http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/todays-dumb-fan-injury-comes-from-tampa-25460 Celebrity sports gossip since 2001 Sat, 26 May 2012 07:41:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/todays-dumb-fan-injury-comes-from-tampa-25460#comment-355667 MeThinks Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:45:38 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/todays-dumb-fan-injury-comes-from-tampa-25460#comment-355667 Well, was it 20ft. or 40ft? within 20ft. he would not be close to terminal velocity but at 40ft, based on wind resistance, for example, the terminal velocity of a coked-out hooker taking a dive off the 20th floor somewhere in Manhattan is about 195 km/h (122 mph or 55 m/s). This velocity is the asymptotic limiting value of the acceleration process, because the effective forces on the body balance each other more and more closely as the terminal velocity is approached. In this example, a speed of 50% of terminal velocity is reached after only about 3 seconds (plenty of time to dive off the escalator and give a big "yahooooo!", while it takes 8 seconds to reach 90%, 15 seconds to reach 99% and so on. Higher speeds can be attained if the coked-out hooker or the escalator idiot pulls in his or her limbs (see also freeflying, windmilling, and/or flailing). In this case, the terminal velocity increases to about 320 km/h (200 mph or 90 m/s), which is also the terminal velocity of the peregrine falcon diving down on its prey. And the same terminal velocity is reached for a typical .30-06 bullet traveling in the downward vertical direction — when it is returning to earth having been fired upwards, or perhaps just dropped from a tower — according to a 1920 U.S. Army Ordnance study. I'm just saying... Well, was it 20ft. or 40ft? within 20ft. he would not be close to terminal velocity but at 40ft, based on wind resistance, for example, the terminal velocity of a coked-out hooker taking a dive off the 20th floor somewhere in Manhattan is about 195 km/h (122 mph or 55 m/s). This velocity is the asymptotic limiting value of the acceleration process, because the effective forces on the body balance each other more and more closely as the terminal velocity is approached. In this example, a speed of 50% of terminal velocity is reached after only about 3 seconds (plenty of time to dive off the escalator and give a big “yahooooo!”, while it takes 8 seconds to reach 90%, 15 seconds to reach 99% and so on. Higher speeds can be attained if the coked-out hooker or the escalator idiot pulls in his or her limbs (see also freeflying, windmilling, and/or flailing). In this case, the terminal velocity increases to about 320 km/h (200 mph or 90 m/s), which is also the terminal velocity of the peregrine falcon diving down on its prey. And the same terminal velocity is reached for a typical .30-06 bullet traveling in the downward vertical direction — when it is returning to earth having been fired upwards, or perhaps just dropped from a tower — according to a 1920 U.S. Army Ordnance study. I’m just saying…

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