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Topic started on 17-4-2005 @ 02:53 PM by krt1967
A Norwegian cruise ship was hit by a 70 ft. wave while in route to New York causing cabin flooding and injuries among passengers.



www.nydailynews.com
A "freak wave" more than 70 feet high slammed a luxury cruise ship steaming for New York yesterday, flooding cabins, injuring passengers and forcing the liner to stop for emergency repairs.

The tidal wave wrecked windows on the ninth and 10th floors and wreaked havoc below decks, destroying furniture, the onboard theater, and a store that sold expensive gifts.


Please visit the link provided for the complete story.


This is kind of scary after watching the movie "Day After Tomorrow" Where the wave takes out New York.
Makes a person wonder if the weather can really be controlled by science. At any rate it's a very scary thought.


[edit on 17-4-2005 by ZeddicusZulZorander]


reply posted on 17-4-2005 @ 05:11 PM by shots
Originally posted by djohnsto77
krt1967, this was already approved, but in the future please take these things into account:

ATSNN Tutorial: How to get your stories approved

And try to get your spelling right, especially in the title.


Good points DJ, the story is a good one but the submission is not what it should ave been. How on earth did it get approved? Not that I am against it mind you, but I thought ATS was going for quality not quantity, or have they now changed the rules


reply posted on 17-4-2005 @ 06:26 PM by Hoaks
A couple of years ago I travelled on the Queen Elisabeth 2 (QE2). I had the chance to talk with Captain Ron Warwick and he told me that he almost lost his ship to a 90ft rogue wave.

I googled it and found some references to that story:


www.stormsurf.com...
But on September 11th, during the same hurricane, the Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) hit a 95 ft wave 200 nmiles south of eastern Newfoundland and 120 nmiles southeast of Luis's center.


www.roblightbody.com...
Minutes before, monstrous seas smashed windows in the Grand Salon, 72 feet off the water. Warwick had given the order confining passengers to quarters.

Suddenly, a huge wave loomed off the bow, huge even for a ship the size of the QE2, at nearly 1,000 feet long, more than 100 feet wide, carrying nearly 3,000 people.

Hundreds of miles from shore, the face of the wave was steep, like a breaking wall of water. Warwick later described that "it looked as though the ship was headed for the white cliffs of Dover."

Officers on the bridge estimated the wave at 92 feet, because they were eyeball to eyeball with the crest.




reply posted on 18-4-2005 @ 12:06 AM by Valhall
Originally posted by djohnsto77
krt1967, this was already approved, but in the future please take these things into account:

ATSNN Tutorial: How to get your stories approved

And try to get your spelling right, especially in the title.


Why did you do this? I swear, this just keeps happening. Only this time, the act is even more egregious, because not only are you being so insensitive to the writer of this article by stating your opinions of the shortfalls of their effort in a public forum instead of a private communication, but you're admitting upfront that some one deemed this story of worth to the point it was upgraded.

My u2u button is readily available to me - did they hide everybody else's?


[edit on 4-18-2005 by Valhall]


reply posted on 18-4-2005 @ 01:06 AM by krt1967
Thank you so much Valhall. I asked to be adopted but noone wanted me . Thank you for your support. It's nice to see even one person on a board like this one that still cares about other people. You will get my vote just for being an upstanding board member.


Originally posted by Valhall
Originally posted by djohnsto77
krt1967, this was already approved, but in the future please take these things into account:

ATSNN Tutorial: How to get your stories approved

And try to get your spelling right, especially in the title.


Why did you do this? I swear, this just keeps happening. Only this time, the act is even more egregious, because not only are you being so insensitive to the writer of this article by stating your opinions of the shortfalls of their effort in a public forum instead of a private communication, but you're admitting upfront that some one deemed this story of worth to the point it was upgraded.

My u2u button is readily available to me - did they hide everybody else's?


[edit on 4-18-2005 by Valhall]

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