Things you wish you could say

[tlcmurphy]

It’s on a different thread regarding hurricanes

 

[RoyalChick]

It’s on a different thread regarding hurricanes

I found it. Thanks.

 

[SourRoses]

Blue Footed Boo_____

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1203466987356188

 

[tripletfeb]

Let's test that with some simple math, shall we?

The Gulf of Mexico contains 643 quadrillion gallons of water.

36 inch class 350 DI pipe efficiently handles nearly 17,000 gpm at default peak velocity presumption of 5.0 fps.

so

643000000000000000/17000
That means it would take a 36" pipe 3.7823529e+13 minutes.

Let's make that into hours and divide by 60
630392156863 hours.

Ok now its looking a little more manageable. Now let's divide THAT by 24 to get days.
26266339869.3 days.

Hmm. Let's divide that by a little larger number, say 365 in a year?
71,962,574.9843 years.

Oh, but there's 2 36" pipes! So we can divide that by 2.
35981287.4922 years.

35. MILLION. YEARS.

OK so we don't need to empty the whole gulf, I agree. Let's say we want... Oh, 1% of that surface water to move to mitigate a hurricane. so we divide that by 100.

359,812.874922 years.

too many numbers!!

 

[NatJ]

Mhm. That particular one sided argument is not adding anything good or useful for those who are in a dangerous and stressful situation.

Given the title and purpose of this thread, I assumed the poster "wished" they could give the argument in some other place, but recognized that the argument would not add anything good or useful there, so they put it here instead.

 

[sourland]

Given the title and purpose of this thread, I assumed the poster "wished" they could give the argument in some other place, but recognized that the argument would not add anything good or useful there, so they put it here instead.

This !

 

[ILoveDaffy]

Given the title and purpose of this thread, I assumed the poster "wished" they could give the argument in some other place, but recognized that the argument would not add anything good or useful there, so they put it here instead.

Yes. Unfortunately, not everyone does as such.

 

[notabitail]

His phone battery is failing and swelling up. They look like little pillows when they do, but they're no bueno.

@notabitail pics or it didn't happen

I can probably find pics from this time, the last time, and my sister's phone.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

That's a little scary. Do they, or can they, explode?

 

[notabitail]

His phone battery is failing and swelling up. They look like little pillows when they do, but they're no bueno.

@notabitail pics or it didn't happen

Here you go. Hard to take pics of but there is a slight bulge. It seems to fluctuate.
Bad side.

Side that doesn't show bulging.