Comments on: MODERN ARK IS BUILT TO ESCAPE TIDAL WAVE http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/11/modern-ark-is-built-to-escape-tidal-wave/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:07:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: KHarn http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/11/modern-ark-is-built-to-escape-tidal-wave/#comment-1055009 KHarn Fri, 16 May 2008 23:28:15 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4438#comment-1055009 Still, it's pretty cool and I'd like to see the lay-out of the inside. I remember way back in the sixties when a couple of teens built a raft to "sail" around the coast of Florida. They had traveled from the Atlantic to Rainbow Springs on the Suwanee river before they were told they could go no further and they sold the raft to the campground's lifeguard. It had a plywood lean-to and a firepit made from either a comercial grill or a cut-off oil drum. They displayed it to the campers before they sold it and yes, and I envied them! Still, it’s pretty cool and I’d like to see the lay-out of the inside.
I remember way back in the sixties when a couple of teens built a raft to “sail” around the coast of Florida. They had traveled from the Atlantic to Rainbow Springs on the Suwanee river before they were told they could go no further and they sold the raft to the campground’s lifeguard. It had a plywood lean-to and a firepit made from either a comercial grill or a cut-off oil drum.
They displayed it to the campers before they sold it and yes, and I envied them!

]]> By: Blurgle http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/11/modern-ark-is-built-to-escape-tidal-wave/#comment-1054778 Blurgle Tue, 13 May 2008 04:32:19 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4438#comment-1054778 I suspect that the editor found this drawing and made up a story to go with it that tied into a recent event. I say this for two reasons: a) I've seen rafts similar to this in Canada (I think in the northern museum in Yellowknife), and b) there appears to be ice floating in the water around the boat, something in short supply in the Philippines. That pine tree beside the dock is also somewhat non-Philippine. I suspect that the editor found this drawing and made up a story to go with it that tied into a recent event. I say this for two reasons: a) I’ve seen rafts similar to this in Canada (I think in the northern museum in Yellowknife), and b) there appears to be ice floating in the water around the boat, something in short supply in the Philippines. That pine tree beside the dock is also somewhat non-Philippine.

]]> By: Rick Auricchio http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/11/modern-ark-is-built-to-escape-tidal-wave/#comment-1054690 Rick Auricchio Sun, 11 May 2008 18:05:31 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4438#comment-1054690 So they assumed the wave would simply create rising water, like a flood, and not sweep everything away. And they assumed that having bolo knives would allow them to repel anyone, including a stronger foe. That could have backfired. So they assumed the wave would simply create rising water, like a flood, and not sweep everything away.

And they assumed that having bolo knives would allow them to repel anyone, including a stronger foe. That could have backfired.

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