Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: The "Standards" Game Date: 16 Sep 2025 18:47:33 GMT Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <10a6nt3$1c65i$1@dont-email.me> <10a9qlq$25h61$1@dont-email.me> <10abg8l$2hkbj$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net pxYeNclLmLseum9ohC2muwVqceU1q3KNTXNqNXi4qgYimFh4qg Cancel-Lock: sha1:mDtr43W8MfiRBjPseMpvd9b6MW0= sha256:Qf2qtA5dtpqRVhY6e4NaBcUV4XYf7LO0vOjxFHQ2LSQ= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:74332 alt.comp.os.windows-11:24298 On Tue, 16 Sep 2025 21:04:50 +1000, Daniel70 wrote: > On 16/09/2025 1:35 pm, rbowman wrote: >> On Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:50:17 -0400, Paul wrote: >> >>> The project needs a 3.4 Kilometer tunnel! That's a billion dollars >>> worth of tunneling right there. I did not see that in the plans. >>> Clever. Oh, well. >> >> Should have hired The Boring Company. Anybody but Bechtel the >> corporation behind Boston's legendary Big Dig. It only took twice as >> long and cost twice as much as anticipated. >> >> Where does the tunnel go? Seabrook Station in New Hampshire has 2 3 >> mile long tunnels going out into the ocean. When concerns were raised >> about the temperature rise from the exhaust tunnel the answer was 'The >> lobsters will love the nice warm water!'. > > AH!! So is this Seabrook Station responsible for the oceans getting > warmer .... which is gunna flood all the best beaches?? A little warm in that part of the ocean wouldn't be a bad thing. The temperature peaks out in August at about 62 F (16 C) and is lowest in March at 37 F (3 C). A lot of the lobster men can't swim. They figure if you fall in and can't get back in the boat you're going to die. The rule of thumb is you have a 50% chance of surviving 50 minutes in 50 degree water. Locals know the shallow spots where the water warms up a little more but the area isn't conducive to the California surfer culture without a decent wet suit. Another problem from New Hampshire north is you're more likely to find scenic rock bound coast than sand. The winter storms tend to carry it away.