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It's just a guess, but the sailor who saw the smoke may have instead seen the CO2 from the extinguishers being emptied
by secondcoming 5y ago
It's just a guess, but the sailor who saw the smoke may have instead seen the CO2 from the extinguishers being emptied
- jwithington 5y agoThe one I'm referring to was the first person on the ship who saw the smoke. They then went back to sleep or something like that.
- wolverine876 5y agoThat could be the sailor, but I would bet on the organization and leadership: In many organizations, bearing the bad news just creates enormous work and trouble for yourself, for your teammates, and rarely accomplishes anything. Rationally, it's absurd to ignore a fire. But I've seen organizations and situations where I would expect it.
- hugh-avherald 5y agoI'd say training more than culture. The response to smoke onboard a ship should be automatic, not requiring any contemplation (even if it's just 'trigger alarm').
- i_am_proteus 5y agoAlso a former submarine DCA: a sailor failing to call away smoke speaks to an egregious cultural problem in how the crew treats damage control (unless this was an absolutely brand-spanking-new nonqual).
- wolverine876 5y agoCould you believe that the culture might become that bad? Also, isn't fire on a submarine far more critical than fire on a surface ship in port?