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tawadi (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 02:56 PM Original message |
Before Hurricane Irene Hits, Cruise Ship Scrambles To Leave New York Harbor |
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tawadi (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wonder how rough those waters will be |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. An office mate of mine is onboard... |
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tawadi (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Hope they watch out for slamming doors as that ship rocks and rolls |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yeah, I got a smashed finger from one, hanging onto |
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tawadi (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Ouch. Glad you didn't lose a finger. eom |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. I would be one of those 900 people |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Been through the tail end of hurricanes in ships much |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. actually open water is the safest place to be |
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tawadi (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. While it is safer for the ship, I wonder how responsible it is to take people out in it |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Well if they do lawsuits will come |
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tawadi (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Oh no doubt |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. I think I prefer my comfy chair in front of the TV and my computer in my lap. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Well there is that, but if I were in NYC, I'd prefer the open ocean |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. My experience has been that ships rolling in oceans |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. A ship taht size has stabilizers, so the rolling |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Right; was gonna say that. |
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Ineeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. I was also on a cruise on the tail of a hurricane. |
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tawadi (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I always imagined it like this |
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Ineeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Ughhh. I'm seasick and terrified just seeing those. |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. Depends on what part of the hurricane you're in at sea. My |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. Having gotten sea sick on the Staten Island Ferry as a child, |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. There was a hurricane in Bermuda a decade ago. Cruise ships that were going |
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