tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post112312205579135500..comments2024-03-26T15:22:25.095-06:00Comments on The Earliad: FragilityEarl J. Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963936256606285358noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-1123710237732500122005-08-10T15:43:00.000-06:002005-08-10T15:43:00.000-06:00As a journalist, I can tell you that we are indeed...As a journalist, I can tell you that we are indeed disappointed that there were no fatalities. The crash is already off the radar (so to speak). <BR/>However, with a high casualty rate you would all still be buying the paper to read about it. Our (and other papers') daily circulation shoots up a considerable amount when incidents of great tragedy occur. <BR/>As such, even on an unconscious level, many reporters show up to these events almost disappointed that no casualties occurred. <BR/><BR/>Pulitzers are also won covering "bad" news, not good.<BR/><BR/>So blame us if you must but I blame the people who only buy the paper for bad news. <BR/><BR/>I wish it wasn't so, but...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-1123207104164233422005-08-04T19:58:00.000-06:002005-08-04T19:58:00.000-06:00Leslie: the reporting did, in fact, strike me as s...Leslie: the reporting did, in fact, strike me as strange - like the journalists were panting for news of tragedy. I guess it really does lead if it bleeds, or in this case, if there's potential for bleeding. <BR/><BR/>Mike, this is one instance where I'm glad to be wrong. Still, planes can crash at speeds much higher than race cars, so I wonder if there wasn't some germ of truth to the half-remembered research I stumbled upon back then. Wish I could remember the source. In any event, very interesting data.Earl J. Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07963936256606285358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-1123133289441763062005-08-03T23:28:00.000-06:002005-08-03T23:28:00.000-06:00The part about your organs ripping free is unlikel...The part about your organs ripping free is unlikely to be true. A famous US tester withstood 46.2gs with only bloodshot eyes and a few bleeds, but no serious injury:<BR/>http://www.ejectionsite.com/stapp.htm<BR/><BR/>632mph to 0 in 1.1 sec. " a jolt in excess of that experienced by a driver who crashes into a red brick wall at over 120 miles per hour"<BR/><BR/>Race cars crash all the time at over 100mph, and internal organs aren't torn free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-1123127911571853412005-08-03T21:58:00.000-06:002005-08-03T21:58:00.000-06:00Eeeks! Ouch!Seriously, you're right. And don't you...Eeeks! Ouch!<BR/><BR/>Seriously, you're right. And don't you find the reporting about the crash rather odd? Sometimes I'd swear reporters are disappointed there weren't any fatalities...<BR/><BR/>Ah yes, cheery thoughts indeed.<BR/><BR/>LLesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14831032895989556909noreply@blogger.com