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I'm not allowed naptime in my school
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Posted on: 2005/4/28 17:31
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I was rounding.Besides according to what I have found out it said about 2,000.So when he said the # that he did I just rounded. |
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Posted on: 2005/4/29 0:28
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Re: Ask me anything about Titanic!!!!! | #24 |
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oh what the hell well let ya off this once but next time give the propper answer or ask captainjack for some help
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Posted on: 2005/4/29 1:59
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yipee. i feel special.we don't have naptime at our school though .
i could use it more days than not |
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Posted on: 2005/4/29 11:17
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I started a new thread related to "Ask me about Titanic" since this thread is deteriorating. TID
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Posted on: 2005/4/29 15:38
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Looks like I will have to answer my own question. When I posted it, I did not know the answer. However, my subsequent internet research revealed that there were approximately 500 empty seats total in the 18 lifeboats that were lowered. I was also surprised to learn that in calm seas, it is possible to exceed the capacity of a lifeboat by about 15%. And my research indicates the seas where calm where and when the Titanic sank. Sad to say, some of the crew that manned the lifeboats allowed them to be under capacity for fear of breaking in half when lowered. This proved to be unfounded in tests that were performed during the investigation afterwards. |
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Posted on: 2005/5/5 19:08
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Now you need not wonder, knowledge is wonderful to obtain. Titanic carried 20 lifeboats, enough for 1178 people. The boat was designed to carry 32 lifeboats but this number was reduced to 20 because it was felt that the deck would be too cluttered. Titanic also carried 3500 lifebelts and 48 life rings; Useless in the icy water. The majority of passengers that went into the sea did not drown, but froze to death. 30 people survived the disaster by standing on the upturned boat. * 14 wood lifeboats each 30'0" long by 9'1" by 4'0" deep with a capacity of 65 persons each. * 2 wood cutter 25'2" long by 7'2" by 3'0" deep with a capacity of 40 persons each. * 4 Englehardt collapsibles boats 27'5" long by 8'0" by 3'0" deep with a capacity of 40 persons each. All lifeboats were fitted with Murrays disengaging gear to simultaneously free both ends. The lifeboats were stowed on hinged wood chocks on the top Deck. Lifeboat 1 carried 12 peole Lifeboat 2 carried 17 ppl. Lifeboat 3 'carried 31 Lifeboat 4 carried 37 Lifeboat 5 carried 33 Lifeboat 6 carried 23 Lifeboat 7 carried 26 Lifeboat 8 carried 27 Lifeboat 9 carried 31 Lifeboat 10 carried 30 Lifeboat 11 carried 35 Lifeboat 12 carried 19 Lifeboat 13 carried 47 Lifeboat 14 carried 39 Lifeboat 15 carried 43 Lifeboat 16 carried 28 Collapsible A carried 13 Collapsible B carried 15 Collapsible C carried 42 Collapsible D carried 22 |
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Posted on: 2005/5/6 0:38
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Thanks Captain_Jack for all of that detailed information about the lifeboats. Taken into account my answer along with the info you supplied, it seems that the number of survivors would have doubled if all of the lifeboats had been filled to capacity.
Another question just popped into my head. It might seem morbid for some of you, but here it goes. Where there any reports of shark attacks amongst the people in the water? At first I thought maybe sharks prefer warmer waters. But according to sharks, they can found in all temperatures of water. |
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Posted on: 2005/5/6 16:06
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While shark diversity and abundance are generally greatest in warmer waters, a few species regularly inhabit cold waters within the Arctic Circle. Of some 465 known shark species, I know of only eight that have been recorded from the Arctic. These are: the Blue Shark (Prionace glauca), Porbeagle (Lamna nasus) and Salmon Shark (Lamna ditropis), Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus), Bluntnose Sixgill (Hexanchus griseus), Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias), Pacific Sleeper (Somniosus pacificus) and the Greenland Shark (Somniosus microcephalus). |
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Posted on: 2005/5/6 21:40
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