Ice berg ahead

[Baron von Richthofen]

:jawdrop:Ice berg ahead A white Christmas of sorts for WA

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/6567446/massive-iceberg-heading-to-wa/

[Waxing_Gibbous]

Based on its surface area and assuming the old rule of thumb of 90% below the surface, allowing for for melting and "calving", I estimate that by the time it reaches Perth, it could be expected to yield 86,548,367,912.3 frozen Daquiris.

[Baron von Richthofen]

Ah exactly how big would that be?

[tlgerdes]

19km long, 8km wide, and it is not the result of global warming.:thumbsup:

[Liz]

yeah, just saw that on the news .... amazing that a big iceberg has ventured so far, and still a biggin.

[Jen]

:lol::lol: oh yum Daquiris :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Waxing_Gibbous]

There was a plan during WW2 to use man-made icebergs as aircraft carriers. They were to be made out of "Pyecrete" a mixture of sawdust and ice and some other stuff.
But at 19 klicks long by 8 wide, I wouldn't think you'd bother. Its bigger than Lichtenstein.

[Omaroo]

Someone else watches Mythbusters :)

[goober]

Or Qi :)

[Ric]

I'll be over with the Peach Schnapps when it arrives.

Cheers

[Waxing_Gibbous]

Both. But I got that one from quite an old book years ago. It was titled something like "Secret Weapons of WWII: Ideas that never made it" or something to that effect.

I love QI:)