Re: [Phys-l] Entrainment of oil in Hurricane?

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>]

Is there any record of the names and dates of ships lost in the Bermuda 
Triangle in the past hundred years?
				Regards,
					Jack

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		just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley




On Sat, 26 Jun 2010, Brian Whatcott wrote:

> I missed the opportunity to mention a recent intriguing theory
> concerning the varying density of water and the  Bermuda triangle. An
> explanation for the stories of ships sinking in that vicinity goes like
> this.
>
> There are Methane sources on the local seabed  due to vegetable decay
> deposits. Episodes of  outgassing from the seabed might reduce the
> density of the seawater to such a level that a passing vessels's weight
> exceeds the foaming water's reduced displacement, so sinking it in the
> flume.
>
> Brian Whatcott wrote:
> > /snip/   The engineer's way of suction-pumping water up more than twice that Torricellian limit, is by adjusting the water-density that the pump has to deal with.
> >
> > Brian W
>
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