Message in a bottle

[cathyoo]

I remember all the hoopla about a bottle off the back of a ship so I got a chuckle out of this article.

 

 

Sept. 9) - A Baltimore teen wrote a message, put it in a bottle and threw it into the ocean. Five years later, his missive turned up on the other side of the Atlantic. Daniel Knopp was 14-year-old high school student when he wrote the short note on June 21, 2004. He had been vacationing at the time with his parents aboard a cruise ship departing Freeport in the Bahamas, according to The Baltimore Sun.

"I never thought of it again," Knopp told the Sun. "I completely forgot about that day. I thought it would be unreal if it were ever to be found, but I figured it would be destroyed by the ocean environment."

Little did he know that the old wine bottle would survive the rough waves of the Atlantic and wash ashore 4,000 miles away in Cornwall, southwestern England, five years later.

 

follow this link for the entire article

 

 

 

http://www.gnn.com/article/lost-message-finds-receiver-5-year-later/663570?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl3|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnn.com%2Farticle%2Flost-message-finds-receiver-5-year-later%2F663570

[LemurCat]

Great, now I'm going to have that song stuck in my head for the rest of the week ... ;)

[michelle1836]

thanks for sharing. it was a nice story. read the comments below the article for a chuckle!

[Tapit]

I want to do this when we go on our cruise. How do you know when to drop the bottle?:confused:

[Traveler353]

I want to do this when we go on our cruise. How do you know when to drop the bottle?:confused:

 

Well out of sight of land would be best.

"THROW THE BOTTLE" It is an old tradition of the sea.:D

[Kurbanfan]

Great story!

[WishIwasOutThereNOW]

throw one in the pacific ocean and it ends up here...

 

http://science.howstuffworks.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch.htm

[NWgal65]

What a nice story. Thanks for sharing :)

[AuntieBon]

throw one in the pacific ocean and it ends up here...

 

http://science.howstuffworks.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch.htm

 

It sounds like fun and a good idea but as you can see, it really does add up to an ugly problem. :(

[RAVI360]

I remember all the hoopla about a bottle off the back of a ship so I got a chuckle out of this article.

 

 

Sept. 9) - A Baltimore teen wrote a message, put it in a bottle and threw it into the ocean. Five years later, his missive turned up on the other side of the Atlantic. Daniel Knopp was 14-year-old high school student when he wrote the short note on June 21, 2004. He had been vacationing at the time with his parents aboard a cruise ship departing Freeport in the Bahamas, according to The Baltimore Sun.

"I never thought of it again," Knopp told the Sun. "I completely forgot about that day. I thought it would be unreal if it were ever to be found, but I figured it would be destroyed by the ocean environment."

Little did he know that the old wine bottle would survive the rough waves of the Atlantic and wash ashore 4,000 miles away in Cornwall, southwestern England, five years later.

 

follow this link for the entire article

 

 

 

http://www.gnn.com/article/lost-message-finds-receiver-5-year-later/663570?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl3|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnn.com%2Farticle%2Flost-message-finds-receiver-5-year-later%2F663570

 

AWWWWWWWW..... LOL you beat me to it......i read it last night

i think it a great story too.

[ricko19]

I'm torn on this subject - while I think the idea of someone finding a message in a bottle is cool, the Great Pacific Garbage patch is a huge problem. If you google "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" Video you'll find a segment from Good Morning America that is eye opening to say the least.

 

Actually, here's the link -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLrVCI4N67M

 

And i'm not a "treehugger" per se', but I love enjoying the ocean and nature and it's troubling to watch something like that. I don't want to be apart of causing that.

 

I'm not trying to Flame anyone, like I said, I think finding or having someone find a message in a bottle would be cool, but.......

[Trplnckl]

Who would have ever thought of doing this?

[Splatt]

Wow....I have always wanted to do that but never got around to it!

[Traveler353]

Who would have ever thought of doing this?

 

If you mean putting a note in a bottle and tossing it over board. The OP for one and several thousand other people a year all over the world between the ages of 10 and 99. To include the Navy and NOOA (for checking current drifts). ;)

[scubagirrl]

Throwing anything.. even a "message in a bottle", over board is considered a no-no on most cruiselines.

 

You could find yourself in a bit of trouble and in some instances fined.

[cathyoo]

We need a biodegradable bottle.. Maybe you pay on the amount of years it takes for the bottle to dissolve. Like a couple of dollars a year and the money could go to an environmental agency. Want you bottle to last 20 years. Pay $40. To last 10 years pay $20.

 

I am against all litter but it must be really neat when someone answers that "message in a bottle".

[Safetyal]

Great, now I'm going to have that song stuck in my head for the rest of the week ... ;)

 

I read this post this morning. And the song has been going through my head all day. And since I only remember the chorus, it is been the same four words over and over again.

[cathyoo]

Who would have ever thought of doing this?

 

If you mean putting a note in a bottle and tossing it over board. The OP for one and several thousand other people a year all over the world between the ages of 10 and 99. To include the Navy and NOOA (for checking current drifts). ;)

 

I think it was joke.. see Trpinckl's job in the whale tale club..;)

[cruizinrican]

It was a really neat article, thanks for posting!

[BlueJacketsFan1]

We had thought about the what if, but also what if everyone did this. Can you imagine the number of bottles there would be in the ocean.