XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net   
      
   On 12/26/2021 10:24 PM, Bob F wrote:   
      
   > I suspect that is because he had a wide open tailgate, allowing air to   
   > quickly escape, and water to enter quickly equalizing the pressure. A   
   > nose heavy closed up car may not behave the same.   
      
   Thank you for noticing that wide open tailgate which I had not noticed.   
      
   It's good you told me that because it bothered me that he had such an easy   
   time opening the door when the window was half submerged, and yet the   
   mythbusters would have died waiting for the pressure to equalize.   
      
   In a way they're doing a disservice to people telling them to wait to that   
   point as EVERYONE else said get that seatbelt off and break the window as   
   soon as you can.   
      
   One video had simulated children in the back which did give the advice to   
   get the older child out the same broken window first, as the older child   
   could then help out a bit. Younger children last.   
      
   Oh, and don't call 911.   
      
   I've listened to EVERY car-drowning 911 call I could find on the net where   
   it's just sad that the 911 operators used to tell people to wait for help.   
      
   Most of the people seem to think that opening the window will let more water   
   in, which is true. What they don't seem to know is what one of the videos I   
   saw showed which is the water comes in faster in the end than in the start.   
      
   So they get lulled into a sense of safety because the water starts seeping   
   in slowly but as the car sinks, so does the pressure of the water wanting to   
   come inside.   
      
   In effect that last foot of water comes in an instant while the first foot   
   of water took some time so it's easy to miscalculate how much time you have.   
      
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