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34 people feared dead after boat catches fire off California's Santa Cruz Island: officials
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| September 2, 2019
| Robert Gearty
Posted on 09/02/2019 8:51:41 AM PDT by Zhang Fei
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posted on
09/02/2019 8:51:41 AM PDT
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Zhang Fei
To: Zhang Fei
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posted on
09/02/2019 8:53:44 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
What causes a boat to explode? Sinking I can understand; but explode?
(next question: who was on the boat?)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/02/2019 8:54:51 AM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
To: Zhang Fei
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posted on
09/02/2019 8:54:57 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: CondorFlight
Diving boat, ALL crew escaped. Odd
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posted on
09/02/2019 8:55:20 AM PDT
by
mplc51
To: CondorFlight
Oxygen tanks for diving could explode
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posted on
09/02/2019 8:55:53 AM PDT
by
aynrandfreak
(Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
To: CondorFlight; Zhang Fei
Scuba Charter named the Conception. Fires at sea happen.
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posted on
09/02/2019 8:56:22 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
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To: Zhang Fei
Prayers up. WOW! NOT a good scenario.
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posted on
09/02/2019 8:58:14 AM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: mplc51
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posted on
09/02/2019 8:59:26 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
How about a callous statement. "At least they had a FUNERAL FOR A VIKING." Now California will ban water and fire. “False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that it has no remedy for evils, except destruction. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are of such a nature. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” ― Cesare Beccaria
To: aynrandfreak
Air tanks. Nobody dives on oxygen, it will kill you. It’s a common misconception. That said there may have been a bank of O2 bottles on board to mix enriched air (also known as Nitrox).
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posted on
09/02/2019 9:00:01 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
To: CondorFlight
What causes a boat to explode?
As I understand it, from working on a fishing boat long ago, a propane leak all ends up in the bilge—and a boat’s machinery is in the bilge area as well. Not saying this was the cause, but you asked how such a thing could happen.
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posted on
09/02/2019 9:01:06 AM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: mplc51
Dive boat crews are up moving the boats to new divested before first light. So it would be expected that the passengers were still in their bunks.
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posted on
09/02/2019 9:01:13 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
To: Zhang Fei
Kitchen fire? Engine fire?
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posted on
09/02/2019 9:01:41 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
To: Tallguy
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posted on
09/02/2019 9:03:05 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
To: CondorFlight
Explosions can occur on boats from fuel Vapors, particularly propane vapor. Of course any boat would have sensors to detect the presence of such Vapors and would trigger alarms. But propane in particular is heavier than air and can accumulate in the lowest part of the hull for any length of time, to reach an explosive level. It is exceptionally implausible that such a thing might have happened, given that there are sensors, alarms and routine venting of these areas. But these accidents occur often under unbelievable conditions. I had a roommate who used to go out on those boats all the time, complete diving fanatic.
To: Tallguy
You’d think one would notice something not right. Wonder if carbon monoxide was a factor if they were all still in their bunks?
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posted on
09/02/2019 9:05:37 AM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: hanamizu
Yeah, either fuel for the engines or propane for the galley.
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posted on
09/02/2019 9:06:12 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(This Space For Rant)
To: mplc51
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posted on
09/02/2019 9:06:24 AM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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