HeyBub wrote:
dpb wrote:
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... Even tying it down with heavy
logging chain to burried anchors is no guarantee it will stay where
you put it - and no guarantee it will stay intact either.
Oh, you could tie it down easily enough.
Penetration and integrity would depend on actual construction and
materials, primarily door connections, etc.
A "standard" cargo containers is made from 1/4" reinforced steel plate,
weighs 8,800 pounds, holds up to 67,000 pounds of stuff, and is designed to
be stacked ten or more high.
Containers routinely sustain sixty foot waves moving at 30 knots (which has
got to pack more energy than air moving at 300 mph).
Not much would be likely to penetrate. I'm not sure what A&M uses as
their design requirement otomh. The one difference is the flying
pointy-sticks in the tornado environment not likely seen mid-ocean.
It's that high-velocity projectile that's the penetration danger and it
can have a fairly small cross-sectional area so is more dangerous than
the bigger stuff from that standpoint.
I do remember the 30,000-lb combine ending up 8 miles away at
Greensburg. That's 3X the weight in probably roughly same sail area.
What _can_ happen is indeed truly incredible.
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