How quickly does catastrophic decompression happen?

[Damocles]

Here's a video of the Mythbusters causing catastrophic decompression on a tanker...

It's fast here... but it was likely explosive decompression on the sub. Like a lightbulb.

 

[Phantasmal]

Here's a video of the Mythbusters causing catastrophic decompression on a tanker...

It's fast here... but it was likely explosive decompression on the sub. Like a lightbulb.

Daaaaaang!

 

[Stone]

Here's a video of the Mythbusters causing catastrophic decompression on a tanker...

It's fast here... but it was likely explosive decompression on the sub. Like a lightbulb.

Going off of memory here,.....but isnt that what happened to the USS Scorpion back in the 60's? One of my older brothers was aboard the research ship USS Compass Island that was searching for the Scorpion along with a whole host of other vessels.

 

[Monad Portal]

what would it feel like to turn into a gritty paste in milliseconds?

it's probably not a good feeling.

 

[ExpressLane]

Here's a video of the Mythbusters causing catastrophic decompression on a tanker...

It's fast here... but it was likely explosive decompression on the sub. Like a lightbulb.

They said it happens at twice the speed of sound. 1600 feet per second.

 

[Lionfish]

Some have said they were dead before their brain knew what was happening.

 

[ExpressLane]

what would it feel like to turn into a gritty paste in milliseconds?

it's probably not a good feeling.

Nobody that it has happened to have ever complained.

 

[Hawkeye10]

Some have said they were dead before their brain knew what was happening.

Maybe, but I also have seen a claim that they knew the hull was failing and tried to come up.....I have no idea of the validity of the claim.

 

[Lionfish]

 

[Lionfish]

 

[Cypress]

One hopes you aren't as cruel in your real life.

 

[Lionfish]

One hopes you aren't as cruel in your real life.

I can tell you this.... I am a whole lot smarter.

 

[Life is Golden]

Maybe, but I also have seen a claim that they knew the hull was failing and tried to come up.....I have no idea of the validity of the claim.

I saw that too.

 

[Into Тhe Night]

Some have said they were dead before their brain knew what was happening.

The pressure from the water filling the empty space would have caused a flash of heat hotter than the surface of the sun. The occupants would have sizzled to nothing in a thousandth of a second.

 

[Into Тhe Night]

It's telling that the people mocking their deaths are Trumpers.

 

[Hawkeye10]

It's telling that the people mocking their deaths are Trumpers.

Were?

 

[Into Тhe Night]

Were?

Were what?

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Here's a video of the Mythbusters causing catastrophic decompression on a tanker...

It's fast here... but it was likely explosive decompression on the sub. Like a lightbulb.

Impressive. That's a large scale version of the standing-on-an-empty-beer-can trick and someone taps the side of the can. Instant collapse.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

One hopes you aren't as cruel in your real life.

Like on JPP, he's a joke IRL.

I can tell you this.... I am a whole lot smarter.

QED.

Like Trump, Legion thinks he's the smartest guy in the room and the only one who is allowed to make jokes.

 

[Hawkeye10]

The Titanic sub once malfunctioned and couldn't reach the surface, so the crew had to rock from side to side to nudge weights loose, former passenger says

https://www.yahoo.com/news/titanic-sub-once-malfunctioned-couldnt-140951310.html


Hmmmmm.