austenandrews Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I'm pretty sure the Deepwater Horizon oil well isn't that deep.... That looks about right. A 10k meter well drilled 1200 meters under water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I'm guessing that the Edmund Fitzgerald wasn't quite that big' date=' either.[/quote'] According to the Wikipedia article, the Edmund Fitzgerald was 222 meters long. That looks about right to that scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures That looks about right. A 10k meter well drilled 1200 meters under water. Yeah, that's right. The depth I was thinking of didn't include the water depth, which explains the difference nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures According to the Wikipedia article' date=' the [i']Edmund Fitzgerald[/i] was 222 meters long. That looks about right to that scale. And it sank in water 530 feet deep, 200 feet less than its overall length (730 feet.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures ...Huh, I hadn't been aware the Edmund Fitzgerald was real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDrPuma Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures ...Huh' date=' I hadn't been aware the Edmund Fitzgerald was real.[/quote'] It wasn't. Gordon Lightfoot retconned the universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures ...Huh' date=' I hadn't been aware the Edmund Fitzgerald was real.[/quote'] It even has a character sheet: http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptationsvehicles/civilianwater/edmund_fitzgerald.HTML Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures It even has a character sheet: http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptationsvehicles/civilianwater/edmund_fitzgerald.HTML Bless you, Susano. (I'd Rep you too, but I appear to be all out. A little hep, someone?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I've got a postcard my grandfather sent me year ago. The picture on it was the Edmund Fitzgerald moving up the St. Clair River. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures It wasn't. Gordon Lightfoot retconned the universe. I was born in '79, dude. It would have been ten years after the wreck before I would even be aware enough to really remember things into adulthood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I was born in '79' date=' dude. It would have been ten years after the wreck before I would even be aware enough to really remember things into adulthood.[/quote'] Stop making me feel old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures ...Huh' date=' I hadn't been aware the Edmund Fitzgerald was real.[/quote'] Did you think it was only a fictional ship? [ATTACH=CONFIG]42603[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Did you think it was only a fictional ship? [ATTACH=CONFIG]42603[/ATTACH] See explanation above. You were ninja'd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures See explanation above. You were ninja'd. I'm at work, and can only read/respond very intermittently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I'm at work' date=' and can only read/respond very intermittently.[/quote'] He's a mere slip of a boy in his early 30s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Stop making me feel old. Is it his fault he was two years old when Champions came out? Yes, we're old. That means we can make fun of the youngsters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDrPuma Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Is it his fault he was two years old when Champions came out? Yes' date=' we're old. That means we can make fun of the youngsters. [/quote'] Old age and treachery will always overcome youth and speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I'm putting this here because this is perhaps the neatest thing I've seen in quite some time. This right here is the American Dream as it should be. Invention, entrepreneurship, and a desire to succeed. When you get to the page, you'll notice that there is a donation button to get him to college. Awesome, watch the video! http://cainesarcade.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Bless you' date=' Susano. (I'd Rep you too, but I appear to be all out. A little hep, someone?)[/quote'] I got him for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Go to the banks of Lake Superior in November and you will have no doubts that a ship of any size could get lost. Superior on any other continent would be called a Sea. It's pretty scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Go to the banks of Lake Superior in November and you will have no doubts that a ship of any size could get lost. Superior on any other continent would be called a Sea. It's pretty scary. Lake Superior has a surface area of 31' date='700 square miles (82,103 km2), which is approximately the size of South Carolina. It has a maximum length of 350 statute miles (560 km; 300 nmi) and maximum breadth of 160 statute miles (257 km; 139 nmi). Its average depth is 80.5 fathoms (483 ft; 147 m) with a maximum depth of 222 fathoms (1,332 ft; 406 m). Lake Superior contains 2,900 cubic miles (12,100 km³) of water.[/quote'] Yeah. It's big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Yeah. It's big. My ex-wife's uncle was a sport fisherman in Minnesota and he was shipwrecked for 3 days on an island on Superior. Shipwrecked. On a lake. Yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures My ex-wife's uncle was a sport fisherman in Minnesota and he was shipwrecked for 3 days on an island on Superior. Shipwrecked. On a lake. Yeah. O_o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures O_o Storm came up and (as mentioned) superior is the size of North Carolina. He had an issue with his radio and started heading for a nearby island. The outboard motor was damaged. Fortunately people knew he was missing and where he was fishing (which is to say, vaguely) and DNR started checking the Islands with boats and planes (because if he wasn't on an island he was dead). In nautical terms, it's like searching a quarter of the Baltic Sea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I'm putting this here because this is perhaps the neatest thing I've seen in quite some time. This right here is the American Dream as it should be. Invention, entrepreneurship, and a desire to succeed. When you get to the page, you'll notice that there is a donation button to get him to college. Awesome, watch the video! http://cainesarcade.com/ D'awww! That's adorable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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