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Coast Guard Seeks Public’s Help Developing Mass Casualty at Sea Lifesaving Device
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| 7-13-2021
| Mike Schuler
Posted on 07/13/2021 2:50:28 PM PDT by fishtank
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FYI
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posted on
07/13/2021 2:50:28 PM PDT
by
fishtank
To: fishtank
From the article:
The solicitation asks innovators, industry, academia, and laboratories to submit solutions for a large capacity-floating device to keep survivors out of the water during mass rescue operations. In other words, they have no confidence in the cruise industry, the Coast Guard itself, nor the Navy.
To: fishtank
Look to nature for the answer. Ants have experience with this.
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posted on
07/13/2021 2:57:15 PM PDT
by
CivilWarBrewing
(Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
To: fishtank
A porous but semi-rigid platform that is rolled up and dropped from say, a Sea Stallion, submerges roughly 20 feet below the surface and is propelled laterally to then lift/scoop multiple people from the sea. A variant of a deep sea fishing net.
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posted on
07/13/2021 2:58:48 PM PDT
by
Obadiah
To: fishtank
I’m thinking large canisters of suitably composed spray foam insulation.
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posted on
07/13/2021 2:59:21 PM PDT
by
Teflonic
(tt)
To: fishtank
If the lifeboats aren’t working then how did that ship leave port?
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posted on
07/13/2021 3:02:05 PM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for )
To: fishtank
Are there any inflatable life rafts on these ships?
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posted on
07/13/2021 3:03:14 PM PDT
by
Cecily
Why do I get the feeling they’re setting us up to take on more refugees?
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posted on
07/13/2021 3:03:30 PM PDT
by
proust
(All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
To: fishtank
Put aircraft evacuation slide into canisters that can be air-dropped from a circling aircraft, and inflate upon impact with the water.
Each evacuation slide, when deflated, is small enough to fit at the bottom of an aircraft door, so the canisters should be small enough that you could carry multiple dozens of them in a C-130.
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posted on
07/13/2021 3:03:56 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: fishtank
We figured this out years ago in the North Sea. We all had survival suits. It is basically insulated waterproof coveralls with flotation and boots. It will keep you alive until rescued. You can put it on in a minute or less. If you go into the North Sea without this you lifespan is maybe 30 minutes in the summer about 5 minutes in the winter.
Cold water kills. You loose function of limbs and go to sleep and drown. It is actually painless but you are still dead.
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posted on
07/13/2021 3:05:16 PM PDT
by
cpdiii
(Cane Cutter, Deckhand, Roughneck, Geologist, Oilfield Constultant, Instructor Pilot, Pharmacist. )
To: RaceBannon
True and is the CG supposed to be equip to back up that failure..I don't think so.
Best advise,stay off a floating pettrie dish
To: RaceBannon
Perhaps they were hacked by the Russian gangs being held for ransom.
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posted on
07/13/2021 3:05:20 PM PDT
by
CJ Wolf
( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them...God wins. Trump always wins. . )
To: cpdiii
“It will keep you alive until rescued”
depending if you are with in a specific time fram
To: fishtank
Due to conditions, lifeboats are inoperable or infeasible.
Maybe they should concentrate on remedying this issue.
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posted on
07/13/2021 3:07:11 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: T.B. Yoits
I have always been creeped out by cruise ships. I saw my friend off and couldn’t believe how tiny her cabin was and how many people they had packed in that ship. Plus, I don’t like crowds....but mainly it just looked like a target for a drone attack. NO THANKS.
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posted on
07/13/2021 3:07:17 PM PDT
by
Pigsley
To: fishtank
Either a survival suit with a built in EPIRB (emergency position-indicating radio beacon) for each passenger, or maybe a rapid inflating gigantic rubber lifeboat. Tough call if the ship's lifeboats are out of commission.
I knew a guy in Alaska who was the sole survivor of a crab boat sinking - he nearly died in the surf getting to the beach and then spent two days fighting off some brown bears that liked his looks. The Coast Guard rescued him.
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posted on
07/13/2021 3:07:20 PM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(You'll get nothing and like it!)
To: CGASMIA68
Swimming lessons before midnight basketball?
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posted on
07/13/2021 3:08:46 PM PDT
by
Laslo Fripp
(The Sybil of Free Republic)
To: fishtank
I sincerely hope the Coast Guard isn’t going off on yet another not-invented-here goose chase.
There has been a few of those. And OTS is always a cost saver, especially considering the T&D and T&E phases are still ahead.
There is an entire industry devoted to this type of hardware. I’m thinking it would be more cost prohibitive than simply having waivers signed by passengers. Sign here, we’re not responsible... have a pleasent cruise.
Next in line please!
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posted on
07/13/2021 3:09:39 PM PDT
by
Clutch Martin
(The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
To: fishtank
These lifeboats are ugly but nearly indestructible...just have several lashed to the decks and along the sides.
It won't be pretty...but it will be safe.
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posted on
07/13/2021 3:11:38 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
(We're way past Republican versus Democrat.... This is Good versus Evil...)
To: fishtank
How about those big floating mats that people use on the lake? I see them all the time with quite a few people and even dogs on them around here. You will be wet but you won’t have to tread water.
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