[cll]

Thangs for the updsate, SE Mom. Prayers.

[cll]

Puerto Rico Ping! Please Freepmail me if you want on or off the list.

[Yo-Yo]

Prayers for the families of the sailors.

[Artemis Webb]

Just damn.

[cll]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The latest on the search for a U.S. cargo ship carrying 33 people that has been missing since it encountered high winds and heavy seas from Hurricane Joaquin. All times local:

10:15 a.m.

The Coast Guard says it found the body of one crew member from a U.S.-based cargo ship that sank during a hurricane off the Bahamas.

Excerpt, more at: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BAHAMAS_MISSING_SHIP_THE_LATEST_FLOL-?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-10-05-10-16-38

[Yaelle]

Prayers for those families.

[Menehune56]

A rogue wave from Hurricane Joaquin coupled with a cargo shift might explain it.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Horrific...

[cll]

Thanks again for the update alert and concern.

[Biggirl]

Prayers for the families of all the lost.

[diogenes ghost]

Whoa.........Misleading headline..........

33 dead???? Coast Guard has confirmed no such thing.

We all despise poor journalistic practices, please practice accuracy on FR.

[rainee]

Bermuda Triangle. Hmmmm...

[FreedomPoster]

I wonder when they officially ring the bell at Lloyd’s?

FReepers have been commenting on this one for a few days, regarding the overall lack of coverage.

[Rodamala]

Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!

Eternal Father - The Navy Hymn

[two23]

Hearts go out to the families but also G-D Bless the Coast Guard for continuing to search for those who abandoned ship in a CAT4 storm.

[rockinqsranch]

Prayers for all. A real heartbreaker.

Scenario: Without a propeller to drive them they would have been at the mercy of the high seas.

The waves would have forced the ship into parallel trough (I’ve forgotten the term). The lashings on deck are no substitute for steel cell walls as below deck on such container vessels, and the waves would have slammed into the vessel full length fore to aft, as well the containers more than likely causing the lashings of the on deck containers to fail, and the containers to lay over towards the opposite side from the advancing waves.

The weight of those containers would have held the vessel in a serious list. The vessel would most certainly have capsized under such conditions being subjected to continuous high seas from the opposite side of the list.

I doubt under the conditions they could have launched any lifeboats. The one side would have been impossible to launch, and the other side would have been under the capsizing vessel. I do believe it happened quickly once the ship was caught in the trough.

Comments welcomed.

[Daffynition]

Is this area, there she went down, considered *the Bermuda Triangle*?