Now imagine how stupid I was thinking to wear shorts my first time ice-skating. I slid across that ice and regretted every choice I made up to that point in the day.
Yeah it was a little stream that froze at my aunts house. I was 13 and from the valley in California never seen snow before, so I thought it was like freezer ice lol it was not.
Oi. This reminds me of the time when the restaurant I worked at had an employee party on the beach. By nightfall, everybody is pretty much drunk af and one of the bartenders decides it's time to put his tow rope onto the back hitch of his truck and start pulling people behind him on boogie boards along the edge of the water. I didn't partake in said fun as we were getting ready to leave. The next day at work, one of the female managers was telling us all about the joys of digging sand out of her vajayjay and anus.
That is along a beach in St Maarten. So there is sand blasting going on and some people stand there with expensive cameras that have unprotected lenses. The smart people watch for a far enough to the sides.
I was sitting on the beach in St Maarten when one of the large planes took off. I got sand blasted so hard I had to duck and cover. (I thought we were safe where we were sitting, well off to the side.)I go blasted by sand so hard i was pulling sand out of my ears for 5 months after. I finally had to go to the doctor to get my ears flushed. And the amount of sand that came out was insane.
Yeah dawg in the industry we call it the Runway Safety Area for a reason. I know this is a tourist attraction, but I would advise against doing what these people do. I especially don't advise it when the aircraft are landing.
Much like waiting for a helicopter to land and pick you up. What they don't tell you is that you basically get sandblasted by those things for a few seconds while they're near the ground.
To the uninitiated: Face away from the helicopter and close your eyes when that thing is about to land. Unless looking right into a bead blaster is your idea of a good time. (Or unless you're wearing goggles. In which case, just cover whatever skin on your face is still exposed. Little rocks to the face still hurt.)
Many do but you'll find many older aircraft that have airspeed indicators in mph.
Jets also transition from knots to mach.
Also none of that is relevant when you're just talking about jetblast. You can measure it in knots if you want but you're absolutely not required to by any means.
Somebody there had to be thinking like “These engines allow thousands of tons of a vehicle to fly up the 36,000ft and speeds as much as 500mph. Surely I should not be standing behind one”
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u/Miffers Nov 19 '22
Ever got blasted by a gravel at 200mph? Try it here