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To: Sacajaweau

You mean its not possible to hang on to a palm tree in a typhoon, be blown horizontal but not lose your hat?


13 posted on 01/16/2014 4:19:23 PM PST by skeeter
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To: skeeter

“You mean its not possible to hang on to a palm tree in a typhoon, be blown horizontal but not lose your hat?”

Actually, I think from classical fluid dynamics, if you are in a horizontal position and there is a strong zonal flow around your head, it may be impossible to lose your hat.

I remember there were occassional demostrations of this principle by putting a plastic ball under a vertical zonal flow and it would remains suspended in a stationary spot even when you tried to punch it.


21 posted on 01/16/2014 4:31:47 PM PST by staytrue
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To: skeeter
You mean its not possible to hang on to a palm tree in a typhoon, be blown horizontal but not lose your hat?

No that's possible. But taking that many changes of clothes on a 3 hour tour? Come on.

39 posted on 01/16/2014 5:54:24 PM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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