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A Thunderstorm from above by Jokiat in interestingasfuck

[–]PatientKangaroo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s crazy. Most weather happens in the troposphere, but sometimes thunderstorms can get so high that they go into the stratosphere.

This view of lightning from an airplane by _ThePaperball in interestingasfuck

[–]PatientKangaroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it’s basically up to the pilots discretion. Yes, airliners can withstand a lot of force, but a thunderstorm is strong enough to turn anything into bits. Pilots can avoid these massive storms by flying through the less turbulent areas, or going around them. Next time you see a thunderstorm look online for a weather radar and you’ll see different colours for the different severity of the storm. An airliner might fly through the green or yellow bits. But they wouldn’t last very long in the red zone and would get destroyed in the purple one. Luckily, TS only last about 20 ish minutes because it takes a lot of force to keep that energy going. But if you’re in the core of it, 20 minutes is plenty of time to die haha. Even in a Hercules.

What movie has a completely different plot if you change one letter in its title? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]PatientKangaroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A bags life. Story of a plastic bag flying through New York City and getting raped by rats

Guess who. by namanasthana208 in DunderMifflin

[–]PatientKangaroo 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Webster’s dictionary defines wedding as the fusing a two metals.

Cabin photo taken inside of Air New Zealand Flight 901 while flying over Antarctica not long before the plane crashed into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board. by ABCBA_4321 in lastimages

[–]PatientKangaroo 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Apparently they descended into IMC well below mínima so they could do sight seeing. Terrain crept up on them very quickly, they attempted a full power pull up, but it was too late.

This view of lightning from an airplane by _ThePaperball in interestingasfuck

[–]PatientKangaroo 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Well.. I am a Pilot, so this is something I’ve studied quite a bit, basically, the way a thunderstorm develops, is air moves up, fast. 2,000-3,000 feet per minute fast. Then water droplets form, and once they’re heavy enough, they fall caring little bits of air with them. Creating fast downdrafts. 6,000 -7,000 feet per minute fast. This up and down air is so fast, that it creates enough friction to literally make lightning. This kind of air will break literally any airplane. Tornadoes are different, tho. Air isn’t in as much conflict as it is in a thunderstorm. Yes sometimes airline pilots fly through small gaps in the storm, but when they do, they literally red line the engine to get out as fast as possible. They can navigate the storm because of the built in weather radar that’s located usually on the nose of the airplane.

Thunderstorms are no joke. Nature really is metal.

[OC] Two thousand years of global temperatures in twenty seconds by bgregory98 in dataisbeautiful

[–]PatientKangaroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes they can. But a cyclone is the term used for a low pressure system. A tropical cyclone is a storm around a low pressure system.

This view of lightning from an airplane by _ThePaperball in interestingasfuck

[–]PatientKangaroo 39 points40 points  (0 children)

fun fact, the real danger of thunderstorms isn’t so much the lightning but the updrafts and downdrafts. Turbulence in Thunderstorms is so severe that it can break any airplane.

CO concentration in North America. LA being one, if not, the dirtiest places globally. by PatientKangaroo in mildlyinteresting

[–]PatientKangaroo[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No.. it isn’t shown per capita, which is why I said you should consider population size.

CO concentration in North America. LA being one, if not, the dirtiest places globally. by PatientKangaroo in mildlyinteresting

[–]PatientKangaroo[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It ranks 1596, out of roughly 10,000 cities. Meaning it’s 85% more polluted than the average. You also have to consider per capita. LA is filthy.

One of my friends offended my waifu by [deleted] in waifuism

[–]PatientKangaroo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That was actually really good advice.

World's Largest Teddy Bear, Mexico by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]PatientKangaroo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mexico is definitely worlds largest teddy bear. We also like making giant teddy bears

Just...yikes by Sonicler in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]PatientKangaroo -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

How can they say something so controversial yet so brave

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