Lots of interesting news today

[kaiser715]

SS United States going down today. Live feed:

 

[kaiser715]

9:55 PM and it's about to go -- listing pretty good

 

[Silverado_Express]

I had it on from 1 until I fell asleep after 9. They should have hired the people that took down the twin towers. That sinking took entirely way too long

 

[kaiser715]

I had it on from 1 until I fell asleep after 9. They should have hired the people that took down the twin towers. That sinking took entirely way too long

Luck that I caught it. I'd fallen asleep in my chair, woke up, and checked the live feed. about a 40% list, water right at the gunwale. Totally gone in about 7 minutes from that point.

 

[benXJ]

They must have been paid by the hour.
And why at night?

complete tomfoolery

 

[awheelterd]

Why not just shoot some torpedoes at it? Would have been way cooler

 

[justjeepin86]

Why not just shoot some torpedoes at it? Would have been way cooler

Agreed, but I think they generally want them to lay a certain way on the bottom. I'm sure that controls how they sink it.

 

[RatLabGuy]

They must have been paid by the hour.
And why at night?

complete tomfoolery

because they totally underestimated how long the setup and initial getting the sinking going would take

Why not just shoot some torpedoes at it? Would have been way cooler

because they want it to stay as a whole piece so it can serve as a reef and a cool attraction for divers.

 

[benXJ]

yep. tom foolery.

wonder which cousin of the city manager got that job?