Posted on 09/16/2020 7:36:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The geomagnetic storm that resulted in the disturbances recorded during the night could have affected the compasses of nearby ships, she emphasizes. “If Titanic’s compass error were only 0.5°, she would have been off her course for around 9 m over 1 km of the run. This apparently insignificant error could have made the difference between colliding with the iceberg and avoiding it..."
The other impact of the geomagnetic storm upon the Titanic rescue operation was wireless communication. According to the report, the Titanic used the ship frequency of 500kHz to send distress messages, a wavelength of 600 meter but could switch to 1000kHz. The researcher explains that geomagnetic storms may disrupt wireless communication through the addition of electric charge to the “D regions of the ionosphere, about 80-90 km in altitude, and corresponding to the lower level of the aurora.” This effect may enhance distant communication due to wave reflection, but absorption occurs at higher frequencies, and further radio static and interference may occur near the aurora, reveals analysis.
“On the night of April 14/15, 1912, communication problems were reported. The Baltic Marconi operators described the radio signals as ‘freaky.’ A few Marconi operators working in the area of the disaster reported atmospherics and weak signals. The Baltic could not hear the transmissions by the Mount Temple but had no difficulties communicating with Virginia, which was farther away,” ... When the Mount Temple responded to the Titanic’s SOS, for example, Titanic’s Marconi operator Jack Phillips did not get the call, he only knew that somebody was calling. Another steamer the La Provence could not hear the Titanic while she had no difficulties hearing the Olympic, which was around 500miles (around 800km) farther away than the Titanic was.
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That is an interesting plot...will have to check it out...
Nah Im pretty sure it was the iceberg.
Ibtz!!!!
Havent got to post that for a while!
Ancient aliens did it.
“Iceberg warnings but full speed ahead!”
I’ve heard that the theory at that time was to spend as little time as possible in the danger area, hence full speed. Which makes a certain sense, but has its own dangers - as the Titanic discovered.
“If Titanic’s compass error were only 0.5°, she would have been off her course for around 9 m over 1 km of the run. This apparently insignificant error could have made the difference between colliding with the iceberg and avoiding it...”
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Of course there is no way to tell if the ship was on course because it sank ...
Not in school.
How true. See what hubris does? That’s what sank the Titanic.
Classic Who is still the best.
damn...
EVERYBODY knows it was HUBRIS that sunk the Titanic. (If not God Himself).
The stars could never again be so aligned as the night Titanic sunk.
Just coincidences? Seems very unlikely.
UNSINKABLE! And God said “oh yeah?”
Why do we need ANY lifeboats on an unsinkable ship?
YES! I always love seeing “The Heart of the Ocean” (on Kate Winslet).
““If Titanic’s compass error were only 0.5°, she would have been off her course for around 9 m over 1 km of the run. This apparently insignificant error could have made the difference between colliding with the iceberg and avoiding it...”
Titanic CHANGED course. Maybe they shouldn’t have. They wouldn’t have hit THAT iceberg.
Most other ships STOPPED! Titanic couldn’t do THAT! We are setting a new record! THAT they accomplished.
“I’ve heard that the theory at that time was to spend as little time as possible in the danger area, hence full speed. Which makes a certain sense,”
Makes no sense.
Hubris along with a healthy dose of negligence.
“Makes no sense.”
The less time you spend in a dangerous area, the better.
“The less time you spend in a dangerous area, the better.”
So, how fast do you drive through school zones with heavy fog conditions?
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