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Headline News Thread II: Meanwhile...

ScoobyDoo said:
Probably a good thing. Hopefully for them it was fast and painless.
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It was milliseconds or less. They were killed instantly through multiple vectors.

The heat from the adiabatic compression alone, ignoring shrapnel, the actual pressure, drowning, etc. would have killed them instantly. Tens of thousands of degrees F if the compression happened instantaneously (it didn't, but it's a rough estimate).
The shrapnel would have killed them instantly.
The pressure would have killed them instantly.

They didn't even know there was a problem before they were dead.
 
aparch said:
US Navy confirmed they had heard what sounded consistent with an underwater implosion Sunday night, but kept quiet until it could be confirmed.

The "distress banging" sound that was heard Tueaday was likely from another ship in the area.
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Don’t ruin my fun. I’ve been musing that there were a couple sharks down there going, “watch what happens when I bang on this thing!”
 
dxmnkd316 said:
It was milliseconds or less. They were killed instantly through multiple vectors.

The heat from the adiabatic compression alone, ignoring shrapnel, the actual pressure, drowning, etc. would have killed them instantly. Tens of thousands of degrees F if the compression happened instantaneously (it didn't, but it's a rough estimate).
The shrapnel would have killed them instantly.
The pressure would have killed them instantly.

They didn't even know there was a problem before they were dead.
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What happens in an implosion?

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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oh.
 
Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
A bunch of poor brown migrants recently died trying to get to a better life via boat and not a lot of attention on that
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I keep seeing this comment. I saw and heard intense and thorough coverage of this for days (Reuters, BBC, NPR) before they slowed as there was less new info to talk about. They were all over the rumors re the Greek indifference, the plight of migrants over the last few yrs, the causes for them fleeing, the people profiting from the illegal transport, etc.

I don't watch or listen to much network news so not sure if they covered as heavily. Probably not. That type of reporting requires supporting journalists and actually putting in time and effort. Networks are more into flash in the pan, lazy and cheap stories
 
leswp1 said:
I keep seeing this comment. I saw and heard intense and thorough coverage of this for days (Reuters, BBC, NPR) before they slowed as there was less new info to talk about. They were all over the rumors re the Greek indifference, the plight of migrants over the last few yrs, the causes for them fleeing, the people profiting from the illegal transport, etc.

I don't watch or listen to much network news so not sure if they covered as heavily. Probably not. That type of reporting requires supporting journalists and actually putting in time and effort. Networks are more into flash in the pan, lazy and cheap stories
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I saw it on bbc. That’s how I knew it happened to make my comment here.

I saw nothing about it on other news sources. You cannot deny that the stupid submarine took up way more attention here which was my point. Most Americans aren’t watching actual news sources
 
I just can't be bothered to care about the sub accident. It ranks up there with rich people going to space...phuck off you did something dangerous and this time it bit you in the butt. Too bad so sad! The migrant story is much more tragic and no one seems to care.

BTW if any of you watch Destination Unknown Josh Gates was supposed to do an episode aboard that sub to see the Titanic. They did a test run, he knew it was problematic and turned down the trip.
 
Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
I saw it on bbc. That’s how I knew it happened to make my comment here.

I saw nothing about it on other news sources. You cannot deny that the stupid submarine took up way more attention here which was my point. Most Americans aren’t watching actual news sources
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True. Americans are incredibly ignorant, insular and oblivious about the fact they are. I follow the international outlets* I saw as a child- they actually cover things more than a bullet point with a dash of outrage. Often the Network news 'cover' news that is days old like it just happened and OMG!! That drives me mad. Now that it is summer I rarely see the network news. My friends on FB kept sharing bits of storty and a bunch of the kids were sharing the stuff about the no coverage for the brown migrants.

My local NPR did a whole hour on the Migrant story but I am not sure if that was a local program or national
 
Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
I saw it on bbc. That’s how I knew it happened to make my comment here.

I saw nothing about it on other news sources. You cannot deny that the stupid submarine took up way more attention here which was my point. Most Americans aren’t watching actual news sources
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Seems like Cafe suffers from the same problem. A couple of posts on the migrant boat, but a thread full of material on the sub.
 
Good. Now we need the condors to take out the super talls.

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