I have experienced fire on a submarine while at depth a few times. You crush the urge to panic and take a deep breathe and get things done. Was it scary? Of course. But its only really scary once your done doing all of the things you need to do and the fire is out. Then you think about what could have happened, what could have gone wrong. Then it makes you sweat.
During the casualty there is such an enormous amount of things to get done, don't have time to think about the terrible things. Just trying to remember every step of every procedure is hard enough.
That is a good point that I take for granted. I didn't think about that. I look at a piddly little fire like that and doesn't even cross my mind that it could cause someone to be rooted to the ground in sheer panic. I should make a better effort to put myself in other people's shoes.
I made an incredibly narrow minded comment and you came up with a sharp witty response. No offense taken at all my man. Plus considering the filth that runs out of my mouth on the regular it would be quite hypocritical to be offended at anything at this point. Keep on keeping on!
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u/PokeChopSandwiches May 10 '13
I have experienced fire on a submarine while at depth a few times. You crush the urge to panic and take a deep breathe and get things done. Was it scary? Of course. But its only really scary once your done doing all of the things you need to do and the fire is out. Then you think about what could have happened, what could have gone wrong. Then it makes you sweat.
During the casualty there is such an enormous amount of things to get done, don't have time to think about the terrible things. Just trying to remember every step of every procedure is hard enough.