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Freak wave damages cruise ship, injuring 4
seattle times ^ | Monday, April 18, 2005 | AP

Posted on 04/18/2005 4:17:49 AM PDT by Lokibob

 

Monday, April 18, 2005 - Page updated at 12:00 a.m.

Freak wave damages cruise ship, injuring 4

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A seven-story wave damaged a cruise ship returning from the Bahamas over the weekend, smashing windows, flooding more than 60 cabins and injuring four passengers.

The Norwegian Dawn was diverted from its route when the ship ran into rough weather on the way back to New York on Saturday.

The 965-foot-long vessel docked in the Charleston harbor for repairs, and departed for New York early yesterday after a Coast Guard inspection, officials said. It was expected back in New York by noon today.

"The ship was hit by a freak wave that caused two windows to break in two different cabins," Norwegian Cruise Line said in a statement. It said 62 cabins flooded and four passengers suffered cuts and bruises. The wave reached as high as deck 10 on the ship, company spokeswoman Susan Robison said yesterday.


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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cruiseship; norwegiandawn; terror; wave
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To: Kay
Seven story wave. History Channel did an episode I saw on mysteries of the ocean. One part was on these rogue waves. Apparently, they do occur but often ships are completely lost that get hit with them.

Very detailed episode including replicating the scenario with model ships in wave tanks done at some university lab. They showed something like a rogue wave able to sink a ship in mere seconds.

I also saw something even more fascinating involving lighter than air gas released from the ocean bottom. How this changes the buoyancy of the water and makes ships sink as they are now heavier than the water can support. Also thought to impact aircraft flying over the same area. They set up a controlled test and found it possible to sink a boat but the amount of released gas needed was tremendous except for a big bubble.

Overall, it kept my interest when I not really too interested with anything involving the sea.
41 posted on 04/18/2005 8:25:00 AM PDT by Lichgod
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To: jusduat
We went out of Port Canverval and were at Cayman on March 29th. There were 7 ships tendering in that day. We decided to come back to the ship early so we were lucky to get out before it got real nutty.

We were on Holland America and they ended up moving down to the other pier to get away from the much larger tenders of the monster ships who were having a terrible time in the surf.
42 posted on 04/18/2005 9:17:43 AM PDT by Daus
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To: Lokibob
Why did I think of this when I saw the headline?


43 posted on 04/18/2005 9:27:04 AM PDT by TruBluKentuckian
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To: Lokibob

Pics of up to 100 Foot Waves, taken from Oil Tankers etc., with comments here:

http://tv-antenna.com/heavy-seas/


44 posted on 04/18/2005 10:45:36 AM PDT by Pagey (Hillary talking about Religion is as hypocritical as Bill carrying a bible out of church for 8 years)
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To: Former Proud Canadian

Cruises have never appealled to me, either. It's just not the type of vacation we enjoy. My husbands family just loves them and can't understand why we aren't interested. It's like they take it personally that we don't want to go on a cruise.


45 posted on 04/18/2005 10:52:39 AM PDT by retrokitten (I heart Tony Snow)
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To: CFC__VRWC

A former co-worker told me once about how his parents were near a hurricane once while on a cruise. Not IN the hurricane- NEAR it. They had bad weather, but nothing near hurricane strength. You guessed it, they were planning to sue. Because according to them the cruise line should have known a hurricane was in the area.


46 posted on 04/18/2005 10:55:15 AM PDT by retrokitten (I heart Tony Snow)
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To: Kay
Let's say you have a big storm off to the NNE generating a pattern of waves -- say 30' high -- and another storm off to the SSE generating another pattern of waves 40' high -- eventually, a thirty-footer is gonna climb on the back of a forty-footer, and voila, a seventy-foot wave. Very temporary effect, but spectacular while it lasts. On the way to Vietnam on my troopship we got hit abeam by one of those and we heeled over almost horizontal, all 600 feet of us. Terrifying, esp. at night.
47 posted on 04/18/2005 11:14:06 AM PDT by Snickersnee (Where are we going? And what's with this handbasket?)
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To: fatnotlazy

We have been on 2 cruises. The first was on the Cunard "Princess". It was like a floating building it was so big! It was nice, but we were so poor we really couldn't afford to do anything extra.

