Titanic tourist sub goes missing
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Well, They’re all dead
Hard to believe Trad used to do stuff like that.
Who wouldn't pay 250k to go down 2.5 miles in a sub that's ran by an off brand Playstation 2 controller?
This just happened like today, what happened to those other 2 days worth of oxygen??
This makes me feel less bad for any idiot dumb enough to go 3 miles deep in the ocean in this thing…….
It turns out that Iowa has quite a few interesting connections to the Titanic. One of the last survivors of the Titanic lived and died in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Seventeen passengers actually listed Iowa as either their final destination or mentioned that they were from the Hawkeye State. Only two of those individuals ended up surviving the shipwreck. One of them is connected to a Waterloo native.
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One unlikely passenger on that fated ship was Walter Douglas. Douglas was an executive for....Quaker Oats. His father actually founded the company after immigrating to the United States. Born in Waterloo, Douglas ran this business with his brother until he died that fateful night. They also founded the company now known as Penford Products.
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Official documents report Douglas and his family lived in Cedar Rapids. This Waterloo native became known as a "captain of industry" in Cedar Rapids due to him amassing approximately $4 million dollars. In 1912, Douglas retired and made a trip to Europe with his wife Mahala and their maid to pick up some furniture.
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On their journey back home, they bought tickets for the Titanic. When the ship collided with the iceberg, Douglas and his wife were actually in their cabin. Everything seemed fine until people started to gather in the halls with life preservers, that they finally figured out something was wrong.
Douglas quickly helped get his wife and their maid to safety. It was much easier for them to hop on a lifeboat because of their status as first class passengers. He made sure that both of the women were safely on the lifeboat and headed towards safety. The Waterloo man refused to actually go on one or try to weasel his way onto a raft saying,
"No, I must be a gentleman."
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Seventeen passengers actually listed Iowa as either their final destination or mentioned that they were from the Hawkeye State. Only two of those individuals ended up surviving the shipwreck. One of them is connected to a Waterloo native.
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One unlikely passenger on that fated ship was Walter Douglas. Douglas was an executive for....Quaker Oats. His father actually founded the company after immigrating to the United States. Born in Waterloo, Douglas ran this business with his brother until he died that fateful night. They also founded the company now known as Penford Products.
Topical Press Agency
Official documents report Douglas and his family lived in Cedar Rapids. This Waterloo native became known as a "captain of industry" in Cedar Rapids due to him amassing approximately $4 million dollars. In 1912, Douglas retired and made a trip to Europe with his wife Mahala and their maid to pick up some furniture.
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On their journey back home, they bought tickets for the Titanic. When the ship collided with the iceberg, Douglas and his wife were actually in their cabin. Everything seemed fine until people started to gather in the halls with life preservers, that they finally figured out something was wrong.
Douglas quickly helped get his wife and their maid to safety. It was much easier for them to hop on a lifeboat because of their status as first class passengers. He made sure that both of the women were safely on the lifeboat and headed towards safety. The Waterloo man refused to actually go on one or try to weasel his way onto a raft saying,
"No, I must be a gentleman."
Read More: Waterloo Millionaire Died On Titanic | https://k923.fm/waterloo-millionaire-died-titanic/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
Imagine paying $250k to get killed in a horrible fashion
I hope they were able to see the Titanic at least.
Imagine being in that for 8 hours.
Torpedo steady at 315.
Range: 900 yards.
Torpedo impact: 20 seconds.
- What books?
- Pardon me?
- What books dld you write?
- A biography on Admiral Halsey.
- It's about naval combat tactics.
- I know this book
Your conclusions were all wrong.
Halsey acted stupidly.
Range: 900 yards.
Torpedo impact: 20 seconds.
- What books?
- Pardon me?
- What books dld you write?
- A biography on Admiral Halsey.
- It's about naval combat tactics.
- I know this book
Your conclusions were all wrong.
Halsey acted stupidly.
Now it’s up to you Charlie but you might want to consider cutting the kid some slack. Aw, hell the Russians gonna find that sub before we do anyhow …
Years ago when we used to regularly go on dive trips to Roatan, a guy built a little sub & kept it at a hotel/restaurant we used to frequent. It was used for tourists; it goes to a depth as low as 2000 to 2500 feet. It's about the size of a pickup truck. I'm not at all claustrophobic but did not want any part of it.
We'd gotten to be good friends with a couple of the waiters at the restaurant, local island guys who had the heavy Carib island accents. I asked one if he'd been down in the sub. He replied "ELL NO I NOT GETTIN IN DAT DET TROP"
The sub's still there & as far as I know they've never had any issues or problems. Still no way in hell I'm getting in it.
Thanks, but I'll just dive
We'd gotten to be good friends with a couple of the waiters at the restaurant, local island guys who had the heavy Carib island accents. I asked one if he'd been down in the sub. He replied "ELL NO I NOT GETTIN IN DAT DET TROP"
The sub's still there & as far as I know they've never had any issues or problems. Still no way in hell I'm getting in it.
Thanks, but I'll just dive
"I'm 'pretty sure' this sub is designed to dive down to >15,000 feet"
"Mom....this looks like my playstation handset!"
Imagine being in that for three days, with dwindling oxygen supply and little chance for survival.
The Yelp reviews are going to be rough.
Did you see the "toilet"? One little plastic container. I can only imagine the stench of pee and poop in that little sub.
Add in farts, breath, and BO.
The individuals who thought this experience was a good idea are idiots, but I don't wish them a slow awful death. I hope there was a breach and they were crushed instantly. Can't imagine being on the ocean floor just waiting to die with no chance of a rescue happening, or floating on the surface playing race the clock with no way to open the hull from the inside.
Yeah, the website sucks - but it's Honduras. The infrastructure is a bit lacking.
If that is an accurate depiction I really hope it happened very very quickly.I’m pretty sure this is what happened to them
I also hope that whatever the issue is that they’re already deceased and not suffering.
I read an interesting article about what happens to your body as it descends into the depths. Short version is you’re not crumpled into a tiny mess, because your body consists of a lot of water. However, your lungs are compressed, ribs break and anything with air collapses (like ear drums, sinuses, etc). But the body stays basically intact.
That would have to be a painful death. 😳
If you were sinking, yes. At that depth I would imagine it’s all over quickly. Either way, though…
I read some speculation that it’s possible they are entangled in something, like maybe a fishing net. Never thought about that.
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