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

[Brian Whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

There are numerous records of lost tonnage in the Caribbean. That is not 
the problem.  That the numbers are not statistically significant for the 
traffic density there, is quite possibly the problem.
An informal review of the 'Bermuda Triangle' evidence is given
in this URL. While confirming experimentally that it is possible to
sink a ship with foaming methane it concludes that "there have been no 
methane releases there for 15 thousand years". (?)

http://www.crystalinks.com/bermuda_triangle.html

Brian W

Jack Uretsky wrote:
> Is there any record of the names and dates of ships lost in the Bermuda 
> Triangle in the past hundred years?
>  				Regards,
>  					Jack
>
> "Trust me.  I have a lot of experience at this."
>  		General Custer's unremembered message to his men,
>  		just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley
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> 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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