• qarbone@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        11 days ago

        I don’t recall the full episode but a few things stood out.

        • it would be cold as hel, so properly strapping a lifevest around some flotsam seems iffy
        • isn’t saltwater more buoyant or is that old fishwife’s tale? Also idk if that test body of water is salty.
        • Flocklesscrow@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          10 days ago

          Yep, saltwater has more buoyancy, and the higher the salinity, the more buoyant the water.

      • Flocklesscrow@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        10 days ago

        Yep, saltwater has more buoyancy, and the higher the salinity, the more buoyant the water.

      • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
        44·
        11 days ago

        Only if they had the knowledge and abilities (and time to come up with a plan) of two people whose job it is to come up with exactly this kind of thing.

        Sure, it was possible. That doesn’t make it probable.

          • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            11 days ago

            I take it you didn’t actually watch the mythbusters episode, then. If they both just climbed on the door they would have both died. They would have had to jury-rig a contraption using the life-preserver Rose was wearing to survive… barely.

          • Absolute_Axoltl@feddit.uk
            11·
            11 days ago

            It would somewhat undermine the core of their narrative being a tragedy within a larger tragedy though.