Posted on 03/25/2014 6:27:58 AM PDT by don-o
Searching for the debris of flight MH370 in the Southern Ocean is not just a case of looking for a needle in a haystack; it is a case of searching for a needle that moves hundreds of kilometers every day in one of the most hostile and constantly changing areas in the world. +
To make matters worse, it is also one of the most remote locations on Earth. +
I should know, I’ve seen this myself.
(Excerpt) Read more at qz.com ...
The only problem with your assessment is that Inmarsat and the AAIB (UK Air Accident Investigation Board) - with their analysis - puts the location of the plane in the present area where they are now searching.
Hmmm ... it sounds like he went off his Prozac ... LOL ...
+ At those high speeds, the current becomes unstable. It starts breaking up and forms eddies. These eddies are similar to the vortices you may see behind wakes in a river or the spiraling and treacherous winds that can form behind tall buildings in the inner city on a windy day.
Thanks for an interesting article.
Just found a clip with Goldberg including Fox (and the General) in journalist malpractice
“that moves hundreds of kilometers every day”
Wow, that’s a fast current. /sarcasm
Does anyone know what “2m a second” is as a rate of speed?
Why the /sarc? Are you saying his facts are wrong? That we can dig into.
Can you add something to disprove?
Oh God! Thy sea is so great and my boat is so small.
Here's a link to another page on the website of the OP with some possibly interesting Q & A.
DB Cooper is my favorite mystery.
:-)
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2m sec = 120m minute = 7200m hour (7.2 kilometer/hour) = 172.8 km day = 107.136 statute miles day or 123.20 nautical miles/day
How fast Superman has to run to get liftoff.
That’s what I think too. Can’t find it in the ocean if its in a hanger somewhere.
Yep ... I was there in Portland, the night that it happened. And, you know DB got a certain distance (whether dead or alive) because of a small amount of money found near Portland - exposed by the river, many years later.
It’s still a great mystery. The last I heard, a few years ago, there was still an FBI agent “on the case”.
Yes, I saw that last night. Goldberg and O’Reilly were right about the stupid ‘black hole’ speculation. The matter is not settled though. I’d still have hope if any of my loved ones was on that plane.
Everyone think this location is now settled, but not one of these debris pieces supposedly seen from satellite has been recovered.
Its around 4.5 mph. Doesn’t sound fast...but its 100 miles a day, which can add up.
If you don’t know ocean currents it isn’t my job to educate you. Go do some research.
Thanks. So the “hundreds of kilometers” is not that far off - though “over a hundred” or nearly two hundreds” would have been better.
Because it wasn’t there in the first place, second place, or last place.
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