OT: Anything Goes 41

[ChiHawks10]

No guys I’m asking if as soon as they lost communication with above is that the moment they died? Or were they stranded in that tube for a day or whatever with no communication and then the pressure equalized?

No way to know. They could have lost comms with above, sank to the bottom, and then when it hit it damaged the outside and then it would have been instant death. Or it could have happened at the exact moment comms were lost.

I lean towards the catastrophic failure and death occurring exactly at the moment they lost comms, otherwise why would they lose comms and contact with the surface? Just my opinion.

It's entirely possible they were stranded for x amount of time before anything happened, though.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Having just gone skydiving a few weeks ago I’m trying not to judge someone too harshly for doing something so risky but goddamn that all seemed so unnecessarily dangerous. What views are you realistically going to get looking out through that tiny window 12.5k feet down in the ocean? The only light comes from the sub itself.

It’d be a once in a lifetime experience for sure to be down there if safety wise everything was on the level.

 

[ChiHawks10]

Having just gone skydiving a few weeks ago I’m trying not to judge someone too harshly for doing something so risky but goddamn that all seemed so unnecessarily dangerous. What views are you realistically going to get looking out through that tiny window 12.5k feet down in the ocean? The only light comes from the sub itself.

It’d be a once in a lifetime experience for sure to be down there if safety wise everything was on the level.

The uber rich do stupid things because they have the money to do stupid things.

I get it for the scientists, and even for the adventurers, to some degree, but just because you have the kind of money it takes to spend half a million dollars on tickets to do this shit, doesn't mean you should.

Especially now that we're hearing testimonials from other passengers that have done it stating it was a terrible idea, and they would never do it again.

 

[x Tame Impala]

The uber rich do stupid things because they have the money to do stupid things.

I get it for the scientists, and even for the adventurers, to some degree, but just because you have the kind of money it takes to spend half a million dollars on tickets to do this shit, doesn't mean you should.

Especially now that we're hearing testimonials from other passengers that have done it stating it was a terrible idea, and they would never do it again.

If I’m rich enough in 30 years im 1000% going to do a commercial space flight if possible. Risks be dammed. It’s something I’d really REALLY like to see and do

 

[ChiHawks10]

If I’m rich enough in 30 years im 1000% going to do a commercial space flight if possible. Risks be dammed. It’s something I’d really REALLY like to see and do

Space flight is a little different. We've been doing it for over half a century, and have essentially perfected it.

The shit these people were doing has only become plausible over the past couple years. These people are pretty much paying 250k per ticket to be guinea pigs.

 

[ChiHawks10]

Confirmed that it was a catastrophic implosion by the USCG.

Debris found during the search for the vessel “is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel,” said Rear Adm. John Mauger of the First Coast Guard District.

 

[Pez68]

Anyone else now getting "looks like you're using an ad-blocker" every time you navigate this site now? In full screen glory?

 

[Hawkaholic]

Anyone else now getting "looks like you're using an ad-blocker" every time you navigate this site now? In full screen glory?

Haven't had it in full screen. But pretty much every time I click on a topic I get it.

 

[x Tame Impala]

I’m a sponsor and I still get it every time I log in.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I'm so sick of hearing about this submarine.

 

[Pez68]

I'm so sick of hearing about this submarine.

The submarine should have been called Darwin instead of Titan.

 

[TLEH]

Had a good long weekend up in Whitehall, Michigan. Would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a place to unwind and with no expectation of doing anything. After speaking to my folks, they had kept track how many times we had previously been up there, so this trip marked the 20th summer that I went up there. Not bad for having been around for 39 summers. My son's fully indoctrinated to the area as well.

That being said, I'd recommend waiting until late July at least for the water to warm up. Lake Michigan was absurdly frigid, but thankfully Duck Lake and its channel into Lake Michigan was much more tolerable.

My great grandparents lived here my whole life. Nice town. Very nice weather when I was there in Septembers.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

My great grandparents lived here my whole life. Nice town. Very nice weather when I was there in Septembers.

The Whitehall area specifically, or the Western Michigan area in general?

Either way, damn nice place.... during the summers, at least.

 

[TLEH]

The Whitehall area specifically, or the Western Michigan area in general?

Either way, damn nice place.... during the summers, at least.

they lived in Whitehall.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Neat. Small world.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Absolutely insane the situation in Russia

Without going into politics this is extraordinary history unfolding on par potentially with 1917

 

[ChiHawks10]

Absolutely insane the situation in Russia

Without going into politics this is extraordinary history unfolding on par potentially with 1917

Putin's war in Ukraine will go down as the biggest military blunder in history, honestly.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

This just happened in Russia



WTF

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

It's absolutely wild that I'm dealing with air quality issues on the Southside of Chicago due to forest fires.

 

[x Tame Impala]

My wife and I flew home through the wild fires in Colorado back in 2020. Was a crazy sight at 30,000 feet.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

It's absolutely wild that I'm dealing with air quality issues on the Southside of Chicago due to forest fires.

Chicago has worst air quality in world today

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

The entire town smells like burning rubber.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Man, and I thought it looked hazy down in Bloomington-Normal, it's not even a tenth as bad as that.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

They say being outside today is the equivalent of smoking half a pack of smokes. I believe it I feel like garbage.

 

[Putt Pirate]

I live in Tucson and through the Bighorn fire 3 years ago that burned over 100,000 acres. We would watch it on our patio at night as it moved. I am in Madison, WI this week and the smoke is much worse here than it was in Tucson. Way worse!