Posted on 10/02/2005 1:59:20 PM PDT by CedarDave
I know- I'm a Tolkien geek too.
Condolences to families and friends of the deceased.
Me too - there's alot of them ;-)
I live around one-half hour from Lake George, & posted a thread about it here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1495423/posts?page=15#15
On the local news it was reported that a woman took her 80-year old mother on the cruise to celebrate her 80th birthday. Her mother was one of the ones that perished.
So many personal sad stories like that.
Let's pray for all.
Terribly sad
How many were?
Handicapped + boat = lifejacket.
Am I the only one that finds it odd that any boat capsizes simply from the wake of another boat?
"Like the Maid of the Mist under Niagara Falls".
Exactly.And like riding the ferry from the parking lot to Disney World. You just don't wear life vests.
This was just a horrible accident. Too bad people have to turn a tragedy in a preaching platform.
I wasn't "preaching". I just wondered how they died. If life jackets were available and they chose not to wear them, that was their choice. I don't think people should be forced. It just seemed an exceedingly high number of fatalities.
"Chance favors a prepared mind." - Pasteur
"Chance favors a prepared mind." - Pasteur
It could have been both. Wakes of two boats, such as the
Mohican and a speedboat crossing each other, could cause
a higher wave than either of them could make separately.
Hillary will punch Bush when she sees him.
I thought that was Landreiu?
I hope I am not double posting but I don't see my reply to you here.
I apologize. I did not mean you were preaching at all. I just happened to post shortly after you (o: Some earlier posts got sidetracked by the life preserver issue.
I guess the death toll is high because it was elderly people. What a tragedy.
"on a one hour cruise"
where was gilligan. he did it.
Hillary has never had a unique thought or action. She started out copying Marx/Engels, now its Mary L.
got a bow shot?
What a state! This is terrible and it just keeps piling on.
Hillary, Schumer, Pataki an emasculated NYS Republican party and now this.
I keep saying - give the whole shebang back to the Senecas or whatever native tribe. Maybe they can fix it.
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