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Old 09-18-2019, 09:08 PM   #20
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Default Re: Murphy's rules: How to survive a fall

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Originally Posted by Rannith View Post
So if you carry a canteen and squirt it out below you as you fall you will land in water and since depth doesn’t matter so long as you can swim you are ok?
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Originally Posted by Varyon View Post
Water falls more slowly than people in atmosphere (it has a rather low terminal velocity, which is why we don’t have to take cover in armored bunkers when it rains*), so that would just end up splattering water in your face. If you time it right, you might be able to chuck a bottle/canteen down and create a puddle, but you’d need to do so so close to the surface you wouldn’t have time to switch to a diving position and would still splat.
So you need a really high-end supersoaker and the skill to fire it straight down?
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