2006-06-12 03:58:39 · 8 answers · asked by niranmysore 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Special Education
Various explanations for the apparent high number of disappearances have been put forward, ranging from the mundane to the hyper-fantastic.
Skeptics contend that this region has a comparable rate of maritime and aerial incidents as any other similar sized region of the ocean. They point out that Lloyd's of London, a world-renowned insurer of maritime vessels, does not charge a higher insurance premium for ships that regularly traverse the triangle.
Scientific considerations for an increased disappearance rate take into account that this region experiences severe tropical storms and is the source of many hurricanes. These storms create an increased danger to both ship and air traffic.
Rogue waves have also been put forward as a possible cause. These rare waves can reach heights of as much as 100 feet (30 meters), easily swamping most ships. Rouge waves, however, would have no effect on air travel.
A third scientific explanation is methane hydrates. Methane deposits on the ocean floor may release bursts of methane gas that reduces the density of the water it permeates. Since ships rely on displacement to stay afloat, a reduction of density in the water would cause a ship to immediately sink. As the methane leaves the water and rises into the air, it would reduce the density of the air as well, thus reducing lift on aircraft, causing them to descend rapidly. In addition, the methane would change the air mixture taken into the engines of the aircraft, causing the engine to stall. While these events have not been witnessed in nature, they have been proved in lab experiments.
More exotic explanations for the Bermuda Triangle include it being an area of magnetic disturbance, temporal (or time) holes, the location of the lost city of Atlantis, or extra-terrestrial abduction.
2006-06-13 07:05:00 · answer #1 · answered by California Bear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Part of the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle is where the triangle is. It is an area of fable and folk lore, urban myth gone to sea. There are lots of ships and planes to disappear around the world. This is one place where the perception is that it somehow happens strangely too often.
Back when satellites were first used to study our own planet (right after satellites were originally tests of getting stuff up there and then tests of what is up there), someone looked at the photos and compared things to the maps and made a startling discovery--Bermuda was not where we thought it was in the first place! Between prevailing winds and ocean currents, people were still able to find the island--most of the time. Now we know why some people get lost trying to get there, it isn't really where for a couple of centuries we thought it was.
Mostly, however, the Bermuda Triangle is hype akin to that in old American east coast hotels, "Washington slept here." Our first president seemed to do an awful lot of sleeping if you go by the sign counts.
2006-06-12 11:07:31 · answer #2 · answered by Rabbit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not a mystery, it's methane gas (released sometimes in the sea bed) that makes ships loose their boyancy and aircraft engines explode!
2006-06-12 11:01:50 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because nothing works properly there and people get lost easily there.
2006-06-12 11:01:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one is ever wants to tell what is the truth about.
2006-06-12 20:07:50 · answer #5 · answered by roncat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they dont know how the planes went down in the water!
2006-06-12 11:01:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because everybody who goes there dissapears, you fool.
and is mistery
2006-06-12 11:06:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its all rumors..
read about it on wikipedia.
2006-06-12 11:00:51 · answer #8 · answered by spartanerik 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