[Ax]

We were on a Carnival cruise in the Caribbean in 2010, on our way back to Ft. Lauderdale. At noon, the captain came on the loudspeaker and told all passengers and non-essential crew to clear off the top deck. One passenger became critically ill and a helo from the Coast Guard station in Miami came out to the ship, in about two hours. It couldn’t land on the ship, so a corpseman was lowered on to the upper deck and was able to secure the patient in a special rig. He was lifted back up to the helo which left immediately. Don’t know how it came out, but kudos to that Italian captain and especially to the USCG rescue crew!

[WhoisAlanGreenspan?]

Along the line of interesting maneuvers with a Carnival Cruise; It was in the early to mid 90's we were setting sail for the Bahamas on (Fantasy? - I think), it was early evening and some major storms were just breaking into Daytona. Worst outbreak of tornadoes in Florida history at the time.

Lightning, huge waves, and they pointed the boat and blasted at full speed right into it. Imagine a shopping mall where everyone is taking two sideway steps for every one step forward to maintain balance.

1st person - "Whoops, excuse me."
2nd person - "Hey that's okay, we're all in the same boat"

It was fun. And I guess they knew what they were doing. Powerful Ship!

[wetgundog]

CORPSMAN!! CORPSMAN!!! No Obamaisms PLEASE!