Current Events > How do 46 mph winds blow a 200,000 metric ton ship off course?

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I'm not even sure that 46 mph winds can knock over an adult human. How are those winds so strong that they could run a 200,000 metric ton ship aground and cause it to be stuck there for five days?

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Because said 200,000 lb metric ton ship is almost as long as the Empire State Building is tall and has a fuck ton of vertical surface area for said 46 mph wind to blow on.
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The crosswind limit on a Boeing 777 is only 38kts on a dry runway.

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46 mph winds can definitely knock you over

it was an inside job to destabilise western economy

strong winds cant blow big ships

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Turtlebread posted...

it was an inside job to destabilise western economy

strong winds cant blow big ships

I mean the whole global economy is fucked.

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Bio1590 posted...

Because said 200,000 lb metric ton ship is almost as long as the Empire State Building is tall and has a fuck ton of vertical surface area for said 46 mph wind to blow on.

I'm not disagreeing with you, I legitimately want an answer. Why don't skyscrapers get knocked down by strong winds then?

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PurestProdigy posted...

I'm not disagreeing with you, I legitimately want an answer. Why don't skyscrapers get knocked down by strong winds then?

I think because they are built on a foundation while a ship is floating around.

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PurestProdigy posted...

I'm not disagreeing with you, I legitimately want an answer. Why don't skyscrapers get knocked down by strong winds then?

...are you srs?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOW_kPzY_JY

^What really happened, only in reverse.

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Must be a Ford brand ship smh
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"Yar, I'm in a lot of trouble now. Hey, I'll pay you a hundred bucks to take the blame"

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Have you ever driven/travelled down the interstate with tractor trailers and crosswind gusts? You can often feel them in a car that's 4-5k pounds, but a tractor trailer is up to 90k pounds... they feel it even more.

Similiar concept, the freighter is a massive flat surface and it acts like a sail. Because it's essentially drifting it can be slightly shoved off course. The turn radius/reaction time on a freighter is far far greater than say a fishing boat or speed boat, so it might not have been noticed in time and enough wind shoved it.

As for skyscrapers, they're like wings in that air travels faster around them iirc, because it's trying to wrap around/compress.

TL:DR - The freighter acted like a big sideways sail boat, weight or displacement isn't going to create friction. It's the design of the hull that might resist due to lateral motion, but we've greatly improved hull design thanks to ww2.

Plus once it's started moving it's difficult to stop, no brakes or wheels for steering.

Wind Sama was stronger than Evergreen Chan

You can fart on a canoe and make it spin

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If you wanna see what I mean about skyscrapers, here's one in action.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJXThNHexJc

Okay, so say you have a piece of paper, and blow on it. What happens? Now submerge the paper in water and try to set it on fire. You can't.

It's basically exactly like that.

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