In-Flight Emergency: When the Masks Come Down
This past weekend’s Southwest Airlines incident has everybody talking and wondering about inflight decompressions. What is a decompression, exactly? How deadly are they? https://gizmodo.com/what-would-you-do-during-a-flight-emergency-tweet-pict-5788273 Let’s start with a review of pressurization: The cabin is pressurized so that passengers and crew are able to breathe normally, without the need for supplemental oxygen. Pressurizing the cabin effectively…
Five Emotions Invented By The Internet
The internet! Does it fill you with anything other than unbridled joy and infinite enthusiasm? No? You mean, sometimes the internet kind of freaks you the hell out? You’re not alone. Thought Catalog’s Leigh Alexander shares your net neuroses. A vague and gnawing pang of anxiety centered around an IM window that has lulled. During…