The effects of GMD on power systems are well known by many engineers in our
electric utility industry. The recent failures were unrelated. There is no
mystery.
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On Apr 22, 2017, at 9:35 PM, Steve <VE7SL@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> The root cause was collision with an ice berg.
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> a well researched TV documentary recently shed brand new light
> here...apparently they had a nasty coal fire burning in one of the coal
> bunkers from departure up until the day before the iceberg. It severely
> warped / weakened one of the walls of the flood compartment walls which
> happened to be at the exact spot of the iceberg's contact and subsequent
> ripping of the hull. The plate eventually burst and allowed the next several
> watertight compartments to flood which made the ship's bow start to tilt. The
> documentary concluded that if there had been no fire and plate warpage then
> the ship would have stayed afloat. .they should have never departed while the
> fire was still burning but after all of the hype and big $$$ involved,
> decided to go anyway. The fire info was hushed-up during the official
> inquiry, I suspect maybe for insurance purposes... fascinating new light.
>
> Steve
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