Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: flight17 on April 14, 2012, 03:25:40 PM
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100 years ago at this moment, Titanic has 5 hours and 15 minutes until striking the Iceburg and only 7 hours and 55min until slipping under the ocean.
Its hard to believe its been that long ago and yet we still have issues that plagued Titanic happening to modern day ships.
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we still have issues that plagued Titanic happening to modern day ships.
Like stupidity and complete ignorance of the consequences for poor choices?
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Like stupidity and complete ignorance of the consequences for poor choices?
sure but we will always have that as long as humans are in charge, but i was thinking more along the lines of the basics that could have been learned from the titcanic but werent...
Like how emergency drills were never done at the begining of the cruise. It has taken two sinkings to finally mandate the evacuation drill be done prior to even leaving port.
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RIP Jack Dawson
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RIP Jack Dawson
:lol
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RIP Jack Dawson
come back Jack! JACK! JACK COME BACK!! JAAAAAAACCCKKKKKKK
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One Hour and Ten Minutes from now, the Titanic will be doomed.
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100 years ago at this point, Jack and Rose are getting it on in the stutabaker lol :bhead
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Titanic has struck the iceberg. She has two hours and forty minutes to remain afloat. The Destiny of over 1500 souls has been set in stone. :salute
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100 years ago at this point, Jack and Rose are getting it on in the stutabaker lol :bhead
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
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PBS had a nice documentary about it last night
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Either way, a sad event.
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PBS had a nice documentary about it last night
There have been quite a few new documentaries that have been shown in the last week. James Cameron had one that was two hours long, and there have been two others that i have watched that were both new. There is a miniseries on right now on ABC, but im confused with it as i turned it on 2 hours into the 3 hour opener...
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147 years ago today Lincoln was shot, and 42 years ago Apollo 13 wasnt sure they were going to make it home.
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Watched a night to remember on TCM, man that brings me back so many years
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WHo was it that said "Amateurs built the Ark,engineers built the Titanic"?
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There have been quite a few new documentaries that have been shown in the last week. James Cameron had one that was two hours long, and there have been two others that i have watched that were both new. There is a miniseries on right now on ABC, but im confused with it as i turned it on 2 hours into the 3 hour opener...
Was an interesting show.
But he got it wrong.
The stern of the ship wouldnt have gone down prop end last unless it was still attached to the front half of the ship. Which I beleive acted as a sort of drag chute slowing the decent of the bow. This explains the manner in which the starn went down. why the stern didnt roll over or settle and go down level or prop end first. It also explains why the bow suffered so little damage from hitting the bottom and why the stern was such a mess as it was mangled from the forces of being dragged down like a chute towards the bottom. At some point in the way down it separated and they did hit the bottom as separate peices. But not before they went down a considerable distance joined together at the keel.
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Was an interesting show.
But he got it wrong.
The stern of the ship wouldnt have gone down prop end last unless it was still attached to the front half of the ship. Which I beleive acted as a sort of drag chute slowing the decent of the bow. This explains the manner in which the starn went down. why the stern didnt roll over or settle and go down level or prop end first. It also explains why the bow suffered so little damage from hitting the bottom and why the stern was such a mess as it was mangled from the forces of being dragged down like a chute towards the bottom. At some point in the way down it separated and they did hit the bottom as separate peices. But not before they went down a considerable distance joined together at the keel.
Actually he most likely has it right...
Considering that water would have already been in the stern part which would cause the a nosedown angle and the fact that the front of the stern part would be considerably more nose heavy due to the structure, there would be no reason for it to go down prop first as its own peice. The Titanic Broke along the expansion joint which was inbetween the 3rd and 4th funnel. Located in the stern section right at the point of breaking was be the recip engines and the turbine engine, which were the largest and heaviest engiens built to date. Considering how there was no flooding in the stern from damage, there would be force to shift the stern from going down front first compared to props first.
Also, Remember, doors would be open and porthole possibly open as well, so air would have plently of places to be able to escape.
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147 years ago today Lincoln was shot, and 42 years ago Apollo 13 wasnt sure they were going to make it home.
April truly is the cruelest month.
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April truly is the cruelest month.
60 years ago today the YB-52 took its first flight.
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April truly is the cruelest month.
Oh I just remembered too tomorrow the 16th of April was when The Virginia Tech shootings happened. :noid
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The most famous passenger you never heard of
Interesting story
http://aol.sportingnews.com/sport/story/2012-04-15/richard-williams-tennis-titanic-100th-anniversary?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-sb-bb%7Cdl4%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D152244
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first, WOW.
second, thanks for sharing :old: