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US Navy destroyer adrift in South China Sea for four days after losing power
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2026
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It’s gotta be HOT as a mf in there. I can remember the AC going out from time to time and being hot, but the whole ship? Damn…
Easily 90° in the berthing spaces, guaranteed. All that body heat in a metal box with the sun beating on it? No fucking thanks. It got up to 80° in the boat when I was in the Gulf, and I was in a submarine.
There is no way it's that cool. It's 85 outside in the air. It has to be 105+ in there.
I'm glad you two chimed in, with actual experience. This was my first thought - imagine being adrift cooking inside a giant Dutch oven, with like 300 other people and zero space. FML
…and when they all get home they’ll continue to vote Republican for the rest of their lives. It’s baffling.