Funny this appeared here; I just told the elderly woman in the other end of this rustic duplex where I live if she needs my help for anything, tap on the wall:
dot dot dot…… dash – dash – dash…..dot dot dot ) and repeat…….. it is Morse code for “S.O.S.” a.k.a. “Save Our Souls”; a pattern gets your attention more so than background noise.
I know it’s far-fetched but if you are stranded offshore, you never know who’s nearby and under. Tap S.O.S. repeatedly; sound moves essentially twice as fast underwater and quite a lot farther. Maybe “Red Oktober” will show up 🙂 My uncle has “spoken” Morse code with his transmitter for decades, like at ridiculous speed.
Funny this appeared here; I just told the elderly woman in the other end of this rustic duplex where I live if she needs my help for anything, tap on the wall:
dot dot dot…… dash – dash – dash…..dot dot dot ) and repeat…….. it is Morse code for “S.O.S.” a.k.a. “Save Our Souls”; a pattern gets your attention more so than background noise.
I know it’s far-fetched but if you are stranded offshore, you never know who’s nearby and under. Tap S.O.S. repeatedly; sound moves essentially twice as fast underwater and quite a lot farther. Maybe “Red Oktober” will show up 🙂 My uncle has “spoken” Morse code with his transmitter for decades, like at ridiculous speed.