OT 15 April Titanic.
On 4/14/2012 3:57 PM, Oren wrote:
On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:11:41 -0500, gonjahgonjah.net wrote:
Have you been in rough 8 foot seas in the North Atlantic?
The sea that night was dead calm.
Define "dead calm".
An 8 foot sea swell is calmer than a 25 footer.
a "dead calm" is like a glass plate. it was the reason they didn't see
the iceburg in time. Because there were no waves breaking against it.
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