Looking at you tech divers.... Looking at you...

[BoundForElsewhere]

Callous. People will die and lose their property. Sorry you make fun of it.

Let's pray no one does.

 

[Bigbella]

Undersea 'blasts' recorded at same time Russia-Germany gas pipelines damaged

The Kremlin and others say they can't rule out sabotage after "unprecedented" damage was caused to both Nord Streams 1 and 2 - a day before a new pipeline from Norwegian gas fields carrying gas to Europe opened.

news.sky.com

Eh, it could happen to anybody . . .

 

[NothingClever]

In all seriousness, that is some despicably twisted sabotage.

Nonetheless, if we find out who did this, we’ll probably get into a real ding-dong argument over their bailout gas planning or corded versus cordless lights.

 

[RobPNW]

Sounds like sabotage.

 

[DeepSeaExplorer]

I bet they used steel tanks with wetsuits.

 

[RobPNW]

I bet they used steel tanks with wetsuits.

Probably freedivers with split fins.

 

[100days-a-year]

Politics aside, we will likely see more incidents like this as they have a profound impact on economies without a lot of material or manpower being exposed.

 

[dflaher]

Politics aside, we will likely see more incidents like this as they have a profound impact on economies without a lot of material or manpower being exposed.

I hope not, but you could be right.

 

[RobPNW]

Politics aside, we will likely see more incidents like this as they have a profound impact on economies without a lot of material or manpower being exposed.

I like being able to go online and chat with good folks like people here, but I am afraid that that a lot of advancements the world have made over even the last 40 years has been a net negative. The 24 hour news cycle, the Internet, smart devices etc, seems to have accelerated the coming out and exploitation of the very worst in people. I find myself, more and more often, wishing we could trade it all in and go back to a simpler life. The genie's out of the bottle however...

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

I like being able to go online and chat with good folks like people here, but I am afraid that that a lot of advancements the world have made over even the last 40 years has been a net negative. The 24 hour news cycle, the Internet, smart devices etc, seems to have accelerated the coming out and exploitation of the very worst in people. I find myself, more and more often, wishing we could trade it all in and go back to a simpler life. The genie's out of the bottle

I couldn't agree more.