Post by Phil on Jan 17, 2012 15:07:41 GMT -5
In Italy a Ocean Liner called Costa Concordia ran aground about 300 yards off shore on Friday the 13th.
The ship seems to have hit a reef puncturing a 160 foot gash in the side of the hull therefore causing the ship to roll onto its side.
Of course the water is not deep enough for the ship to fully sink in its current location but save for that we have a modern day Titanic story.
The ship hits a reef vs the Titanic hitting an ice burg further out to sea. The captain and crew believing their ship is invincible and therefore doubting the need to take hard evacuation measures until they admit there's an emergency too late.
Luckily in this instance the ship is close enough to shore and in shallow enough water that help can arrive more quickly and surviving is more possible because shore is visible from the ship. If you hit the water uninjured you could probably swim that far unless currents render it impossible which nothing like that was said.
And this captain survived to stand accountability unlike Captain Smith a century ago.
I for 1 will admit I do not have much knowledge of ships and controls and devices so equipped. But I know something about machinery and technology and I have trouble understanding how this can still happen with all that today's advances allow us to safeguard against.
My dear wife love her unconditionally but locking keys in her car was one of her bad habits. The Buick she has now will not lock if the keys are in the ignition. I have to assume ships have more advanced controls for safeguard than a Buick.
The ship seems to have hit a reef puncturing a 160 foot gash in the side of the hull therefore causing the ship to roll onto its side.
Of course the water is not deep enough for the ship to fully sink in its current location but save for that we have a modern day Titanic story.
The ship hits a reef vs the Titanic hitting an ice burg further out to sea. The captain and crew believing their ship is invincible and therefore doubting the need to take hard evacuation measures until they admit there's an emergency too late.
Luckily in this instance the ship is close enough to shore and in shallow enough water that help can arrive more quickly and surviving is more possible because shore is visible from the ship. If you hit the water uninjured you could probably swim that far unless currents render it impossible which nothing like that was said.
And this captain survived to stand accountability unlike Captain Smith a century ago.
I for 1 will admit I do not have much knowledge of ships and controls and devices so equipped. But I know something about machinery and technology and I have trouble understanding how this can still happen with all that today's advances allow us to safeguard against.
My dear wife love her unconditionally but locking keys in her car was one of her bad habits. The Buick she has now will not lock if the keys are in the ignition. I have to assume ships have more advanced controls for safeguard than a Buick.
