Nearly 4,500 Stranded on Cruise Ship off the Coast of Mexico

BradM

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I would have thought the same thing for the Katrina event, but the riggers who come with the generators are very savvy and nothing seemed to faze them as they worked with high voltage (220 & 440) and transforming into AC from DC and vice versa is child's play to them. Three-phase motors and all, just "routine" as far as they were concerned. They ran everything from the parking lot.

As far as cables, I'd rather avoid a cable than live on cold sardines and crackers, wouldn't you? Plus, it might be nice to have more than a battery lamp if you are in an inside cabin with no porthole!
:agree1: True stuff, Wes. But sometimes they don't look in terms of that. They (like many other companies) seem to let their lawyers run everything.

They lost a lot of business over that. Not just because it happened, but how they followed up on it (to your point; eating sardines on a cruise ship:mg:)

:topic:Kids smoking in the barn? That was the cause of a recent fire on a farm down the road from my home.
:agree1::yes: On one of my cruises, there was a couple that took down the smoke detector in their room. One of the ship's officers and a couple of gentlemen escorted the young couple to.... somewhere else on the ship.:notme:

All to smoke a joint. What boggles my mind is.... there are all kinds of solitary places up on the upper decks at night. Not sure why they did not go up there; most people don't care what happens there.:notme:
 
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As far as cables, I'd rather avoid a cable than live on cold sardines and crackers, wouldn't you? Plus, it might be nice to have more than a battery lamp if you are in an inside cabin with no porthole!
I would rather a slow, safe tow back to port. I would be thankful I was not bobbing around in a life boat waiting for a freighter to throw a life preserver. There are just so many things that could make the situation worse:

- Fires elsewhere in the electrical system due to on the fly hookup.
- Damage/injury/hole in the side of the ship trying to lower a generator onto a deck from a helicopter.
- Unsecured generators sliding around on deck if the weather gets rough.

Unless the boat was designed with ports to easily plug in a generator, specific equipment designed, safe mounting points, etc. they have no business adding further risk to the passengers on board.

Besides, the decks might be the one area people want to be if the weather is nice. Might as well get some sun without having to listen to the rumble of a generator and smell diesel exhaust.
 
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