Hope it does not turn out to be a cyber attack...big deal in the utility
industry where I work as an IT specialist.
Cecil
K5DL
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> On Apr 22, 2017, at 9:09 PM, Bruce Whitney via Topband
> <topband@contesting.com> wrote:
>
> The effects of GMD on power systems are well known by many engineers in our
> electric utility industry. The recent failures were unrelated. There is no
> mystery.
>
>
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> On Apr 22, 2017, at 9:35 PM, Steve <VE7SL@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>>> The root cause was collision with an ice berg.
>>
>>
>> a well researched TV documentary recently shed brand new light
>> here...apparently they had a nasty coal fire burning in one of the coal
>> bunkers from departure up until the day before the iceberg. It severely
>> warped / weakened one of the walls of the flood compartment walls which
>> happened to be at the exact spot of the iceberg's contact and subsequent
>> ripping of the hull. The plate eventually burst and allowed the next several
>> watertight compartments to flood which made the ship's bow start to tilt.
>> The documentary concluded that if there had been no fire and plate warpage
>> then the ship would have stayed afloat. .they should have never departed
>> while the fire was still burning but after all of the hype and big $$$
>> involved, decided to go anyway. The fire info was hushed-up during the
>> official inquiry, I suspect maybe for insurance purposes... fascinating new
>> light.
>>
>> Steve
>>
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