[hummingbird]

QM2 seems to symbolize England as much as the Concorde symbolized France. Just a random rumination...

...and remember all of those cases of Norwalk Virus last fall on the cruise ships (including an Alaskan one, I believe)? How easy would it be to bring something "icky" (Anthrax?) onto QM2; how could you screen out bio being brought on by passenger(s); other passengers get sick & take sickness back to their hometowns, etc. thus dispersing the something "icky." Hopefully, after last year's NV, the ships are decontaminated more thoroughly now...still...

Does the QM2 (or any ship/boat) also have a number designation like flights do; does the QM2 itself (or any ship/boat) have any kind of number associated with it like a registration number?

[nw_arizona_granny]

The Norwalk Virus is still active on the cruise ships, I get the Promed report and it has only been a week or so since there was an outbreak on a couple of ships, Hawaii and Australia I think.

I have always thought that they were deliberate. One of the last ones was 800 people, they no longer give the reports on the news, but it is very active.

[JustPiper]

I always felt Norwalk and all the yacht illnesses were bio terror trial run