[JustPiper]

QM2 is more than twice as long as the Washington Monument is tall (550 ft)

QM2 is 147 feet longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall (984 ft)

QM2 is more than 3 ½ times as long as Big Ben is high (310 ft)

QM2 is only 117 feet shorter than the Empire State Building is tall (1248 ft.)

QM2 is more than three times as long as St. Paul's Cathedral is tall (366 ft.)

QM2 is as long as 36 double-decker London buses (31 ½ ft. each)

The Queen Mary II, the biggest and most luxurious passenger ship ever built, was to take to the seas for the first time 25 September 2003 for a series of tests ahead of her maiden voyage in January.

[SevenDaysInMay]

The QM2 and other cruisers should have more than adequate defensive guns and AA & AS missles on board. But they don't.

Cruise ships are fat sitting ducks baiting AQ with massive loss of life. A swarm of Kodiacs could roll one by openning up much of one side. Imagine AQ "Q-ships" attacking tankers and cruise ships.

A ship is just a very fancy anchor temporarily full of air and people.

Airliners on the ground are simply birds in the nest, holding tons of Jet-A and people.

Until our nations start behaving as though we really are at War, we will lose fom time to time thousands of innocents. If a successful dirty bomb, pox, or nuke goes off, expect simple martial law and finger pointing during TEOTWAWKI.