[Vision2020] Gary Larson on one of today's headlines

[Donovan Arnold]

Wayne Fox writes,

"a NUCLEAR submarine whose breakup would likely cause a cataclysmic 
radio-active incident with not only the tragic loss of American lives, but 
tremendous, extremely devastating, long-lasting adverse effects on the 
immediately surrounding seas which would proliferate and likely cause very 
widespread damage -- a Chernobyl without the built in terrestrial 
restraints."

Ummm, no, it would not Mr. Fox. Maybe we would be in danger if this was 1975 
and we were driving 1955 Soviet made subs. Fact is it is virtually 
impossible for that to occur. You watch way to many movies. Chernobyl 
happened because they shut down the cooling system on purpose for a test and 
could not restart it causing a melt down. If they were able to cool the 
reactor it would not have happened. Now, let us just say, we had a 50 year 
old nuclear sub, what might we use to cool the nuclear reactor to prevent a 
meltdown? Humm, any ideas, any at all?

I am frankly more concerned about the people that suffered head injuries. It 
is easy to bang into the ground or a mountain on the ocean floor. They don't 
have windows ya know. They use sonar. If the crew is practicing tight 
maneuvers in an underwater valley it is easy come across an unexpected 
mountain or big rock. For all we know it might have happened in trying to 
avoid an underwater rock slide.

Whatever the cause, I don't think it is justified to attack people 
protecting us that where injured doing so by calling them stupid and making 
cartoon jokes about them. I feel a little offended by this, in part because 
my father served nearly 20 years in the US Navy and designed the electronics 
for the Tomahawk Cruise Missile that this submarine was carrying, four of 
them in fact. So please reframe from attacking the people that risking their 
life to protect you from harm. Say what you want about their political 
leaders.

Take Care,

Donovan J Arnold







>From: "Art Deco" <deco at moscow.com>
>To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Gary Larson on one of today's headlines
>Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 21:27:08 -0800
>
>Let's see,
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>A NUCLEAR submarine runs aground -- a submarine equipped with the most 
>sophisticated sensing equipment supposedly fail-safe against these kinds of 
>collisions -- a NUCLEAR submarine whose breakup would likely cause a 
>cataclysmic radio-active incident with not only the tragic loss of American 
>lives, but tremendous, extremely devastating, long-lasting adverse effects 
>on the immediately surrounding seas which would proliferate and likely 
>cause very widespread damage -- a Chernobyl without the built in 
>terrestrial restraints.
>
>Coop's and Donovan's reaction are,: No big deal!  Leave our boys alone (the 
>one's whose lives were in danger due to some design flaw, fail-safe 
>equipment failure, and/or act of human negligence/stupidity)!
>
>Wonderful!
>
>I am glad I am old and not much longer at the mercy of those with such 
>nonchalant, happy-go-lucky, no-one-should-be-too-responsible attitudes 
>toward perils to others.  Do those of you who are young or who have 
>children feel comfortable with such attitudes?
>
>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
>deco at moscow.com
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Sae Cooper
>   To: Art Deco ; Vision 2020
>   Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 7:27 PM
>   Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Gary Larson on one of today's headlines
>
>
>   Shit happens partner.
>
>   Coop
>
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Art Deco
>     To: Vision 2020
>     Sent: 1/8/2005 6:36:14 AM
>     Subject: [Vision2020] Gary Larson on one of today's headlines
>
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>     U.S. nuclear sub runs aground in Pacific
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>     http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/08/nuclear.submarine/index.html
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>     USN Level of Competence:
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>     Gary Larson, The Far Side
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