The next one we took was our favorite. It was a barefoot cruise and on an actual sailing ship. Holds about 60 or so passengers. The Christmas trade winds were strong so there was a lot of movement with the ship. We just stayed up in front and enjoyed the heck out of it!


48 posted on 04/18/2005 11:16:25 AM PDT by Grammy (Never try to teach a pig to sing... it wastes your time and annoys the pig.)
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To: Grammy

I've never done one of those smaller vessels...I would really like to one of these days. Seems it would be far more intimate and less imposing than the larger ships.


49 posted on 04/18/2005 11:26:40 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: retrokitten
Cruises have never appealled to me, either

I felt the same way until my wife convinced me to try a 3-night Royal Carribbean cruise last year.

We are boarding for our 7-night cruise next Sunday. I can't wait.

50 posted on 04/18/2005 11:28:22 AM PDT by AngryJawa (Will Work For Ammo)
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To: Lokibob

What happened? Was this one of Rosie O'Donuts gay cruises, did she cannonball of the side of the ship?


51 posted on 04/18/2005 11:32:50 AM PDT by TXBSAFH (Never underestimate the power of human stupidity--Robert Heinlein)
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To: fatnotlazy

You feel more like you are on a ship on the ocean, rather than like you are in a hotel that sways now and then. You definitely feel the sea on a smaller ship. We loved it.


52 posted on 04/18/2005 11:40:46 AM PDT by Grammy (Never try to teach a pig to sing... it wastes your time and annoys the pig.)
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To: dead

Wow. Glad that they are ok. Keep us up to date...


53 posted on 04/18/2005 12:29:10 PM PDT by b4its2late (If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose.)
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To: Jabba the Nutt

Hannity just said that they have video and will show it on H&C tonight.


54 posted on 04/18/2005 12:30:25 PM PDT by hattend (Thinking up a new tagline...please stand by)
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To: Pagey
Yikes.

Surfs up dude.

55 posted on 04/18/2005 12:31:18 PM PDT by b4its2late (If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose.)
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To: Jabba the Nutt
Any pics of the wave? That would be neat.

Hannity says he has video and will show it on his show tonight.

56 posted on 04/18/2005 12:31:26 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: cicero's_son; Terriergal; Hildy
Just spoke with parents who are home now. My dad just has a bruise on his back. He was drinking a beer in the cabin when the wave hit and sent him and his chair flying.

They said that a lot of the people on the boat were furious with the company before the wave hit. Apparently, they changed the itinerary to accomodate a photo op with Donald Trump, costing them a half day in some port, which screwed up some people's plans. It didn't make any difference to my parents though.

They said they had a great time. The cruise line is refunding half their money, plus providing a $1000 credit towards another cruise, and paid for a limo from the dock in Manhattan to their home in NJ ($240). Plus they had a news helicopter escort as they pulled into NY harbor, making them feel like celebrities.

They said that the best part was after the wave, the boat switched to open bar for the rest of the trip. Two and a half days of free drinking. The money they saved will help them pay for the next cruise!

57 posted on 04/18/2005 12:36:28 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Lichgod

I saw the gas-eruption piece (History or Discovery channel, can't recall). It was actually done as their explanation of the Bermuda Triange phenomenon (where planes and ships have mysteriously disappeared). They found that there were pockets of methane gas in the sea floor. Fascinating stuff.


58 posted on 04/18/2005 12:38:04 PM PDT by newvista (What has happened to the "human rights" we are dying for all over the world?)
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To: b4its2late

Thanks, just posted the update in #57. All's well that ends well.


59 posted on 04/18/2005 12:38:06 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Snickersnee

Thanks for the explanation! Now it makes sense.


60 posted on 04/18/2005 12:56:30 PM PDT by Kay
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