• qarbone@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I don’t recall the full episode but a few things stood out.

      • it would be cold as hel, so properly strapping a lifevest around some flotsam seems iffy
      • isn’t saltwater more buoyant or is that old fishwife’s tale? Also idk if that test body of water is salty.
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        2 months ago

        Yep, saltwater has more buoyancy, and the higher the salinity, the more buoyant the water.

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      2 months ago

      Only if they had the knowledge and abilities (and time to come up with a plan) of two people whose job it is to come up with exactly this kind of thing.

      Sure, it was possible. That doesn’t make it probable.

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          2 months ago

          I take it you didn’t actually watch the mythbusters episode, then. If they both just climbed on the door they would have both died. They would have had to jury-rig a contraption using the life-preserver Rose was wearing to survive… barely.

    • Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      Yep, saltwater has more buoyancy, and the higher the salinity, the more buoyant the water.