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From: Young, Derrick (no email)
Date: Mon Jun 05 2006 - 11:17:34 EDT
>Nothing "floats" a few feet under the water. That's basic physics. If
it
>isn't on the top, it will be on the bottom.
I have hit and been holed by a floating log that was not visible on the
surface. This happened in the Albemarle Sound (North Carolina).
If the log had been fully saturated, it would have gone to the bottom
...but as long as the displacement is equal to the weight of the column
of water on top of it, then it will "float" at the point where they are
equal. The same goes for a container.
I have no idea how long a container would float (at or below the
surface) ... I do know that they will seal. At the port of Newport
News, VA and at the US Army Transportation Center (East - Fort Eustis,
VA) - they have inspectors that periodically test the integrity of the
seals - otherwise we would have a log of solders in the field that would
not receive (or receive wet/damaged) rations and other supplies.
derrick
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