Rad Geek People's Daily 2010-05-26 – That’s a relief

That’s a relief (posted 26 May 2010, 4pm)

Here's a pretty old post from the blog archives of Geekery Today; it was written about 15 years ago, in 2010, on the World Wide Web.

Denial of the Day. Jesse Walker: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2010-05-26):

The British Royal Navy “does not maintain any form of central repository of information purely devoted to sea monsters.”

Good to know.

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Mike Gogulski /# 6pm • 26 May 2010

Phew! That’s a relief! :D

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Laura J. /# 6am • 27 May 2010

Awww, why not?

Seems like it’d be a considerably more interesting use of resources than their usual.

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- Rad Geek /# 6am • 27 May 2010
  
  According to the article, Sailors can note unusual sightings on the ocean waves in their ship’s logs, the Navy said. But they are not required to do so and none of the information is assembled in a central archive devoted to sea monsters. Instead, Any sightings of strange marine animals reported to the Navy by the public are passed on to the UK Hydrographic Office, which provides charts and other navigational services for mariners.
  
  The story doesn’t say whether or not the Hydrographic Office uses reports to adds Here be monsters to their charts, or whether or not they will add a delightful engraving of your sea monster rising out of stylized waves.
  
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Marja /# 5pm • 27 May 2010

Obviously they cover certain lake dwellers, as well as giant seals, in the same resources.

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dennis /# 11am • 28 May 2010

Who will save us from Cthulu?

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Laura J. /# 7am • 30 May 2010

Dennis,

Not our puny mortal British Royal Navy, I’m afraid.

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