Marso 29, 2021

"Here's how the full moon helped free the stuck ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal."

Space.com explains.
"We were helped enormously by the strong falling tide we had this afternoon," Peter Berdowski, CEO of Boskalis, the salvage firm charged with freeing the Ever Given, told The Associated Press. "In effect, you have the forces of nature pushing hard with you, and they pushed harder than the two sea tugs could pull."

18 komento:

readering ayon kay ...

Interesting combination of human stupidity and human ingenuity.

Tom T. ayon kay ...

Well, I've been educated. I would have thought they'd want a higher tide, not a lower one.

Leland ayon kay ...

So sad that people who read "Space.com" and think they are intelligent need to have "tides" explained to them.

Old and slow ayon kay ...

A high tide that is falling and pulling on the ship in the direction it needed to go.

tcrosse ayon kay ...

A rising tide lifts not all boats.

madAsHell ayon kay ...

Hilarious!! I hope I can find it again.

A comedian giving Trump's bombastic response to the Suez crisis as "Just add more water!!".......and what does the moon do??

Joe Smith ayon kay ...

So long article just to say 'tides.'

People are stupid.

NorthOfTheOneOhOne ayon kay ...

Shoot! All you need is a transmission jack! My father-in-law can tell you 1001 ways to do all sorts of stuff with a transmission jack.

Wince ayon kay ...

The real story behind why it took so long.

stevew ayon kay ...

Gravity, what can't it accomplish!

Josephbleau ayon kay ...

"We were helped enormously by the strong falling tide we had this afternoon," Peter Berdowski, CEO of Boskalis,“

This guy does not know how to ask for a bonus, rather, “in spite of the falling tide, my crew and I were able to counter the tremendous forces of nature and free the ship 12 hours sooner..”

Narr ayon kay ...

Our Friend, The Moon.

Narr
"How the #SuezCanal was ACTUALLY cleared"

Michael K ayon kay ...

It helps that Suez is a sea level canal with no locks.

rhhardin ayon kay ...

If that's science we're in trouble.

Tides are long length water waves, excited by the moon and sun but travelling on their own. Effects like delay and amount of rise and fall depend on local conditions.

It's not pulling on the boat, in particular.

Michael K ayon kay ...

Tides are long length water waves, excited by the moon and sun but travelling on their own. Effects like delay and amount of rise and fall depend on local conditions.

If you run aground, always try to do so at low tide.

Mark ayon kay ...

https://youtu.be/VATF93NMujk

Bob Boyd ayon kay ...

A big toilet plunger in the sky.

jim ayon kay ...

But think if they did have locks, or could engineer some movable dams and pumps to create an artificial spring tide.

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