Topic Actions

Topic Search

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 47 guests

As long as we're mentioning minor nits

This fascinating series is a combination of historical seafaring, swashbuckling adventure, and high technological science-fiction. Join us in a discussion!
Re: As long as we're mentioning minor nits
Post by WeberFan   » Mon Feb 01, 2016 7:12 pm

WeberFan
Captain (Junior Grade)

Posts: 374
Joined: Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:12 am

Several things come to mind:
1. Limited water doesn't mean NO water.
2. Surface water may be very limited or non-potable. Qatar is something like 55,000 square KM with NO surface water (only country on Earth with NO surface water whatsoever in fact)...
3. Subsurface water / aquifers could well provide adequate water if they can be found and drilled.

As various posters have pointed out so well, the possible reasons for limited water are many and varied.

Point is - it's definitely NOT out of the realm of possibility to have a 40-mile-long island with limited water, even in a tropical clime.
Top
Re: As long as we're mentioning minor nits
Post by DDHvi   » Mon Feb 01, 2016 11:45 pm

DDHvi
Captain (Junior Grade)

Posts: 365
Joined: Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:16 pm

WeberFan wrote:Several things come to mind:
1. Limited water doesn't mean NO water.
2. Surface water may be very limited or non-potable. Qatar is something like 55,000 square KM with NO surface water (only country on Earth with NO surface water whatsoever in fact)...
3. Subsurface water / aquifers could well provide adequate water if they can be found and drilled.

As various posters have pointed out so well, the possible reasons for limited water are many and varied.

Point is - it's definitely NOT out of the realm of possibility to have a 40-mile-long island with limited water, even in a tropical clime.


Unreliable rain causes problems also. Vanuatu had cyclone (hurricane) Pam earlier this year, the last I heard, several months ago, they had drought problems. But I think our author supplied us with an island having insufficient water.
Douglas Hvistendahl
Retired technical nerd
ddhviste@drtel.net

Dumb mistakes are very irritating.
Smart mistakes go on forever
Unless you test your assumptions!
Top

Return to Safehold