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When volcanoes go bang, submarine cables do what?
- slowhand09 5y agoI had a private tour of the Tyco Resolute about 12 years ago. I should dig out the photos. Absolutely amazing to see the technology implemented to lay, recover, and repair cables. Also the control room technologies that allow the ship to hold position in many differing conditions. Reading the article was so similar to the description of processes the captain provided.
- egberts1 5y agoSNAP
- andylynch 5y agoReally interesting, today I learn about turbidity currents! It’s astonishing they can move the cable so far, more so _in the opposite direction_ to what you might expect
- beebeepka 5y agoCable sucking volcano. I am not surprised by the direction in the least but 5km? I wonder how much time did this take. One can easily experience similar effect on the beach of almost every sea, no? Isn't it usual to feel currents pushing and pulling you in multiple directions at once?
- throw0101a 5y agoLooking at the map, a cable from Vava'u to Niue may give some useful redundancy.
- mysterypie 5y agoWhat a great headline: only 8 words, explains the article perfectly, proper English, but playful. It must require a special talent because I absolutely could not have come up with those 8 words.
- bityard 5y agoTo me, it sounded like a question a Kindergarten teacher would ask a class.
- kwhitefoot 5y agoIs that negative? Do you have something better in mind?
- mLuby 5y ago"Volcanic eruption effects on undersea cables" saves two words.
- animal531 5y agoBut that still forces me to read the article. If they made it "Volcanic eruption affects undersea cables" then I wouldn't have to.
- tragictrash 5y agoWay less fun though. I agree the wording is great, and avoids sensationalism.
- jcadam 5y agoNah - that sounds like the title for an academic work.
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- anonymousiam 5y ago..."they were tracking a piece of cable that had moved — yes, you’re reading this right — 5km towards the volcano!" Wow!
- masklinn 5y agoAlso 7 HDs which if I’m understanding things correctly means 5 times they pulled up a cable end and found out there was nothing at the other end, it was just a loose piece. That cable had been shredded. And apparently they never found the missing repeater.
- mshockwave 5y agothis article is amazing and it's a critical lesson-learned for modern internet infrastructure -- remember, majority of civilian internet across the world relies on submarine cables.
- necovek 5y agoNice read, but it does make you wonder if it's impossible to cover distance between Vava’u/Ha’apai and Tonga capital with regular wireless connection (there seem to be plenty of smaller islands in between too)?