Recently, some one in Alaska found a message in a bottle sent in 1986. It took over 20 years to be found!
It is believed the first person to use this method was a Greek philosopher Theophrastus around 310 B.C. Christopher Columbus also used this method while caught in a severe storm at sea. Although this method isn't the most reliable, it was used. It was never certain who or when people would get it, but it was still a method of communication in the past centuries.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/675381/the_history_of_messages_in_bottles_pg3.html?cat=37
Monica, I think the message in a bottle is a cool idea. Not the best way to look for help or someone to respond quickly to you. Back then in the past this was one way that a person could possibly communicate with someone. Maybe that idea of a message in a bottle inspired someone to creat a faster way of communicating with oneanother like the telephone, computer, email, and more.
ReplyDeleteMy Aunt's daughter dropped a bottle with a message in it off the coast of Ocean City, NJ about 12 years ago, and somebody found it last year down in North Carolina!! Action news did a story on her and she was on the news, it was so cool. They used pigeons dating all the way back to the 11th century or so I've been told. Cool post.
ReplyDelete1. The message in a bottle is such a neat thing, but I don't think very effective in communicating. When I think of a message in a bottle I usually think of someone on a deserted island looking to get rescued. Or another thought is that someone has gone through a very tough romantic relationship and wanted to communicate with a throwing the message and bottle into the sea. Many movies were created with this Message in a Bottle theme. Nice job on the post!
ReplyDeleteThis was a great post and reminded me of some old movies and cartoons that had messages in a bottle. I thought this was an interesting way of communicating, because sending out a bottle, you have no idea who is going to get the message and when, if they ever do. You may be left wondering if anybody ever received your message. This sure was a slow way of communicating. But in the cartoons I watched someone always got the message in time, Hmmm...
ReplyDeleteThis is very interesting because is it really a form of communication if nobody ever finds the bottle? I would say no, because the thrower most likely will not get a response back. A message in a bottle could also mean something sentimental. A person may just need to let go of someone or something. This is a good way for closure.
ReplyDeleteThis certainly is a bad use of communication… haha. But not the less, it still gets the job done, unless a sea creature breaks the bottle and ruins the note… but it is very interesting how people have used this method and I believe today it is used more as an activity or a “treasure hunt” because it’s a mystery to who or when someone will get it.
ReplyDeleteMonica, I thought your post was very original. Reminds me of balloons that are released with a message attached. To think that Christopher Columbus used this method is pretty incredible. I wonder if his message was ever found. This is not a reliable way of communicating, but it is exciting to think of someone finding a bottle with a note tucked inside.
ReplyDeleteAlthough it's not the best way of communication, it is cool to know what could have happened at a certain time from someone that could have been there. It's like reading a diary about someone's life, but not knowing who it belonged too. Eventually that person can make history because they don't when that bottle would be retrieve.
ReplyDeleteEventhough this is not an effective way of communicating, but as you mentioned in your post it was a method that was used centuries ago. We have come along way from the message in the bottle, now sending messages is as simple as touching letters on your cell phone.
ReplyDeleteI never hear too much about messages in a bottle. I don't think that they are by any means a good way of communicating. If anything, a message in a bottle could be a very need experiment to conduct. I would like to try that and see if anyone would find it and respond to me. I remember reading that Christopher Columbus used a message in a bottle when I was in 6th grade.
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