Still the worst ending ever. Cheap, easy, unfulfilling.
Posted on 06/23/2023 6:50:05 AM PDT by Red Badger
In a strange sense, it is also like the final scene of the HBO series The Sopranos, where one moment they are dining, and the next they are gone.
I bought that Soprano’s scene up yesterday while talking to a buddy.
We are occasionally reminded that nature must be taken seriously, whether you’re scuba diving, mountain climbing or playing with predatory animals. The forces of nature, including the laws of physics, are not under man’s control.
I keep hearing “It was quick!” proclaimed. Well except for the days leading up to it knowing it was imminent. Guess being trapped in a tiny space knowing you’re doomed isn’t that big a deal to some folks.
Still the worst ending ever. Cheap, easy, unfulfilling.
But they are saying now that it probably happened early on Sunday while they were descending to the lower depths. There wasn’t the whole waiting around thing that many in the media was portraying.
I’m pretty sure that some knew about it early. There is word that some part of our defense/nat.sec/intelligence registered the implosion and certain people were notified. That’s probably the reason why the Coast Guard was already telling people not to come as early as Monday. They weren’t allowed to say so, but I think they already knew.
And never will be. If they are, the families of the victims of MH370 will be heard from I'm sure.
It’s something like a fly swat.
As one FReeper noted yesterday, when I used the ‘Flyswatter’ analogy, “More like a fly and a sledgehammer.”..............
When it’s your time to go, you’re gone. One minute you’re a billionaire enjoying all the world has to offer. The next, you’re a spirit on the other side wondering, I thought I’d get more time.
Retire ol’ Sparky and set up a “sight seeing” tour for prisoners on death row. Two nanoseconds. No pain at all.
The implosion is done in two nanoseconds, followed by a large explosion, which would be picked up by our sonar nets listening for Submarine traffic.
All the contents of the sub - oxygen, flesh, etc - are compressed by 320 atmospheres in two nanoseconds. The heat caused by compression - boom. Navy absolutely heard that, unless they were all in class learning queer theory.
Now that the media has accepted the truth, the writeups are getting quite ridiculous, but the analysis of 'nanoseconds' is fairly astute: If all they experienced was a flash of light (likely) before their skulls exploded, they were quite fortunate. They probably won't find anything larger than a hip socket.
Trying to get my aged mom to understand, I told her:
Imagine 5 beets in a can, run over by a steamroller. Yes, that flat, that squishy.
Light travels approximately 1 foot/nanosecond.
“Light travels approximately 1 foot/nanosecond.”
I would think the speed of sound is more relevant than the speed of light.
I believe it collapsed on descent. No days of waiting at all.
How fast does Dark travel?.....................
Well, that would be better than the possible mental anguish.
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