RE: 'Bluefield' development: should we put our airports out to sea?
the airports could operate 24 h/ day and 7 days a week; unless the sea surges were too large because of storms near the airport or far away. every hurricane in the eastern pacific, and there were 17 this season, would cause large storm surges(making the surfing along the southern CA coast a mecca for the boarders) and stop air traffic. i am not certain but those prone to seasickness might find it uncomfortable most times because of the undulating of the whole platform. i am not sure of the depths 10 miles out to sea, but pray tell how are you going to build these underwater high speed train tunnels, and keep them stationary enough to pass a train through. we know that ships, large ships, break up at sea in large storms with high waves(30 to 70 feet). what will happen to the platform under these conditions, and if the darn thing did break up, what would be the total loss of life, far more than just a jumbo jet plowing into the ground.
a large floating platform in the pacific ocean, misnamed as being peaceful, is not such a good idea.the platform cannot move, nor can it twist or undulate, but that is exactly what it will do when floating on this most unpacific of oceans.
it is great when people go out of bounds to come up with ideas, but whereas it is great to think of all the advantages, try to put a little emphasis on the disadvantages or the problems that might have to be overcome, if possible. apparently, the writers of this column have not
