Comments by "g bridgman" (@1940limited) on "National Geographic" channel.

  1. We always knew it had to be down there someplace. It took 73 years, but it was found.
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  2. One thing Stanley Lord did right: He stopped and waited until daylight to find his way around the ice field. Smith charged full speed ahead into it ignoring all ice warnings. The Carpathia was also in danger trying to get to the scene.
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  3. What's driving the loss? Habitat loss, over human population and ignorant idiots that think their parts have medicinal value. Overall the Chinese are pretty sophisticated, hard working and intelligent. So how can they be so stupid as to think tigers parts have value treating ailments? When the tigers are all gone, what will they do then? Has anyone proven the value of tiger parts? Has anyone gotten as strong as a tiger by drinking the wine? It's all sheer stupidity.
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  4. It was practically unsinkable, but not quite. I don't think any ship would survive more than 1/3 its length opened to the sea.
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  5. Among other factors, it's my understanding the rudder was too small for the ship making it less than responsive when turning. I think reversing the engines was an effort to slow down. It's too bad they didn't stop entirely and wait until daybreak to find their way around the huge icefield that lay ahead. That's what Captain Lord of the Californian did. It was one right decision he made.
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  6. "Women and Children First" created a lot of orphans and widows.
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  7. Zbriu: The ship wasn't even a pinpoint compared to the size of the ocean. They had been receiving ice warnings hours before the crash. The captain of the Californian knew to stop and wait until daylight. It's too bad Captain Smith didn't know better.
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  8. Austin Garrison But that was an act of war so it's a bit different. The Russians hared the Germans and thought nothing of killing as many of them as possible. Still, both were terrible tragedies. You can add the Lusitania to that list.
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  9. What a terrible tragedy. According to Jack Thayer, eye-witness to the sinking from a life boat, the tip of the bow protruded back out of the water momentarily after the ship split in two suggesting the bow didn't immediately head straight down to the bottom, but leveled off for a brief period of time before separating from the stern and heading to the ocean floor. Thayer drew of sketch of what he saw. It appears in one of the older books on the sinking. It may have been in "The Story Of The Wreck Of The Titanic" published in 1914 or maybe in Walter Lord's "A Night To Remember." There was no doubt the ship broke in two when sinking. Charles Lightoller lied on the witness stand when he stated the ship sank intact. This misinformation was not debunked for the record until the wreck was discovered.
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  10. You could be right about that bu it occurred to me perhaps when the ship broke in two the force pushed the tip of the bow momentarily out of the water. There is no doubt the ship broke in two. 700 people sitting in lifeboats saw it. Lightoller lied on the witness stand thaa the ship didn't break up.
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  11. CSM101: Who's an idiot and why?
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  12. That and a dollar will buy a cup of coffee. I'd be trying to save myself if for no other reason than my wife and children.
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  13. I hope he's all right. He looks undernourished.
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  14. I'm not sure exctly what it is they found, but OK.
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  15. Some of them got too close to the edge and slipped off. Here we go, for better or worse.
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  16. I'm not afraid of cougars and have no desire to hunt them. The trophy hunter ought to be shot. Isn't there a law against shooting such a young animal?
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  17. They want to get into the water. All it took was one brave enough to go first then the others followed. Amazing how they live in such a hostile environment. Imagine a 6 month old human being able to swim like this.
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  18. Sadly, sometimes the adults do not make it back to feed their chicks. Predators pick them off before they can get back.
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