Posted on 09/09/2010 9:08:32 AM PDT by Korah
Newly released Footage has emerged from when the Australian P&O Pacific Sun cruise liner was hit by a freak storm in 2008. The film shows passengers and crew members being tossed around when their cruise ship lurched wildly in 25ft swells and 50-knot winds.
New video of Passengers Being Tossed Around on Cruise Ship during Freak Storm in 2008
I was a teen AF military dependent in the 50’s; we were on a Navy transport called the E.D. Patrick heading for Japan and hit a typhoon. Three days of slippin’ and slidin’ and lights flickering off and on. A ton of barf bags were used. It wasn’t fun!
I noticed the one guy with a striped shirt, and he sure went sliding past time and again. Hope they were all OK.
Dang - I wasn't supposed to let that top secret info out... oh well.
(It was a tapered cup with the slip resistant material on the bottom!) The kind people used on their car dash boards before drink holders.
My first night at sea was in the Tasman Sea. I flew into Christchurch to meet my ship. 20 foot plus seas - whew eee. What a cruise. It was my only night of ever being sea sick.
I have never been on a boat since. My family begs me to go on a cruise and all I can think about is those three days and I say “no thanks”
I would have thought more stuff would be bolted down.
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