Difference between revisions of "User:Vincecate/Migration"
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On the edge of this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyre Gyre] there is dependable wind. In the middle it can be calm. | On the edge of this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyre Gyre] there is dependable wind. In the middle it can be calm. | ||
| + | ==Weather forecast== | ||
| − | + | If you have the ability to move, even slow movement can be enough to get out of the middle of a hurricane's path, even if you start there. These days you can get more than 4 days warning for a hurricane. If you can move 2+ MPH then in 4 days you can move over 200 miles. This should be enough to reduce the maximum wave experienced to less than 30 feet. If you are on a route that should not have hurricanes or storms, and have the ability to adjust the route a bit based on the weather forecast, and can handle 30 foot waves, you should be safe. | |
| + | ==Access to land== | ||
| − | Would also mean that at 3 times during the year shopping would be easy. | + | Would also mean that at 3 times during the year shopping or taking on cargo would be easy. This route passes near the Caribbean, Bermuda, and the Azores. This makes it easier to meet with landlubbers too. You could meet them on the island or they could visit the seastead. Tourists could visit for a couple months from the Caribbean to Bermuda or around 5 months on the other legs. |
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| + | ==Forum discussion== | ||
There is a bit more on this in a [http://seasteading.org/interact/forums/engineering/structure-designs/using-mobility-reduce-maximum-wave-design-parameter thread on the forum]. | There is a bit more on this in a [http://seasteading.org/interact/forums/engineering/structure-designs/using-mobility-reduce-maximum-wave-design-parameter thread on the forum]. | ||
Revision as of 18:51, 17 June 2008
Imagine each seastead uses a kite and sea anchor to move in a big circle around the Sargasso Sea once each year. The currents are almost fast enough to do this, so even a slow seastead can probably make it. I am thinking Anguilla, Bermuda, Azores, back to Anguilla. We could time it so that we were in the North-Eastern half of this loop to avoid the hurricane season in the South-West and then in the South-Western half of the loop to avoid the cold stormy season in the North-Atlantic. With computers controlling the kites and sea anchors I think we can move at the right speed to make this happen. I think if we checked historical information that doing this you would never have had to face even a 30 foot wave in the last 100+ years.
This type of migration keeps the house in a comfortable climate all year. Heating or air-conditioning may not even be necessary. In any case it reduces the power requirements.
On the edge of this Gyre there is dependable wind. In the middle it can be calm.
Weather forecast
If you have the ability to move, even slow movement can be enough to get out of the middle of a hurricane's path, even if you start there. These days you can get more than 4 days warning for a hurricane. If you can move 2+ MPH then in 4 days you can move over 200 miles. This should be enough to reduce the maximum wave experienced to less than 30 feet. If you are on a route that should not have hurricanes or storms, and have the ability to adjust the route a bit based on the weather forecast, and can handle 30 foot waves, you should be safe.
Access to land
Would also mean that at 3 times during the year shopping or taking on cargo would be easy. This route passes near the Caribbean, Bermuda, and the Azores. This makes it easier to meet with landlubbers too. You could meet them on the island or they could visit the seastead. Tourists could visit for a couple months from the Caribbean to Bermuda or around 5 months on the other legs.
Forum discussion
There is a bit more on this in a thread on the forum.
