An iceberg calved from Greenland in Jan. 1912, 4 months prior to sinking on Apr 15 due to a once in 1400 yr close approach of the moon?

What sank the Titanic? Scientists point to moon - Technology & science - Space - msnbc.com (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46642918/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.T1eJv8CWbEU)

Greenland icebergs of the type that the Titanic struck generally become stuck in the shallow waters off Labrador and Newfoundland, and cannot resume moving southward until they have either melted enough to re-float or are freed by a high tide, Olson said.
So how was it that such a large number of icebergs had floated so far south that they were in the shipping lanes well south of Newfoundland that night?

Olson said a "once-in-many-lifetimes" event occurred on Jan. 4, 1912, when the moon and sun lined up in such a way that their gravitational pulls enhanced each other. At the same time, the moon's closest approach to Earth that January was the closest in 1,400 years, and the point of closest approach occurred within six minutes of the full moon. On top of that, Earth's closest approach to the sun in a year had happened just the previous day.
"This configuration maximized the moon's tide-raising forces on the Earth's oceans," Olson said. "That's remarkable."

WTF, I was going to watch the movie this weekend and you just ruined it for me. Thanks a lot, Phil!

The movie has nothing to do with how the iceberg got there.:)

So, knowing this, will more lives be saved???
Seriously, they can spend many hours pondering these kinds of things and yet they still can't find a cruise ship that won't run aground, catch fire, or sink because of human error? :smash:

I like the scientific research used to determine that, but really, what use is that information today?

That's like spending time and money to discover that the Wright Brothers only got off the ground because of the "butterfly effect" the day before.
In other words, it's info destined for a Jeapardy clue!

So, knowing this, will more lives be saved???
Seriously, they can spend many hours pondering these kinds of things and yet they still can't find a cruise ship that won't run aground, catch fire, or sink because of human error? :smash:

I like the scientific research used to determine that, but really, what use is that information today?

That's like spending time and money to discover that the Wright Brothers only got off the ground because of the "butterfly effect" the day before.
In other words, it's info destined for a Jeapardy clue!


I think I read that Alex Trebec funded this research..:rotf2:

Arrogance sank the Titantic.
The iceberg was just the tool.
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I think the two Titanic movies are two of the saddest movies ever made, at least the first one. I don't mean to stray from the intent of the origianl post, but when poor people are kept locked below decks until most if not all the boats were away is testiment to how big POS's the monied people on the boat and the ships owners were. I know the poor were portrayed as mostly irish, but a huge cross section of western europeans were all locked below and given a death sentenced, many were women and children. I can't believe that all these years later no one has done anything in this regard to make this more prominent and noteworthy. F em

totally agree

Arrogance sank the Titantic.
The iceberg was just the tool.
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I was thinking the same exact thing

Just to be sure, is anyone here trying to say that Kate Winslet is not smoking hot?
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So, knowing this, will more lives be saved???
Seriously, they can spend many hours pondering these kinds of things and yet they still can't find a cruise ship that won't run aground, catch fire, or sink because of human error? :smash:

I like the scientific research used to determine that, but really, what use is that information today?

That's like spending time and money to discover that the Wright Brothers only got off the ground because of the "butterfly effect" the day before.
In other words, it's info destined for a Jeapardy clue!

The scientists got together and said, "Hey, when we said the globe was warming with potentially catastrophic effects, nobody believed us."

"Next time, we should work on something about the Titanic, people eat that stuff up. Then we can pitch our findings to some production company, and make some folding green."