Hi, everybody:
I'm a bit of a lapsed student of the Titanic, having been a dedicated follower of the history of the ship from about 1998-2000. I've recently had my interest reawakened by a chance encounter with my 7-year-old sinking Titanic model, of all things. I was a member of the Titanic-Listbox email community a long while back (before I knew what a message board was), and I recall the fascination I had with Roy Mengot's bottom-up theory of the breakup.
Through several weeks of lurking and digging through years-old thread here at ET, I've come across a lot of learning and forensic evidence that's come to light in the years I've been "away." I've seen a lot of mentions of Roy's theory, and a lot of veterans directing newbies to Roy's website (glad to see it's still up!), but I can't really tell what the general feeling about this theory is today.
I thoroughly enjoyed surveying Parks' theory on the break up, and it seems to come to a lot of the same conclusions as Mr. Mengot's, though there are many differences as well.
So ... with all the revised computer modeling done since '99, and the discoveries since then (such as the Third Piece), how much of Roy's theory still "holds water?" I'd welcome Mr. Mengot's opinion as well, but it seems to me that this board is going through a period of relative inactivity, and I don't recall seeing any posts authored by him recently.
Great to be back among my fellows, everyone.
I'm a bit of a lapsed student of the Titanic, having been a dedicated follower of the history of the ship from about 1998-2000. I've recently had my interest reawakened by a chance encounter with my 7-year-old sinking Titanic model, of all things. I was a member of the Titanic-Listbox email community a long while back (before I knew what a message board was), and I recall the fascination I had with Roy Mengot's bottom-up theory of the breakup.
Through several weeks of lurking and digging through years-old thread here at ET, I've come across a lot of learning and forensic evidence that's come to light in the years I've been "away." I've seen a lot of mentions of Roy's theory, and a lot of veterans directing newbies to Roy's website (glad to see it's still up!), but I can't really tell what the general feeling about this theory is today.
I thoroughly enjoyed surveying Parks' theory on the break up, and it seems to come to a lot of the same conclusions as Mr. Mengot's, though there are many differences as well.
So ... with all the revised computer modeling done since '99, and the discoveries since then (such as the Third Piece), how much of Roy's theory still "holds water?" I'd welcome Mr. Mengot's opinion as well, but it seems to me that this board is going through a period of relative inactivity, and I don't recall seeing any posts authored by him recently.
Great to be back among my fellows, everyone.