AnchoriteMagus comments on US Navy destroyer adrift in South China Sea for four days after losing power

US Navy destroyer adrift in South China Sea for four days after losing power (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] AnchoriteMagus@sh.itjust.works 43 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Easily 90° in the berthing spaces, guaranteed. All that body heat in a metal box with the sun beating on it? No fucking thanks. It got up to 80° in the boat when I was in the Gulf, and I was in a submarine.

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[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

There is no way it's that cool. It's 85 outside in the air. It has to be 105+ in there.

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[–] TrackShovel@lemmy.today 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm glad you two chimed in, with actual experience. This was my first thought - imagine being adrift cooking inside a giant Dutch oven, with like 300 other people and zero space. FML

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[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

And no showers.

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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (1 child)

…and when they all get home they’ll continue to vote Republican for the rest of their lives. It’s baffling.

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[–] AnchoriteMagus@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 days ago

Way to paint a literal cross-section of the American public with a ridiculously narrow minded brush. You must be fun at parties.

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