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

From	jimp@specsol.spam.sux.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 19:05 +0000
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In sci.physics Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote:
> On 22/12/2015 9:06 PM, Poutnik wrote:
>> Dne 22/12/2015 v 08:58 Sylvia Else napsal(a):
>>> On 22/12/2015 4:19 PM, Tony Hwang wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Do you have any maritime experience? Worked on any kind of ocean
>>>> going vessel(s)? Possess any knowledge gained from real life
>>>> experience?
>>>
>>> Experience of ships? No. How would any of that help in deciding whether
>>> the vessel would suck me down if it sank?
>>>
>>> Or do you think there's some sort of mechanism that allows enlightenment
>>> by osmosis?
>>>
>>
>> Nautical society has advantage of collective experience
>> of huge number of people, surviving the ship sinking.
>>
>> Even if I had been Nobel laureate for physics,
>> sailors would know more about surviving on sea than me.
> 
> For most things, perhaps. But how many sailors have experience of a 
> sinking, much less such experience from the the immediate vicinity of 
> the ship. Those who got sucked down, if any, won't be around to tell the 
> tale. Those who didn't get sucked down, and survived, would be 
> counter-examples.
> 
> Sylvia.

Ever heard of WWI and WWII?

Lots of ships sunk and lots of detailed records.
 

-- 
Jim Pennino

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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? gfretwell@aol.com - 2015-12-21 20:13 -0500
  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? bob_villain <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2015-12-21 18:11 -0800
        Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Tony Hwang <dragon40@shaw.ca> - 2015-12-21 19:18 -0700
          Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? gfretwell@aol.com - 2015-12-21 21:46 -0500
            Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-12-21 22:18 -0500
              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? 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? Uncle Monster <unclemon@gmail.com> - 2015-12-21 23:59 -0800
          Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2015-12-22 03:56 -0500
            Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? Uncle Monster <unclemon@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 08:15 -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? gfretwell@aol.com - 2015-12-22 01:17 -0500
        Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? DerbyDad03 <teamarrows@eznet.net> - 2015-12-22 09:08 -0800
      Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? DerbyDad03 <teamarrows@eznet.net> - 2015-12-22 08:29 -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
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  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
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                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? gfretwell@aol.com - 2015-12-24 00:37 -0500
          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
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    Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? gfretwell@aol.com - 2015-12-22 11:15 -0500
      Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? "Bob F" <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 08:27 -0800
        Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2015-12-22 11:45 -0500
          Re: Does a capital ship sinking actually SUCK a swimmer down to drown? "Bob F" <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2015-12-23 05:41 -0800
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