• Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        15 hours ago

        Yep, saltwater has more buoyancy, and the higher the salinity, the more buoyant the water.

      • qarbone@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        1 day ago

        I don’t recall the full episode but a few things stood out.

        • it would be cold as hel, so properly strapping a lifevest around some flotsam seems iffy
        • isn’t saltwater more buoyant or is that old fishwife’s tale? Also idk if that test body of water is salty.
        • Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          15 hours ago

          Yep, saltwater has more buoyancy, and the higher the salinity, the more buoyant the water.

      • Zorque@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        arrow-down
        4
        ·
        1 day ago

        Only if they had the knowledge and abilities (and time to come up with a plan) of two people whose job it is to come up with exactly this kind of thing.

        Sure, it was possible. That doesn’t make it probable.

          • Zorque@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            1 day ago

            I take it you didn’t actually watch the mythbusters episode, then. If they both just climbed on the door they would have both died. They would have had to jury-rig a contraption using the life-preserver Rose was wearing to survive… barely.