As best put by people who ventured into the deep sea, that "it is an unforgiving environment".

You know, it has been hard trying to write consistently. I was hoping to write regularly on this blog. Unfortunately that has not come to fruition. The struggle seems that I spend more time reading many things and consequently running out of time for the day, which then means there is little to no time for writing.

A terrible excuse, I admit. Well, l must not lose hope. So may the Lord grant me strength to repel the habit of reading too much and writing too less.

So, you may have heard about the Titan submersible that imploded. In its excursion to see the Titanic which lies 4,000 metres beneath the sea. 

It piqued my interest and I spent a fair amount of time reading about the deep sea. The deepest sea is the Marian Trench located at western Pacific Ocean and the maximum known depth is found to be 10,984 metres - source: Wikipedia. 

What's even more interesting is James Cameron (director of Titanic and Avatar series) is an avid deep sea explorer. He took the deep dive with a machine called Deepsea Challenger (DC). A machine whose capability is phenomenal. In contrast, the Titan submersible seemed to lack (at least going by the comments and views shared online) the necessary safety features and poor engineering. For instance, the DC could only house one crew member, and that too in a curled up position. While the Titan had 5 crew members. A luxurious space no doubt. Which, unfortunately came at the expense of the lack of safety features.

And even more interesting, the pressure level in the deep sea is equivalent to three cars pinning down a single finger of the human body. So you can try to imagine (I struggled imagining the pain) the pressure it will have on your whole body.

As best put by people who ventured into the deep sea, that "it is an unforgiving environment". A wave here or a loss of communication or guide elsewhere, would put the crew and the submersible at unimaginable risk.

May God ease the suffering of the families who lost their loved in this unfortunate episode.

-SMN