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Posted on 04/17/2005 8:34:50 AM PDT by jolie560
A "freak wave" more than 70 feet high slammed a luxury cruise ship steaming for New York yesterday, flooding cabins, injuring passengers and forcing the liner to stop for emergency repairs. The Norwegian Dawn, an opulent ocean liner almost 1,000 feet long, limped into Charleston, S.C., yesterday afternoon after it hit vicious seas in an overnight storm off Florida - then was creamed by the rogue wave after dawn.
"[My room] was destroyed by stuff getting thrown all over the place," passenger James Fraley, of Keansburg, N.J., told NBC News before embarking on the 12-hour drive home because he didn't want to set foot on the ship again.
"It was pure chaos."
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
So I'm guessing if there were any smaller ships (less than three football fields long), they won't be heard from again.
Yet another reason, to stay off cruise ships.
I was on the aircraft JF Kennedy and I'm wondering how it would have faired against such a wave.
a.limped into Charleston, S.C.,
b.James Fraley, of Keansburg, N.J.
c.before embarking on the 12-hour drive home
Really, 12 hr. drive in a Yugo ?
Carnival Craps?
Norwalk virus?
At least it wasn't an adventure of the Poseidon variety!
Already posted here http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1385374/posts
On Navy ships everything is secured against moving around while underway. Wouldn't be a problem.
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