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I received the following item in an email today and immediately thought of Captain F. [4:-)] I also figured a few of our other "brains" in the shop would appreciate it for its knowledge. [:)] Conflict of Witnesses A marine insurance company wanted to test the credibility of a shipwrecked passenger whose report went as follows: "When the liner began sinking, I only thought of saving my life. I jumped into the sea, mastering all my strength, and swam in the direction of a small island several miles away by alternating backstroke with breaststroke. About three-quarters of an hour later, I heard a terrific explosion, a sure sign that the liner's boiler had exploded. The thing that I could not understand was that, several seconds later, I heard a second explosion." This observation was not corroborated by the crew which, being in a lifeboat near the sinking liner heard only one detonation. Can you tell whether the description of the passenger contained a contradiction? If you think there is no contradiction, how do you explain the strange observation with regard to a second explosion? Now think about it for a minute and see if you can come up with your own answer. [8D] Solution: The passenger's story contains no contradiction. When the second explosion occurred. The passenger's ears were under water (backstroke). Sound travels through water almost 5 times faster than through air. When the man heard the explosion under water, he quickly raised his head to see what had happened. He then heard the same explosion a second time - the sound now brought through the medium of air. ~Source Unknown~
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