There are 3 messages totalling 82 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. The Hindenburg (2) 2. Lusitania was re: The Hindenburg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:16:38 EDT From: Nickis Mom <Nickismom1228@a.......> Subject: Re: The Hindenburg My neighbor was on the Andrea Doria, but a lot of people survived that ship sinking. It took place about 51 years ago. Jeannie In a message dated 6/20/2009 7:12:59 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, orel@t....... writes: Of course the Hindenburg blew up in the middle of the day. There are those spectacular pics. Titanic was at night -- the Lusitania? When was that? The San Fran earthquake was early morning. I am trying to think of amazing disasters that our vamps could have benefitted from. Chicago fire. The bombing of London in WWII. Firebombing would have been too dangerous. Sara ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:33:55 -0400 From: Melissa Puzio <melissa.puzio@c.......> Subject: Re: The Hindenburg According to greatships.net, the fate of the Lusitania: <<At sea when World War I broke out, Lusitania arrived home safely, and unlike Mauretania was kept in her regular service during the war, making monthly sailings between Liverpool and New York. However, on 7 May 1915, while heading east off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland (see the card, below), Lusitania was torpedoed without warning by U-20 and sank within 18 minutes. (Two explosions rocked the ship. The first was clearly caused by a torpedo from U-20. The cause of the second explosion has never been definitively determined and remains the source of much controversy.)>> The websites don't say what time of day it was sunk, but if the vamps headed down to deep sea levels or the ocean floor, they wouldn't have to worry about the sun. As an aside, the original owners of my paternal grandfather's house crossed the Atlantic on the Lusitania before it went down and gave him an ashtray from the fated ship. It is still in my family's possession. Melissa Puzio aka Cousin Mel *Cousin*IB*Dark Knightie*Valentine*Dark Nattie/Nat Vamp Camp* melissa.puzio@c....... or mpuzio13@g....... "I don't like being dead...It's quite annoying, actually"-LC ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:20:09 -0400 From: Lisa McDavid <mclisa@m.......> Subject: Lusitania was re: The Hindenburg It's been a very long time since I read a memoire that included being on the Lusitania when it was torpedoed. I seem to recall that it was during the day. I know that the lifts were in use and that the people who were caught in them were described as having been drowned like rats in a trap. It's unlikely that the lifts would have been used in evacuating the ships, for the same reason they aren't used in modern building fires. So that reinforces the impression that the ship was sunk during the day. LC could of course, as pointed out elsewhere, have simply sunk with the ship, then emerged from the sea after darkness fell. BTW, we know from Father Figure that LC, Nick and Janette were in London during the bliz. That's definitely a WWII hairdo on Janette. Of course not all the bombs were incendiaries. At least half were simply high explosives. Part of the reason there were fires during the raids was that there were a number of flammable substances stored or used in manufacturing in areas which were heavily targetted. McLisa mclisa@m....... ------------------------------ End of FORKNI-L Digest - 20 Jun 2009 to 21 Jun 2009 (#2009-109) ***************************************************************
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