Did the MOON sink the Titanic ?

[Hum]

The iceberg that sank the Titanic was sent on its deadly path by the closest approach of the moon to the Earth in 1,400 years, say astronomers.

A once-in-a-lifetime lunar event created an super-high tide on January 12, 1912 - setting loose a deadly fleet of icebergs, three months before Titanic sank on April 14, 1912 with the loss of approximately 1,500 lives.

The tide dislodged icebergs from shallow waters off the coasts of Labrador and Newfoundland, filling shipping lanes with icebergs.

The ice field in the area the Titanic sank was so thick with icebergs responding rescue ships were forced to slow down.

?The event January 4 was the closest approach of the Moon to the Earth in more than 1,400 years, and it maximized the Moon?s tide-raising forces on Earth?s oceans. That?s remarkable,? said Texas State physics faculty member Donald Olson.

The 'once-in-many-lifetimes' event brought together the Moon's closest approach to the Earth for 1,400 years, a near encounter between the Earth and the Sun, and a spring tide.

All these factors contributed to abnormally high sea levels which helped dislodge grounded icebergs and send them into the shipping lanes of the North Atlantic, it is claimed.

Normally, icebergs remain in place and cannot resume moving southward until they?ve melted enough to refloat or a high enough tide frees them.

A single iceberg can become stuck multiple times on its journey southward, a process that can take several years.

?As icebergs travel south, they often drift into shallow water and pause along the coasts of Labrador and Newfoundland. But an extremely high spring tide could refloat them, and the ebb tide would carry them back out into the Labrador Current where the icebergs would resume drifting southward,? Olson said.

?That could explain the abundant icebergs in the spring of 1912. We don?t claim to know exactly where the Titanic iceberg was in January 1912 - nobody can know that - but this is a plausible scenario.?

?Of course, the ultimate cause of the accident was that the ship struck an iceberg. The Titanic failed to slow down, even after having received several wireless messages warning of ice ahead,? Olson said.

?They went full speed into a region with icebergs - that?s really what sank the ship, but the lunar connection may explain how an unusually large number of icebergs got into the path of the Titanic.?

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[PyX]

Sensationalist headline.

[htcz]

Sensationalist headline.

Trust me, Hum is way better at headlines than Neowin's writers and warwagon.

[Descartes]

tl;dr but the moment I read the headline I was like "I'll have what he's having" :p

[Hum]

I blame it on Captain Smith's drinking. :p

[Crisp]

Raptor Jesus sank it.

[shakey]

Short answer, Yes. Long answer, No.

[MightyJordan]

Sensationalist headline.

From a sensationalist (actually, bulls**t is a better word in this case) newspaper. (Y)

[compl3x]

From a sensationalist (actually, bulls**t is a better word in this case) newspaper. (Y)

Before I even hovered over the link I was thinking " this is from The Daily Heil."

[spike21]

The Titanic never sunk,it was unsinkable.

[+Warwagon MVC]

Sensationalist headline.

It's all about making someone want to click the thread!

[nvllsvm]

[stevember]

I personally blame a 12-year-old kid called Nethan in 842 BC he decided to kill the butterfly he was playing with, it started a chain of events which I am still trying to work out how to stop now.

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

The moon caused my bath to overflow. DAMN YOU MOON.

[.Neo]

Did the MOON sink the Titanic ?

No, stupidity did.

[Hum]

I personally blame a 12-year-old kid called Nethan in 842 BC he decided to kill the butterfly he was playing with, it started a chain of events which I am still trying to work out how to stop now.

I simply send replacement butterflies, back in Time.