• CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com
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    6 months ago

    Wait, explain that to an idiot please. Could the water pressure crush a person? It wouldn’t just go up?

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      6 months ago

      Because water doesn’t compress it transfers any shockwaves straight through anybody who is in the water. This happens much faster than the water has time to move out of the way.

      Sailors who are in the water after abandoning ship during naval battles are in extreme danger of dying if a bomb goes off close by.