Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown?

From	Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.home.repair, sci.electronics.repair, sci.physics
Subject	Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown?
Date	2015-12-22 10:18 +0100
Organization	Good company
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Dne 22/12/2015 v 02:56 Micky napsal(a):
> On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 00:04:23 -0000 (UTC), "M. Stradbury"
> <mstradbury@example.com> wrote:
> 
>> Is it true (or an urban myth) that a swimmer would be sucked
>> under (presumably to drown) when a capital ship sinks?
> 
> I would think so.   I was in a 6-man rubber raft that went over a
> small falls and under water and though I wasn't tied to the raft, I
> went under water too.   How much more so with a big ship. 

But it could be because of your motion dynamics,
as you inertially continue water under,
until your buoyancy gradually reverted your velocity.


-- 
Poutnik ( the Czech word for a wanderer )

Knowledge makes great men humble, but small men arrogant.

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Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? "M. Stradbury" <mstradbury@example.com> - 2015-12-22 00:04 +0000
  Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Tony Hwang <dragon40@shaw.ca> - 2015-12-21 18:51 -0700
    Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-12-21 20:58 -0500
    Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Sam E <why.should.this@be.email.invalid> - 2015-12-21 22:10 -0600
    Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? "M. Stradbury" <mstradbury@example.com> - 2015-12-22 04:31 +0000
      Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? "Bob F" <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 08:19 -0800
        Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 17:45 +0100
          Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? "taxed and spent" <pleasedonot@spamme.com> - 2015-12-22 09:39 -0800
        Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-12-23 03:08 -0500
          Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? dvus <dven1@adelphia.net> - 2015-12-23 05:23 -0500
            Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-23 12:27 +0100
          Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? "Bob F" <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2015-12-23 05:40 -0800
  Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-12-21 20:56 -0500
    Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Tony Hwang <dragon40@shaw.ca> - 2015-12-21 19:02 -0700
      Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-12-21 22:13 -0500
        Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Tony Hwang <dragon40@shaw.ca> - 2015-12-21 20:47 -0700
          Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-12-21 23:00 -0500
      Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? pnalsing@gmail.com - 2015-12-21 19:38 -0800
    Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 10:18 +0100
      Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-12-22 05:04 -0500
  Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-12-22 14:51 +1100
    Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Tony Hwang <dragon40@shaw.ca> - 2015-12-21 21:06 -0700
      Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-12-22 16:13 +1100
        Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Tony Hwang <dragon40@shaw.ca> - 2015-12-21 22:19 -0700
          Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-12-22 18:58 +1100
            Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 11:06 +0100
              Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-12-22 22:13 +1100
                Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 12:45 +0100
                Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-22 19:05 +0000
                Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 13:19 -0800
    Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? "M. Stradbury" <mstradbury@example.com> - 2015-12-22 04:36 +0000
      Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 11:13 +0100
        Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-12-22 06:07 -0500
    Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 10:36 +0100
    Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 14:04 +0100
    Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? "taxed and spent" <pleasedonot@spamme.com> - 2015-12-22 05:08 -0800
  Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? O <OG@AIOESPAM.COM> - 2015-12-21 22:06 -0800
    Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 11:18 +0100
  Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 10:10 +0100
  Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2015-12-22 08:53 -0500
    Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? "M. Stradbury" <mstradbury@example.com> - 2015-12-22 14:28 +0000
      Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2015-12-22 11:41 -0500
        Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? "M. Stradbury" <mstradbury@example.com> - 2015-12-22 21:50 +0000
          Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 23:06 +0100
            Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? MJC <gravity@mjcoon.plus.com> - 2015-12-22 23:07 +0000
              Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-23 07:35 +0100
                Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? "Robert Green" <robert_green1963@yah00.com> - 2015-12-23 13:31 -0500
                Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-23 19:51 +0100
          Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Tony Hwang <dragon40@shaw.ca> - 2015-12-22 16:25 -0700
            Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-23 07:43 +0100
  Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2015-12-22 10:52 -0500
  Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? "Bob F" <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 08:16 -0800

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