The technical methods for cramming enough lifeboats on a ship to save every soul on board were fairly easy to conceive. Here is one possible solution; the added benefit was that even if the ship were heeling over, the boats could be shifted from one side of the ship to the other. The small drawings at the bottom show how the system could have been applied to the Titanic. However, the lifeboats would have taken up deck space that was considered too valuable for sun decks and promenades and so were largely dispensed with by the company. Credit: Scientific American, April 27, 1912

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1. 1. lowndesw 12:00 PM 4/6/12

   The trouble is, why would anyone be getting off a ship that is sitting upright and level?? NO ONE. You always wait until the last minute when the ship is sinking, and the ship is ALWAYS down by one end or heeled to one side. Then you try to get the davits to work and swing the boats out. Boats on the high side either won't swing out, or if they do, slide down the side of the hull, possibly spilling people out. Boats on the low side hang out away from the ship, too far for most people to reach safely, and don't forget the motion of the sea, swinging the boats around. It's not easy even for an experienced crew, but design and equipment is MUCH better than it used to be.

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2. 2. julianpenrod 07:20 PM 4/6/12

   For so many, a tendency to approach a situatioon emphasizing solely a visceral side of the maytter keeps them from understanding it fully. Lookingg at the Titanic, they consider only the unfortunate combination of events associated with the "official story" and fail to real8ize how wholly implausible to the point of nigh impossible the "official story" is! Among other things, this wasn't a bus company putting their first boat out to sea! These were mariners, and they knew rules that sailors had always lived by. For example, don't underestimate what can happen, don't be an arrogant wise guy about it, always be ready to help someone even if it doesn't look like they need it. Foregoing lifeboats is not something an experienced company would have done. Getting so close to an iceberg, no one would have authorized. The California reportedly didn't answer the Titanic's distress flares because they thought they were having a celebration. No ship takes it for granted that another ship doesn't need help! In short, the "official story" is a lie! Whatever happened out there was nothing like what they claimed!
   One small example of the mass of mystery associated with the itanic, there is a supposed newsreel which has been around for awhile of the Titanic leaving Southampton. It can be seen on You Tube, with the titles "Titanic 1912 Original Film", "Titanic 1912 Newsreel (original)" and "Titanic - Videos Originales (1912)". In one part of the film, Captain Smith is shown supposedly checking the ship before launching, walking by a small window or board with something mounted in it, but whatever it is, it is scratched out in every frame! Later, tugboats are shown escorting the Titanic out, but the names on the sterns of each are also scratched out in every frame, leaving fluttering white blotches. It's suggested that this was footage of the Titanic sister ship, Olympic, leaving New York Harbor and the sterns of the tugs were scratched out because they probably gave reference to New York. But the tugboats shown are the long, packet boat like English tugs, not the more squat American tugs. Also, what would be scratched out from the small board Captain Smith walked by?
   There seems more than a few questions which are not answered.

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