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06-19-2009, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Fish360
WOW. That's a HUGE number. It's hard to grasp and visualize that much poundage. Sounds like you could fill the a box the size of a football field that is 9 feet high with all those soon-to-be-fertilizer-etc pogies.
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Well, assuming a pogie has a slightly higher specific gravity of sea water (let's say 70 pounds per cubic foot, minus 10% because they don't stack perfectly) that's still about 16,000 cubic feet of fish.
According to my quick calculation that's an entire football field of fish filled over a yard deep.
Considering that a pogie is mostly oil, which is lighter than sea water, my calculations could be off, but that would only make the pile of fish deeper.
-spence
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06-19-2009, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by spence
Well, assuming a pogie has a slightly higher specific gravity of sea water (let's say 70 pounds per cubic foot, minus 10% because they don't stack perfectly) that's still about 16,000 cubic feet of fish.
According to my quick calculation that's an entire football field of fish filled over a yard deep.
Considering that a pogie is mostly oil, which is lighter than sea water, my calculations could be off, but that would only make the pile of fish deeper.
-spence
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06-19-2009, 08:55 PM
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Nice calculation!
Quote:
Originally Posted by spence
According to my quick calculation that's an entire football field of fish filled over a yard deep.
-spence
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Spence, nice work. That really helps to visualize the quantify of fish we are talking about here.
Sounds like you have a math/physics background. |
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06-19-2009, 09:35 PM
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No, just fine arts...I'm sure my math is off, but I'd wager the visual is still pretty close.
-spence
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06-20-2009, 12:53 AM
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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06-23-2009, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by spence
No, just fine arts...I'm sure my math is off, but I'd wager the visual is still pretty close.
-spence
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art fag.. I bet you listened to rush and morrisey...  |
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06-23-2009, 05:55 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fish360
Spence,
Sounds like you have a math/physics background.
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