TIL that only two people survived a fall through a cumulonimbus cloud. One of the cases suffered severe frostbite and decompression injuries and was trapped in the cloud for more than 30 minutes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rankin
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0nyxee@vlemmy.net · 2 pts · 3y
This is kind of terrifying though. Suddenly, my irrational fear of clouds doesn't seem quite so irrational any more.
Rhoeri@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Good lord that must have been insane!