Any Tuggers on the Royal Caribbean cruise Ship

[pspercy]

Besides weather experts saying the sailing was a mistake in the article below, several news outlets reported today that the NTSB will be investigating why RCCL chose to sail into the storm.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...BlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories

"Such comments on Tuesday prompted well-known TV*weather forecaster Al Roker to*rebuke the line on air."

Tells you all you need to know. Opinions from a teleprompter reader as "evidence".

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[SMHarman]

Just be careful of zika... all the islands are now confirmed to have it..

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You will be bitten anyway.

Unless you wear a head to toe portable mosquito net.

We all were on St John.

Right. Taking bug spray! We'll be in the Western Caribbean.

 

[MULTIZ321]

In case you haven't read the link in my earlier post (#49) by by Brett Michael Dykes, and if you're interested in a passenger's experience during the storm, I encourage you to read his account of the cruise.

The part of the story that stood out for me was the Anthem of the Seas listing about 45 degrees for an extended period of time. To quote from Brett's account:
"There were two things that happened during the storm that made me begin to believe that my life was in jeopardy. The first involved a tilt of the ship that came so hard and so fast that I was completely knocked off my bed and onto the floor. It gave me some insight into how extreme the winds and seas we’d encountered were at the time. For a colossal ship like the Anthem of the Seas to get jerked around like that, well, it said something.

To be continued

The second was when the Anthem of the Seas remained in a tilted, roughly 45-degree position (this is known as “listing”) for a lengthy stretch of time (estimates vary; it seemed like an hour to me, but it was probably really 20 or 25 minutes). I’m no nautical expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I’m knowledgeable enough about ships to know that any sea vessel listing for an extended period of time is a ship that is in potential danger, especially a top-heavy ship like the Anthem of the Seas. All that weight — tons upon tons — hanging at an incline runs the risk of capsizing a ship because of the duress placed on it by its own heft, which means it could then potentially sink...."

Wow, I didn't realize it was so close to capsing. That must have been a terrifying experience.

Richard

 

[pspercy]

In case you haven't read the link in my earlier post (#49) by by Brett Michael Dykes, and if you're interested in a passenger's experience during the storm, I encourage you to read his account of the cruise.

The part of the story that stood out for me was the Anthem of the Seas listing about 45 degrees for an extended period of time. To quote from Brett's account:
"There were two things that happened during the storm that made me begin to believe that my life was in jeopardy. The first involved a tilt of the ship that came so hard and so fast that I was completely knocked off my bed and onto the floor. It gave me some insight into how extreme the winds and seas we’d encountered were at the time. For a colossal ship like the Anthem of the Seas to get jerked around like that, well, it said something.

To be continued

The second was when the Anthem of the Seas remained in a tilted, roughly 45-degree position (this is known as “listing”) for a lengthy stretch of time (estimates vary; it seemed like an hour to me, but it was probably really 20 or 25 minutes). I’m no nautical expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I’m knowledgeable enough about ships to know that any sea vessel listing for an extended period of time is a ship that is in potential danger, especially a top-heavy ship like the Anthem of the Seas. All that weight — tons upon tons — hanging at an incline runs the risk of capsizing a ship because of the duress placed on it by its own heft, which means it could then potentially sink...."

Wow, I didn't realize it was so close to capsing. That must have been a terrifying experience.

Richard

The list was likely caused by the winds. It was more like 20deg (there are photos).
BTW the ship is built to survive a 45 deg list but at that angle there would have been many severe injuries instead there were only four people hurt, all minor.
The ship had to turn to keep facing the wind and ride it out. Someone posted a pic of the cabin TV showing 7.5knots forward speed but 135knots wind across the deck!

 

[pedro47]

To all who were on aboard this cruise ship. Personally, I am happy everyone are home and safe.

 

[Glynda]

Zika

You will be bitten anyway.

Unless you wear a head to toe portable mosquito net.

We all were on St John.

That wouldn't be fun! However, mosquitos don't usually bite me. Born and raised in Florida and my friends and I would run out and play in the spray behind the mosquito spray truck. Followed it for blocks! Didn't know any better back then. For some reason, I seem to be immune. I don't get welts or itch if I do get bit.
Worried for my daughter and granddaughter though.