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From: BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Boeing Jet Suddenly De-Pressurizes - Capt Makes "Death Dive"
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 14:00:19 -0000 (UTC)
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On Jul 3, 2025 at 10:56:56 PM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>  On Jul 3, 2025 at 8:47:44 AM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>  
>>>  BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>  On Jul 2, 2025 at 5:58:30 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>>  On 7/2/25 2:19 PM, shawn wrote:
>>>>>  
>>>>>>  On Wed, 2 Jul 2025 21:10:16 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>  On Jul 2, 2025 at 12:55:19 PM PDT, "Tangerine Toddler" <x@y.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>  c186282 wrote:
>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>  Quick synopsis - Japan Boeing plane suddenly
>>>>>>>>>  depressurizes at 36000 feet.
>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>  Capt does a quick "death dive" to low
>>>>>>>>>  altitude to save everyone from suffocation.
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>  Do planes not have those drop-down oxygen masks anymore?
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>  Yes, any plane flying at that altitude likely does have the drop down
>>>>>>  oxygen masks but they are only good for a small number of minutes (I
>>>>>>  think it's around 7-10 minutes.) So the plane does need to drop to a
>>>>>>  lower altitude quickly (around 10,000 or less). Now does that qualify
>>>>>>  as a "death dive"? No, but it sure sounds more exciting and will
>>>>>>  generate more clicks.
>>>>>  
>>>>>  They dove down so fast, they actually went backwards in time!!
>>>>  
>>>>  That only happens if they were in a flat spin during the dive.
>>>>  
>>>  Because the lack of artificial electricity cancels out your momentum.
>>  
>>  That goes without saying.
> 
> Sorry I said it.
> 
> Can I say instead that any moving water is always safe to drink?
> 
> I’ve been seeing these annoying commercials for magical hoses that because
> they have a copper end all contaminants and toxins are removed so you’re
> drinking absolutely pure water.
> 
> I can’t imagine what possible mechanism could do this especially given that
> the water or at least most of it doesn’t actually touch the copper and it’s
> only in the vicinity of the copper for a fraction of a second.
> 
> If this works, why don’t we have copper nozzles for our faucets at home?
> 
> Hell couldn’t California put a big copper nozzle on a hose coming out of
> the ocean and end all your drought problems?

No, because that would inconvenience a mudworm or something equally useless.