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How to Survive A Freak Wave-- And Avoid Whining
Wall Street Journal ^ | 22 Apr o5

Posted on 04/23/2005 10:42:04 AM PDT by rellimpank

BY BARBARA D. PHILLIPS Friday, April 22, 2005 12:01 a.m. EDT

NEW YORK--Rough seas buffeted the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship on its way from Miami to New York last Friday and Saturday, turning a pleasure cruise into a thrill ride. Then a "freak" seven-story wave hit the bow on decks nine and 10.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cruiseship; giantwave; norwegiandawn; survive
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--less whining, please---
1 posted on 04/23/2005 10:42:05 AM PDT by rellimpank
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To: rellimpank

I would have been a little traumatized, myself, but not enough to whine in public.


2 posted on 04/23/2005 10:44:24 AM PDT by conservative cat
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To: rellimpank

Whatever happened to the day when people wouldn't whine out of the shame of it? I saw it as only proper when the Black Knight answered the removal of his arm with, "That? It's only a flesh wound."


3 posted on 04/23/2005 10:49:53 AM PDT by wolfpat (dum vivimus, vivamus)
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To: conservative cat; All
My fiance and I were talking about this...Your on the ocean..it is going to happen. The boat was diverted, and everyone was shaken up, but they survived. Thats all that matters. They should have taken the free drinks, the ship credits and went on their way.
4 posted on 04/23/2005 10:50:57 AM PDT by duck duck goose
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To: conservative cat

I'm pretty sure that I would've thought that getting hit by a seven story wave was the coolest part of the trip.


5 posted on 04/23/2005 10:51:15 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: rellimpank

Freak wave! Freak wave? They were in the Fri&&&&gen ocean! It gets WET out there. That's why real ships don't have PORTHOLES! Was there a WARNING LABEL on the gangway? Admiral Halsey would have been tickled pink to have to deal with ONE FREAKWAVE. More stories on this will constitute SNIVELING.


6 posted on 04/23/2005 10:53:23 AM PDT by cherokee1
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To: rellimpank

I live for adventure travel! My friends have often heard me tell a tale or two of adventure trips gone awry. From rafting the Grand Canyon and the airboat scheduled to pick us up sinking to getting lost in a Belizean Pineforest/Palm Forest trying to locate the boat put-in to canoe over to the Laminai Ruins. Sure it all has risks...,

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty & well preserved body, but rather to skin in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "Wow, what a ride!"


7 posted on 04/23/2005 10:54:57 AM PDT by EBH
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To: Vince Ferrer
I'm pretty sure that I would've thought that getting hit by a seven story wave was the coolest part of the trip.

I would have, too... after I was back on dry land. I love a good story.

8 posted on 04/23/2005 10:56:27 AM PDT by conservative cat
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To: cherokee1

LOL!

Reminds of last year when Florida was getting pounded by the hurricanes. Some clown was being interviewed and said "We just moved here from New York, no one ever told us things like this happened."

I just wanted to yell at the television, "WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING? IN A CAVE?"


9 posted on 04/23/2005 11:02:22 AM PDT by Tennessee_Bob (The Crew Chief's Toolbox: A roll around cabinet full of specialists.)
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To: Vince Ferrer


Me too, I would have been scared spitless but afterwards it would have been an awesome story to tell.

Heck that would be a 100 story wave that hit us by the time my grandchildren heard it.


10 posted on 04/23/2005 11:10:18 AM PDT by SouthernFreebird
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To: cherokee1
Halsey was tough, but he never had to endure a freak wave like this one:


11 posted on 04/23/2005 11:18:39 AM PDT by e_engineer
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To: rellimpank

I always tell my kids "It's not an adventure till something goes wrong."


12 posted on 04/23/2005 11:28:35 AM PDT by cyclotic (Cub Scouts-Teach 'em young to be men, and politically incorrect in the process)
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To: EBH

Right on!

As the old saw goes -
you only live once, but if you work it right, once is enough!


13 posted on 04/23/2005 11:30:01 AM PDT by ASOC (Land of the Free BECAUSE of the Brave)
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To: rellimpank
After reading this whole story, are ther any lawyers out here?

What exactly can these cry-baby passengers see for? A wave???

We are turning into a nation of fags and weenies, and it kills me..

14 posted on 04/23/2005 11:31:42 AM PDT by Fedupwithit (Democrats are just whistling past the graveyard...soon enough they will be occupants)
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To: SouthernFreebird

I agree. A story like this will live for generations. A normal trip is mostly forgotten in a few years. It's the out of the ordinary events that makes a trip memorable.


15 posted on 04/23/2005 11:32:12 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: rellimpank
After reading this whole story, are ther any lawyers out here?

What exactly can these cry-baby passengers sue for? A wave???

We are turning into a nation of fags and weenies, and it kills me..

16 posted on 04/23/2005 11:32:12 AM PDT by Fedupwithit (Democrats are just whistling past the graveyard...soon enough they will be occupants)
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To: Cagey; MotleyGirl70

Time to resurrect this gem:

GEORGE: Ahoy! Mr. Eldridge. I understand you were on the Andrea Doria.

ELDRIDGE: Yes, it was a terrifying ordeal.

GEORGE: I tell ya, I hear people really stuff themselves on those cruise ships. (Laughs) The buffet, that's the real ordeal, huh, Clarence? (Laughs)

ELDRIDGE: (Defensively) We had to abandon ship.

GEORGE: Well, all vacations have to end eventually.

ELDRIDGE: The boat sank.

GEORGE: (Holding up Kramer's book) According to this, it took.. 10 hours. It eased into the water like an old man into a nice warm bath - no offence. (Pause) So, uh, Clarence, how about abandoning this apartment, and letting me shove off in this beauty?

ELDRIDGE: Is that what this is all about?! I don't think I like you. (Enters his apartment, and slams the door behind him)

GEORGE: (Yelling out) It's my apartment, Eldridge! The Stockholm may not have sunk ya, but I will! Ha, ha, ha!


17 posted on 04/23/2005 11:35:43 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: rellimpank

The thing that's not getting much play so far is that the cruise line reportedly ordered the Captain to bypass a scheduled stop in Nassau and head into the storm between them and their port call in New York so that they would be there in time for a publicity tie in with the TV show The Apprentice.

Normal course of events they would have been in Nassau while the storm was at its peak north of them, then cruised from Nassau to NY, arriving sometime late in the day of the scheduled "cross promotion tie in." Unfortunatly the TV crew needed to do their stuff in the morning, so the ship was diverted into weather they would otherwise have avoided to try to insure on time arrival for the event.

Now, that's the report I heard. The fact that I'm not hearing more about it may mean that it's not an accurate story.

The only news story I've found confirms the scheduled tie in filming with the show, but has the cruise line denying that it had any influence on their schedule or what happened.

I've sailed Norwegian and it was quite fun, but they didn't strike me at the best at logistics (a really bad thing for a cruise line), so it's possible either way.


18 posted on 04/23/2005 11:39:43 AM PDT by Phsstpok (There are lies, damned lies, statistics and presentation graphics, in descending order of truth)
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To: EBH

"Going to hell in a bucket, but at least I'm enjoying the ride...."


19 posted on 04/23/2005 11:45:43 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: rellimpank

You go on a cruise to get whined and dined. Garcon!! A bottle of your best whine.


20 posted on 04/23/2005 11:53:44 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rearview mirror.)
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