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Old 06-18-2009, 01:46 PM   #1
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Old 06-18-2009, 01:58 PM   #2
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I can't see them are they over by quonset? They're not over by sakonett or down by the War College, I go past those waters everyday and don't see anything.
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Old 06-19-2009, 04:04 PM   #3
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one million two hundred seventy five thousand pounds
WOW. That's a HUGE number. It's hard to grasp and visualize that much poundage. Sounds like you could fill the a box the size of a football field that is 9 feet high with all those soon-to-be-fertilizer-etc pogies.
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Old 06-19-2009, 07:59 PM   #4
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WOW. That's a HUGE number. It's hard to grasp and visualize that much poundage. Sounds like you could fill the a box the size of a football field that is 9 feet high with all those soon-to-be-fertilizer-etc pogies.
Well, assuming a pogie has a slightly higher specific gravity of sea water (let's say 70 pounds per cubic foot, minus 10% because they don't stack perfectly) that's still about 16,000 cubic feet of fish.

According to my quick calculation that's an entire football field of fish filled over a yard deep.

Considering that a pogie is mostly oil, which is lighter than sea water, my calculations could be off, but that would only make the pile of fish deeper.

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Old 06-19-2009, 08:04 PM   #5
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Well, assuming a pogie has a slightly higher specific gravity of sea water (let's say 70 pounds per cubic foot, minus 10% because they don't stack perfectly) that's still about 16,000 cubic feet of fish.

According to my quick calculation that's an entire football field of fish filled over a yard deep.

Considering that a pogie is mostly oil, which is lighter than sea water, my calculations could be off, but that would only make the pile of fish deeper.

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Old 06-19-2009, 08:55 PM   #6
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According to my quick calculation that's an entire football field of fish filled over a yard deep.
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Spence, nice work. That really helps to visualize the quantify of fish we are talking about here.

Sounds like you have a math/physics background.
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Old 06-19-2009, 09:35 PM   #7
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No, just fine arts...I'm sure my math is off, but I'd wager the visual is still pretty close.

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Old 06-20-2009, 12:53 AM   #8
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1:53 AM and off to pogie land

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Old 06-23-2009, 10:14 AM   #9
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No, just fine arts...I'm sure my math is off, but I'd wager the visual is still pretty close.

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Old 06-23-2009, 05:55 AM   #10
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Spence,

Sounds like you have a math/physics background.
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