kallend 1,623 #1 February 27, 2012 www.foxnews.com/world/2012/02/27/italian-cruise-ship-adrift-off-seychelles-after-fire/ Two ships in 2 months is beyond happenstance.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,053 #2 February 27, 2012 As opposed to Skydiving Plane Crashes?Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #3 February 27, 2012 Particularly Italian Carnival Cruises.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wayneflorida 0 #4 February 27, 2012 Closer to home. 22 Cruise Ship Passengers Robbed in Mexico http://www.wltx.com/news/national/article/175895/142/22-Cruise-Ship-Passengers-Robbed-in-Mexico Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,400 #5 February 28, 2012 I never understood the lack of redundancy in these things. The loss of a generator results in the loss of engine power? I was on a liveaboard off Australia years ago and we lost the one engine. We started drifting towards a reef. We had two 50kW generators on board, and if we had had even a decent trolling motor it would have given us enough steerage to avoid the one stretch of reef we were heading towards. (Fortunately they got the engine restarted after about an hour of drifting.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #6 February 28, 2012 QuoteCloser to home. 22 Cruise Ship Passengers Robbed in Mexico http://www.wltx.com/news/national/article/175895/142/22-Cruise-Ship-Passengers-Robbed-in-Mexico Perhaps some of the more vociferous types in a place that will go unnamed need to take that cruise... seems they are constantly droolling in anticipation for that sort of thing so they could spring into action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 197 #7 February 28, 2012 As in anything, you can always find negativity if you look hard enough. http://www.internationalcruisevictims.org/Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BobMoore 0 #8 February 28, 2012 QuoteQuoteCloser to home. 22 Cruise Ship Passengers Robbed in Mexico http://www.wltx.com/news/national/article/175895/142/22-Cruise-Ship-Passengers-Robbed-in-Mexico Perhaps some of the more vociferous types in a place that will go unnamed need to take that cruise... seems they are constantly droolling in anticipation for that sort of thing so they could spring into action. When I climbed Kilimanjaro we had to have a Tanzanian soldier, carrying an antique rifle, hiking with us to keep away the bands of marauders."For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #9 February 29, 2012 QuoteWhen I climbed Kilimanjaro we had to have a Tanzanian soldier, carrying an antique rifle, hiking with us to keep away the bands of marauders. I was in Indonesia in October 2001, just after we invaded Afghanistan. Indonesia has a huge number of Muslims, and some of the radical ones were threatening to kill every American they saw. My group of Americans went to a local shopping mall. There was an Indonesian soldier that followed us the entire time. He was about a foot shorter than me, and had a gun that was nearly as tall as he was. The governments want to keep peace with America and keep the money flowing in.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #10 February 29, 2012 Quote I was in Indonesia in October 2001, just after we invaded Afghanistan. Indonesia has a huge number of Muslims sweet understatement.... almost 90% Muslims, and Indonesia is the 4th most populated country, which represents around 210 Million muslims scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
