     
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    Outstanding.
     
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    Yes, the vertical lines are 150 feet for statues and 1500 for depth of wreckages, scaling neatly in between those two for intermediate objects. #3Dchessgraphics
     
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    I would like to see that many corgis in one spot collapse under their combined mass into a singularity.
     
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