Posted on 10/05/2015 7:16:02 AM PDT by cll
Edited on 10/05/2015 8:48:12 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
(USCG confirms SS El faro has sunk. 1 body and one damaged life boat found among large debris field. details forthcoming.)
MIAMI, Florida (NEWS CENTER) -- The search to find the missing cargo ship, El Faro, which disappeared Thursday in the midst of Hurricane Joaquin with at least four Mainers on board, started up again early Monday morning.According to the U. S. Coast Guard, HC130 aircrews left early in the morning to continue their search for the missing crew.
Does anyone know where the Love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours ...
The term I forgot in my original response to this article is “broach”. In other words the vessel broached becoming parallel to the waves, thus subject to much more intense battering by the waves. Under power the vessel would have been headed INTO the waves. Without power the waves push/turn the vessel into the trough between the waves, and it’s over.
So very sad.....
So very sad.....
Yes, this one was near Haiti (212 foot cargo)
http://www.local10.com/news/coast-guard-rescues-crew-of-cargo-ship-searches-for-another-beset-by-hurricane-joaquin/35618258
Smaller ship and a good distance away from where El Faro was. Far enough away to have a rescue.
Apparently, El Faro sailed right into it.
Great, now an American Airlines Captain died flying so this story will be buried again.
Same place it always is.
Me too, as a Marine it was a Sunday staple.
That was my theory (rogue wave) I posted last week as well.
“My guess is the company puts a tremendous amount of pressure on the captain to save fuel and time.”
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I agree.
The bottom line is was probably all about money.
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I figured there’d be at least one.
One what?
Figure it out.
So nothing important, thanks.
You don’t know that. Many may have, but made it through. Unless you have a source saying that no one else did.
Look, I feel sorry for these lost souls, but they are not the first nor will they be the last to lose their lives at sea. We don’t know if it was stupidity, as you are suggesting, or just bad luck.
You don’t know that. Many may have, but made it through.
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I really doubt it. Not into a cat 4 hurricane.
You can stop the loop and step through the forecast maps with the controls on the left.
Early on Tuesday 9/29, the storm was forecast to stay well north of the El Faros' presumed course. As you step through the images you can see the storm forecast and center keep moving south and staying east.
That is one very good link and I bookmarked it.
Look at the trends of the forecasts. By the 29th it was evident that the forecast was moving west. By the 30th it was obvious. Any maritime professional sailing in tropical waters should have known better and kept up with the forecasts.
A tropical storm that gets near the Bahamas or Florida can become a major storm in a few hours. What happened with Joaquin reminds me of how Andrew took a sharp turn west and strengthened rapidly.
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