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From: Rosalie B. (no email)
Date: Mon Jun 05 2006 - 11:40:08 EDT
On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 10:18:36 -0400, you wrote:
>On 6/5/06, Rosalie B. <> wrote:
>>
>>
>> >Seems unlikely to me to be a container, as that location is relatively
>> >protected and not a place where flotsam from trans-Pacific shipping would
>> be
>> >likely to be found.
>> >
>> We have often found currents where we would have sworn that there
>> would be none, so I'm not convinced that you are correct about where a
>> container would or would not be. Unless you are an oceanographer and
>> have made a study of the subject.
>
>
>I'm no oceanographer, but I can read and understand ocean current charts.
>Anyone who cruises the oceans should have that skill and have the charts
>aboard.
Have you never heard of eddys, or of large ocean currents (like the
Gulf Stream) that move around and go faster or slower? I agree that
the current charts will give you a general idea, but not maybe
complete specificity.
>You keep saying that you haven't seen any of these containers, but I'd
>> be surprised if you or anyone else could see them - they are probably
>> floating under the surface anywhere from a few inches to a few feet.
>
>
>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.
That's wrong - basic physics or not.. If something is the same
specific gravity as water, then it won't sink, but it won't
necessarily float either. Some people float, but a little bit under
the surface. Seaweed floats (as in the Sargasso Sea). Ice floats,
but not all on the surface. I suspect that other organic materials
which would normally float but are waterlogged or interspersed with
heavier materials might also float just under the surface. For
instance a container of wood
Also a container that is just a bit heavier than water won't sink
right away.
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