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against the waves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3Zqglz4_dc
Ship bending in the storm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHlEXn37dVg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPNQVQgrwbo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E5ObNEhiyE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK0um3j89a0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf_KtMzdC54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL2XL17z8Fs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET9nv1jpghY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3Zqglz4_dc
AmIOnCrankYankers
There's not enough Dramamine in the world.
CinnamonBunny
I can't understand how they can get anywhere in a weather like that.
Raguleader
Very carefully.
Fredfinks
even water can melt steel beams
Nythrohotep
The ocean is an inside job.
Blazefast
This one is combination between a ship and a submarine right ?
Mysterym4n
There are very few things in this world that scare me. But being at sea in weather like that... that terrifies me.
emscode3
I'll see that and raise you an aircraft carrier. https://youtu.be/Z0Jzb8dfcC4
IvorJBiggun
Bad place to park that helo
Seniortequila
Hey I'm a cook on these things. Somedays we just eat sandwiches
IFoldlyGo
How about tossed salads, or James Bond martinis (shaken, not stirred). Likely just tossed cookies though.
Seniortequila
Look man if I was afraid to toss a salad or 50 I wouldn't do what I do. Just gotta get in there and go nuts
NIPPLEHEAD69
Do you have one leg by any chance?
Seniortequila
I'm pretty much 90% prosthetic limbs, thanks jerkbag
BlueskydragonFX
Shit's going so crazy that the bridge crew are scrapped in their seats like fighterjet crew and crew are sleeping in beds with straps.
Raguleader
If the storm is bad enough, the ship is safer out at sea than it is in the harbor.
FG360
Most large objects are designed to bend a little so they don't snap in half.
LoTRFanatic42
I've been to the top of the CN Tower on a windy day. It sways up to a meter.
VigorousButtstuff
Yeah, try standing at the top floor of the Sears tower. Some people get seasick.
LurkerStatusNull
Oh cool... My dick bends a lot. #Over-compensating
AnotherAmericanPsycho
Like Titanic
ProphetTenebrae
You beat me to it.
walkingtallmachinegunman
That old flight control tower in pearl harbor swayed so much it felt like it would crumble any second.
Gauntlet2013
The Sears Tower. fuck I'M old.
Kobbz
Also why the wings on the airplanes tned so much. If else they would break right off.
SomeoneTookMyUsernameToo
TheWorld21
*insert* first hehe
stilloldbull
Expansion joints.
DeathtyOneDeathtyTwoDeathtyThree
For instance, a 777 wing: https://youtu.be/rak2HldVp9M?t=40
kpx0
I think that clip is from the documentary about Maersks Triple E ships. They were designed to be really flexible because of their length.
ForReasonsOfScience
Something.. something.. modulus of elasticity and modulus of rigidity.
NickGeer
Just like your mother.
giraffesloveNJ
And now all I can think of is the 'Bennnnd...and snap!' Scene From legally blonde. Thanks.
Shuro2005
UrsaUrsa
*golf clap*
Dontputitinmybutt
Great post!
loloebee
My hubby is in the Navy and he assures me that it's impossible for his ship to capsize due to rough weather. But I still worry :/
FFPatrick
/r/heavyseas if anyone is interested
2flower
Thanks, mate. My kind of stuff.
deactivatedFBandeverythingelsethatcantcomparetothis
"The church bell chimed til it rang 29 times for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald"
imwithcayde6andproud
NO, BOATY MC BOATFACE!
Thatawkwardforeigner
It would be those times that I would rather be in a submarine.
FakhimOff
Well this looks like it's all just swell.
TheStudyOfExistence
FakhimOff
It's my impulse drive
bigeasy44
If everything goes well, we're going to temporarily be a submarine. If everything goes wrong, we'll be a submarine permanently
bigbadpig
Imagine that 300 years ago...
HoldingAccount
Ship! Submarine! Ship! Submarine! Ship...
Glennguacamole
The included interior bending video had shitty music, here's one i found, with actual sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Mw6L69b6Y
mitochondriaarethepowerhouseofthecell
https://67.media.tumblr.com/361387e9c017736f127aa53c1e5420d3/tumblr_mqefbzcXxf1s7y8efo1_400.gif
WhatADayWhatALovelyDay
"And Here you can see a Russian wrestling with his natural habitat..."
dollahoe
Somehow this is both scary as fuck and tranquil. Except the bending interior that's fucking freaky
LoTRFanatic42
They're designed to bend a little bit. If not, the ship would just snap in two.
HardhatBambi
What really freaky, is when you go inside and see foot prints on the walls.. thank you sea legs
whyteraven74
It's the same thing as a skyscraper, has to bend or it would crack.
NayroTheAdventurer
If I was a ship captain for 20 years, I would still scream like a little girl everytime a wave came over the front of the boat.
MegaDeuce
If I heard my captain screaming during intense situations I'd go HMS Bounty on his ass.
ImperatorAugustus
Oooooh, the legends live on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they call Gitchegume.
Patilistan
Jack Dawson was from Chippewa Falls.
seentoomuchdeath
Superior they say never gives up her dead
1dp1
Swell gifs
FragileReality
I'm going to wave your pun tax, but just this once!!
pictsiegirl
I sea what you did there.
Aeroengineering
Some current events, maybe
minepagan
water you guys doing here?
whowantsthefirstreacharound
The second to last one is of the HMNZS Otago, a ship that I have served on and my brother is currently serving on
zeetsmageets
All innuendo aside, what does it feel like when the wave hits like that?
AlcoholicsAnonymousBYO
Like a bus running over a baby bear - a bit boomy and shuddery
zeetsmageets
Well that made me sad...
AlcoholicsAnonymousBYO
Nah, bears are tough ... just a rite of passage for them, buses.
TheLastBillyBumbler
How thick is that glass on the ships?
theworldisdying
Navy...which explains the username :-P
whowantsthefirstreacharound
I wasn't called "able seaman" for nothing mate
sausageseeker
Oddly that was the only one I felt safe about. I'm a kiwi so maybe it was a natural kiwi thing...
whowantsthefirstreacharound
I can't say I ever felt unsafe in weather like that, there were still a few "oh fuck" moments.
badassbubbaj
It looked like the glass was completely submerged at one point!
TheDTYP
Username game is on point
whowantsthefirstreacharound
Haha thanks bro
ICantThinkOfAU
My brother was in the Royal Navy, been in a fair bit of weather just like the stuff in these. He genuinely believes that having extremely1/3
ICantThinkOfAU
big waves on civilian vessels that start rocking a little bit even though he was fine on destroyers that look like they're going to tip 3/3
ICantThinkOfAU
advanced weaponry around makes you feel safe even when faced with what looks like Poseidon himself. He gets absolutely terrified in big 2/3
Jawsmine
As someone with a spouse in the navy, these make me so anxious. Thank you for your service.
whowantsthefirstreacharound
There are a few "oh fuck" moments in storms, but there's nowhere safer than in a ship crewed by experienced sailors, which navy is your s/o?
Jawsmine
Canadian, east coast. Last deployment they were sea state 8, a bunch of members broke limbs
Selerox
I still don't quite know what it is with Kiwis and having such a casual disregard for stuff that would make normal people cry.
sausageseeker
It's called "she'll be right" we just think it'll be alright.
youcanteven
And most of the time its fine
sausageseeker
I fell out of a moving car as a child cos I had no car seat & my uncle Bruce thought she'll be right. And I was. True story.
whowantsthefirstreacharound
There's nothing that she'll be right can't fix, even horrendous injuries
youcanteven
The fact that you ave an uncle named bruce just sells this soo much hahahah.