Illuminati-R-Us

... Turned right when it should have turned left ...

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/artic ... ic-sinking

No way to prove this, of course, but plausable ...

This tragedy was, as most are, the result and culmination of a long list of mistakes and cynical omissions. If any one had not occurred, the ship would not have gone to the bottom in 2 3/4 hours, or at least all the passengers would all have gotten off in boats.

Well at least it didn't invoke space aliens or claim some government did it on purpose rationale.

Enzo wrote:Well at least it didn't invoke space aliens or claim some government did it on purpose rationale.

Duh. What do you think clouded their minds, causing them to make such a such a wrong turn? Jeeze! I should spend more time on GLP where people think these things through. :P

{I see all hope of a serious discussion slipping away }

It's subjective (sometimes Enzo forgets to put on his "I R Serious face"), of course, but I'd say you're the one who's steered us away from serious discussion in this thread...

Also, there's the theory that there was a fire in the coal storage bins. Capt. Smith was rushing to get to NY before it could spread. That's why he didn't slow down or go around the iceberg field.

Heard that one. Actually, there was more to it.

The theory is that they knew about the smouldering coal fire before leaving Southhampton, but for the sake of prestige, leaving on time AND setting a speed record crossing the Atlantic was paramount.

They gambled that the fire could be extinquished once at sea. They were wrong.

The smouldering coal produced fumes and deadly carbon monoxide which would spread around the ship. Ventilation on board the Titanic was not mechanically fan forced, but rather by giant air scoops on deck. The faster the forward motion, the greater the forced ventilation.

"Knowing" the ship was unsinkable, the captain reasoned that it was safer to risk a head on collision with an iceberg than have the passengers and crew asphyxiate.

I think this theory (not fact) has been discredited, but not disproved. Part of the long list ...

MM_Dandy wrote:It's subjective (sometimes Enzo forgets to put on his "I R Serious face"), of course, but I'd say you're the one who's steered us away from serious discussion in this thread...

:o

I was set up. Framed, I tell ya ... :P

ETA: Oh, almost missed it. Steered ...

Another in the long list of mistakes: Captain Smith was advised to maintain moving forward at dead slow for some ten(?) minutes after the collision. Bad advice. This served only to force water into the massive tear under pressure, causing it to rapidly overflow bulkheads.

Had the ship remained stationary, or even remained lodged on the iceberg, it is speculated it would have remained afloat hours longer, with rescue ships on the way.

Of course this is 20/20 hindsight ...

Sure, but didn't we all learn at the First Aid course that when you get to someone who has a knive sticking out his chist, it's not a good idea to pull the knive out?

Arneb wrote:Sure, but didn't we all learn at the First Aid course that when you get to someone who has a knive sticking out his chist, it's not a good idea to pull the knive out?

Depends whether you hate the guy or not

Arneb wrote:Sure, but didn't we all learn at the First Aid course that when you get to someone who has a knive sticking out his chist, it's not a good idea to pull the knive out?

I learned that from Cyrano de Bergerac.

{The novel, not the real guy.}