100th Anniversary of the Titanic sinking

100 years ago today she set sail.

 

On her unknowing way to becoming a metaphor.

 

near....






far....

 

And a James Cameron movie.

 

Wait ... there is no way that movie is 100 years old. IMDB says it came out in 1997.

 

Fun fact: She wasn't declared unsinkable until after she sank. Her class of ships was one of the greatest engineering achievements of the century; it's sad the way we remember it.

 

And a play.

 

Ever since I can remember I have had an irrational fear of the Titanic and all things related to it. So I was horrified when my parents decorated their new home's dining room in a Titanic motif! Now they are having a 100th anniversary party with guests dressing up and they are serving several courses from the menu, playing the music etc....I am very happy to be multiple states away and cannot attend. It would have possibly provoked an anxiety attack...especially if they follow the @TitanicRealTime Twitter feed that night! Such a tragic event.

 

I see it as a cautionary tale on hubris. It seems like the Titanic was operated as if it was unsinkable by people who should have known better. We don't learn, though. Not far from where the Titanic went down (couple hundred miles), in 1982 a semi-submersible oil rig called the Ocean Ranger sunk with all hands lost after being hit by a 100+ foot wave in a winter storm. They claimed that was unsinkable too.

At any rate I'll bet that I'm the TBer living closest to where Titanic sunk. My co-ordinates: 47° 34′ N, 52° 42′W.

 

Obviously, history is what I do for living, but some people get caught up over this like it happened yesterday. I say let the dead rest.

 

And a photochop...

 

What does it mean if my birthday is the same day the Titanic sank and Lincoln died?

Oh, yeah- and Income Tax Day. Must be why I always heard "Happy Birthday, ya little bastige!" when I was a kid.

 

And also on this date 49 years ago, the US Navy submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) failed to surface during deep-diving tests off of Cape Cod, with all hands lost.

 

It's weird to think that this ship is so famous, and I live in the country it was made - Northern Ireland. More than that, Lord Pirrie who was the head of the white star line went to my high school (there's a house named after him) and many of the descendants of the brave engineers still go to my school. Not to mention I see the massive yellow cranes that built it every day from the school I go to.... Look up Harland and Wolff on google.

 

& a 3D re-run.

 

Http://xkcd.com/1040

Somehow related, pretty intriguing.

 

It doesnt appear so, seeing as their hole stopped just to the right of the oil reserve...

 

"Titanic 3D"--wow, that's two more dimensions than the movie originally had!