Re: 6 miles

Damon Hill <damon1six1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Paul Bunion <Roddy9@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:fBigh.5528$%T5.4371
@trndny05:

Is your town 6 miles wide? Are you 6 miles from the next town or suburb?
Now picture this. The deepest part of the ocean is just that far.
Doesn't seem that deep looking at it that way.


Now imagine the weight of six miles of water pressing on your
head, and the rest of your body from all directions.

I've seen what happens to a steel hull with just a fraction of that
pressure...

D.
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