[Rhodes22-list] Dozens Injured After Cruise Ship Tilts

[Brad Haslett]

Bill,

We went on our first cruise a year ago May from New Orleans to Cancun.  The
cost was less than $500 per person on the Carnival Sensation.  FEMA
contracted the same boat for Katrina housing at $1275 per person per week
and they never left the dock.  Now this is what I learned about cruises -
the cost of getting on the boat is nothing compared to the cost of paying
the tab to get off the boat.  It's quite possible that my neighbor and I
spent too much time at the pool bar worrying whether the scantily clad women
should put on more sunscreen.  The Sensation was one of the smaller
boats and after a week, there wasn't a nook or cranny of it I hadn't visited
five times or more.  One thing it did do was give me a sense of appreciation
for what so many immigrants went through to get here. And they didn't have
libations and half-naked women!  If we ever do it again it will be on a
sailing vessel where you can crew until you get bored and go back to
policing the tanning.

Brad


On 7/19/06, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>
> Sail Flat! Sail Flat! -- Nobody listens.
>
> (It's amazing those things float--One look at them and you wonder why
> this hasn't happened before.)
>
> Bill Effros
>
> Brad Haslett wrote:
> > Bill,
> >
> > Looks like Marth Stewart should stick to cooking and stock trading. I'm
> > wondering if they were using her as a bow figurehead and that caused the
> > stability problems.
> > Brad
> >
> >
> > On 7/19/06, TN Rhodey <tnrhodey at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> That ship just looks top heavy.....maybe they forgot to add water
> >> ballast.
> >>
> >> Wally
> >>
> >>
> >> >From: Bill Effros <bill at effros.com>
> >> >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >> >To: R22 List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >> >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Dozens Injured After Cruise Ship Tilts
> >> >Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:35:48 -0400
> >> >
> >> >Rummy!
> >> >
> >> >*Dozens Injured After Cruise Ship Tilts*
> >> >
> >> >Email this Story <javascript:eMail_Friend(540, 540);>
> >> >
> >> >Jul 18, 10:33 PM (ET)
> >> >
> >> >By TRAVIS REED
> >> ><
> >>
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> >(AP) The Crown Princess cruise ship is escorted by the U.S. Coast
> Guard
> >> as
> >> >it returns to the port at...
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A steering problem caused a new cruise
> ship
> >> to
> >> >roll abruptly Tuesday, throwing passengers and crew to the deck and
> >> >injuring dozens, including two critically, officials said.
> >> >
> >> >One passenger said seawater flooded several upper decks of the Crown
> >> >Princess, forcing water from a swimming pool "like a mini-tsunami,"
> and
> >> >breaking windows and furniture.
> >> >
> >> >The vessel, with about 3,100 passengers and 1,200 crew, had just
> >> departed
> >> >Port Canaveral on Florida's east coast en route to New York when it
> >> listed
> >> >badly to its left side, said Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer James
> >> >Judge.
> >> >
> >> >The ship then righted itself before returning to port, where the Coast
> >> >Guard said all passengers and crew had been accounted for.
> >> >
> >> ><
> >>
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Besides an adult and a child who were critically hurt, 12 people were
> >> >seriously hurt and about 70 had lesser injuries, said Cape Canaveral
> >> Fire
> >> >Rescue Capt. Jim Watson.
> >> >
> >> >Thirty-three people were taken to hospitals, he said. Most had bruises
> >> and
> >> >minor back and neck injures.
> >> >
> >> >Tom Daus, 32, was sunbathing on the ship's upper deck when the ship
> >> began
> >> >to list.
> >> >
> >> >"It became very disastrous because ... tables, glasses, lounge chairs
> >> went
> >> >flying," he told The Associated Press in a cell phone interview. "I
> was
> >> >just holding on for dear life onto the bannister of the ship."
> >> >
> >> >Daus, of New York City, said several of the upper decks were flooded
> >> and
> >> >the elevators were inoperable. Gym equipment flipped over, TVs fell
> off
> >> >their shelves and shattered glass was strewn across the deck, he said.
> >> >
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> >>
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> >(AP) After an incident aboard the cruise ship Crown Princess, injured
> >> >passengers are treated and some...
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >"The water came gushing out of the pool like a mini-tsunami," he said.
> >> "It
> >> >was really scary. People who were in the pool were shoved out."
> >> >
> >> >Daus said most of the injured he saw were senior citizens being
> >> taken out
> >> >on wheelchairs or stretchers. The remaining passengers were mostly
> >> calm,
> >> >despite the chaos, he said.
> >> >
> >> >Bonnie Storie, 50, of Rochester, N.Y., was traveling with her
> >> husband and
> >> >teenage son. "It felt like (the ship) was going to fall over," she
> >> said.
> >> >"It was shocking."
> >> >
> >> >Chris Broadbent, a 33-year-old honeymooner from New York City, said
> >> Tuesday
> >> >night's movie on the ship was supposed to be "Titanic."
> >> >
> >> >Stan Payne, CEO of the Canaveral Port Authority, said the cruise line
> >> >wanted passengers to wait until other lodging could be arranged, but
> >> were
> >> >free to leave the vessel if they wanted. He said the ship would
> >> remain in
> >> >port for several days.
> >> >
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> >>
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> >(AP) The Crown Princess cruise ship is escorted by the U.S. Coast
> Guard
> >> as
> >> >it returns to the port at...
> >> >Full Image
> >> ><
> >>
> http://apnews.excite.com/image/20060718/CRUISE_SHIP.sff_FLJR113_20060718211841.html?date=20060719&docid=D8IUPK985
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Princess Cruises, one of 12 brands operated by Miami-based Carnival
> >> Corp.
> >> >(CCL
> >> <http://money.excite.com/jsp/qt/short.jsp?symbol_search_text=CCL>),
> >> >said it was investigating the cause of the incident.
> >> >
> >> >Before leaving Port Canaveral, the ship has just completed a nine-day
> >> >Western Caribbean cruise, she said. The 113,000-ton ship began
> >> sailing a
> >> >month ago and was making its fourth voyage.
> >> >
> >> >"We deeply regret this incident, and are doing everything we can to
> >> make
> >> >our passengers as comfortable as possible under these difficult
> >> >circumstances," company spokeswoman Julie Benson said.
> >> >
> >> >Martha Stewart christened the Crown Princess last month before it
> >> embarked
> >> >on its maiden voyage to the Caribbean from its home terminal in the
> New
> >> >York borough of Brooklyn.
> >> >
> >> >
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