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by hwillis 2019 days ago
While it isn't humorous, "delta P event" is so dryly understated that IMO it belongs (when not involving human tragedy). Delta P events would be explosions if they happened in air. As violent as an atmospheric shockwave is, the speed of sound is >4x higher underwater, in a medium that is >800x heavier. The amount of casual violence implied in a "delta P event" is profoundly unnerving.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flzpRbWl8bQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzRb2vMfGyk