Recent content by Navy_Pete

My favourite ones are the implosions of old buildings; one company has a 15 minute montage of their work. Probably collectively centuries of experience and months of planning for each job for 5-10 seconds of awesome.

PROOF THAT 9/11 WAS AN INSIDE JOB SHEEPLE! Pretty awesome work if you can get it. Controlled explosions set off on collapsed Baltimore bridge during cleanup Controlled explosions set off on collapsed Baltimore bridge during cleanup 1 hour ago Duration0:30 Controlled explosions set off on...

Figuring out how to break things is a great way to build them better, and usually a lot safer than finding out in some kind of fatal accident (which spawns things like SOLAS regulations after Titanic). Also, even with no injuries those plants run into the hundreds of millions of dollars (or...

Had to do a bit of research about LNG fires for something, and interesting (to me) is that the AFFF foam still forms a barrier preventing off gassing, but happens because the LNG is -185 C or something so it actually freezes the AFFF (which is mostly water) and the ice layer is what stops the...

I don't think the CG will want to do that for some fairly practical reasons; their current level of internal bureaucracy is a fraction of what DND does, and there are enough senior CCG people that came from the RCN to be aware of that and how much it slows things down and complicates them. They...

That specific one is a rockwool IMO rated A-15 insulation. Intumescents coating have been trialed before but don't work well on moving platforms; the protective char layers fall off with normal movement. Instead we just use specific coatings that have limits on some fire properties, smoke and...

Sadly, me too; realized I was an outlier when talking to peers when I start losing track of which fire on which class I was on when we were talking about some emergencies we had been around for. Fortunately they all got handled fairly quickly, but amazing how long it takes to clean up, clear up...

Less for enthusiasts, more for folks that run up on a cold door while responding to a fire alarm, chuck it open, and get an 'o shit' moment when there is actually a fire right there. The fire responses happen a few times every month, and that's a big change from decades of plain steel doors and...

That would be vigilante justice I think a lot of people could get behind. "I testified in Parliament, got threatened as a result, and my employer did nothing about it, so took it in my own hands. They were coming right for me, so it was self defence'. I mostly found the RCN claim of 'Privacy...

I think the T26 model shown is an older rev of the design, but a lot of variations and artist renditions, so I wouldn't really take anything from it.. Not sure what the ghost ship is, but they are big on the idea of 'digital twin'. I guess it sounds sexier than 'paper ship' but basically have a...

I think it did, but then explicitly said the MPs aren't investigating and don't intend to, which I had to read a few times to make sure I hand't dropped a word or something. Not that the unit investigation won't try, but random PO1/CPO2 that gets tagged with it hardly has the resources of the...

So you are saying I shouldn't autodelete the 3-4 different L1 and L2 update emails that come in daily? :D It apparently was a line item in a defence team update email earlier this week, but hasn't specifically come around yet. Guess should expect that to be incoming, but at least there is a...

I laughed at that bit as well; everytime they tout 'affordable housing' there is always an asterix or something, and it's defined as something like 80% of the market average price. It's less expensive, but it the market average is getting up to 700-800k, 80% of that is still out of reach for...

I don't even think I saw nominations come around for this one. With the jubilee medals it was a mix of people who were great and was nice to see them recognized, and some self promotional complete assholes who probably nominated themselves, with some on the scale in between. Whatever, the way...

It actually specifically says the MPs aren't investigating and have no plans to do so. Nothing like a little whisteblower/witness intimidation to get quick action I guess. The double (triple?) standards is interesting; there are plenty of people who have been crucified and identified by name in...