On 4/14/2012 8:43 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:28:54 -0400, Home wrote:

harry wrote:

One hundred years ago today (15 April) the Titanic sank.
I thought it was too big to sink.

Almost 3/4 of the passengers were drowned including several
American millionaires.
I always found it strange that there wasn't enough wood or other
light-weight materials onboard that could have been scavanged to make
ad-hoc rafts or other floatation aids.

Weren't there enough bathtubs in the staterooms that could have been
used as one-person mini-boats?
I can possibly agree with the wood theory, but removing tubs, plugging
drain holes and getting them launched is quite the fantasy.

If you're going to drown nothing is out of the question. Would a
bathtub float with a person in it?

There have been studies done on "what they could have done" but
unfortunanly that's Monday morning quarterbacking. I think many believed
it wasn't going to sink, until it did.

One idea was to tie all the deck chairs together.