They're going to die by Monday..

[Lost Cause]

The Titanic left Ireland yesterday. Today is uneventful with calm seas, and a crisp blue sky. Some reports are coming in with iceberg sightings, but, should be far North of our present route. Things are so good, we've increased our speed to get to New York early!

Until 11:40pm Sunday night, 90 years ago to the day, most of us will die.
**Will keep you informed**

 

[BustyTheClown]

Hey, interesting post. Thanks for linking us all back to history.

 

[Northern Lights]

What an historic disaster. I'm going to throw the DVD in the player now. I'm a sucker for that movie.

 

[Purple Haze]

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[Pamela]

Wow!

For some reason I thought it was the 17th that it went down. But...I beleive you!! I know they set sail today.

My grandma's parents had tickets to come over on the titanic. They were coming to Canada from Sweden. But at the last minute....their tickets were taken away for some aristocrat to go on board instead! THANK GOD!!!!

I'll never stand in the way of the rich and famous!!!

 

[Ice Cold]

The unsinkable Titanic

Nothing like a reminder of mans capacity for stupidity and the overwhelming power of mother nature to prove him wrong once again.

 

[Freestyla]

I'm not picking faults...

I'm not trying to be a pedant but the Titanic left Belfast for Southampton at 10pm on the 2nd of April I think. Then it set sail from there at noon on the 10th.

 

[Lost Cause]

The thread originated on the twelfth, for the timeline;
Friday, April 12, 1912 -- Saturday, April 13, 1912

Fairly uneventful. The weather is good and the sea is calm. The temperature is getting colder. The Titanic receives several wireless messages from other ships reporting ice.

I wouldn't post a thread on a historic timeline without checking first. I'm just covering the last leg of their destiny. Thanks anyway!

 

[Draco]

Facts people..

On April 10, 1912, the Titanic, commanded by Captain Edward J. Smith, set sail.
On April 11, 1912, there were seven warning messages about icebergs on the Titanic's course. These messages were noted but were not taken into account.
At around 11:40 p.m. Sunday, April 14, the Titanic hit an iceberg. By 2:18 a.m., April 15, 1912, the Titanic submerged into the murky water and sank to her final resting place. T

he Titanic was discovered by Robert Ballard (left) in August 1985. With the help of Sonar and Agro, Ballard and his research team found the wreck. Argo was a small submarine (more like a sled) with lights and cameras. It was operated by the research team above her in her mother ship, Knorr. With the help of Argo's cameras, the Titanic was found. Without the use of Argo, the Titanic may not have been found.
After the discovery, one year later Ballard and his research team traveled back to take a closer look. They used a small submarine, Alvin, to get a first hand look at the wreck. To explore the Titanic closer, a crew member inside Alvin manipulated Jason, a robotic mini sub. Jason was the first to explore and see the Titanic since 1912!

Copy/pasted from http://www.fireflyproductions.com/titanic/

coz I'm lazy...

 

[ExLimey]

Whoops! Thought this was another "list" thread. Just checking to see if I was on it. Nevermind.

 

[Lost Cause]

Draco

The facts are already there, so what's your point? Read the thread again, but s-l-o-w-e-r. Cheers!

 

[Freestyla]

Yeah what I meant was it set sail for it's maiden voyage from England (Southhampton) not Ireland (Belfast) where it was built.

 

[Draco]

Freestyla, the date you quoted April 2nd, was when she sailed from the shipyards to begin her sea-trials.

Lost Cause, wasn't getting at ya.

 

[Kymberley]

Titanic Exhibit

We have had the Titanic exhibit here in St. Louis for a few months. We took the boys to the Science Center to see it last week. I encorage everyone who has this show coming to a city near them, to take a few hours out of your day and go.

It was awesome, but quite sobering to walk through this massive display of items that we found scattered on the ocean floor after all those years of laying silently in the darkness of those depths.

When you first enter the show, they give you a boarding pass with the name and status of a passenger that was on that doomed ship. At the end of the exhibit, you are able to look at the boards and see if "you" survived or not.

One of the most horrifying parts of the exhibit is the iceberg replica. They have taken refridgerate coils and allowed the condensation to build onto the coils until it is 8-10 inches thick. This chunk of ice is about 25 feet long and 8 feet tall. The wall is there to simulate the temperature of the water in which the victims attempted to survive.

You place your hand on this block an see how long you can keep it there. The cold is so intense and painful. You can feel it burning your flesh in just a matter of seconds. Knowing that most died from freezing to death in the water was horrifying.

At the end, out of 4 of us, only 1 survived our tour.

On a lighter note, I was able to locate my Great-Aunts cousins who were on the ship along with their mother, they all survived, and although I have known that most of my life, it was still a silent victory for my family to see it in writing on the wall with all the names of those passengers.