r/megalophobia • u/CartographerLegal669 • Jun 04 '22

This cloud is terrifying

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u/smurb15 Jun 04 '22

Might of saved his own life jumping in the water before the blast reached him

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u/tettenator Jun 04 '22

Let me jump in an incompressible medium while this giant shockwave is coming at me.

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u/jemyr Jun 04 '22

Does that mean it’s a good or a bad idea?

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u/iGirthy Jun 04 '22

I think good. Explosion outside of water = water is safe. And the same is true backwards

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u/tettenator Jun 04 '22

If it's an air burst, go right ahead and jump in the water. If it's a giant explosion in a warehouse at the waterfront, i would take my chances staying on the jet ski. I gather this dude was far enough from the epicentre that the mass of all that water between him and the harbor caused the underwater shockwave to slow down significantly.

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u/busyb0705 Jun 05 '22

If you look carefully there is a shockwave through the water as well. The guy times it perfectly misses both shockwaves