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To: JerseyanExile
3.5 million atmospheres, like 3.5 million skies falling at once on your head,

Gee thanks, Nat. Us yokels didn't know what the unit known as an atmosphere was. Except your analogy is flawed, since we're talking about mostly static pressure, not dynamic pressure i.e. the kind that would result from motion, falling, a collision, etc.

No wonder the Times' corrections page is so active.

9 posted on 05/30/2012 9:47:00 AM PDT by relictele (We are officially OUT of other people's money!)
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To: relictele

“Except your analogy is flawed, since we’re talking about mostly static pressure, not dynamic pressure i.e. the kind that would result from motion, falling, a collision, etc. “

So are you saying Chicken Little was right to be so concerned?


22 posted on 05/30/2012 10:41:22 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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