Who is taking risks with the passengers, the captain or the company?
We lost a ship and it's crew not long ago out of Florida for THIS VERY REASON.
The Anthem of the Seas (click here) has turned around and headed back to its original port after a severe storm injured four people and forced passengers into their staterooms for safety reasons, Royal Caribbean International said Monday.
Royal Caribbean said Anthem of the Seas encountered rough seas off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, while sailing Sunday to Port Canaveral, Florida, in what was intended originally to be a seven-day voyage to the Bahamas. It said the ship suffered damage to some public areas and cabins but “remains seaworthy.” None of the injuries was serious, the cruise line said....
These companies must be working with a very small margin to risk it all by putting out to sea in known dangers.
It isn't as though the warnings are wrong. They are very correct. These warnings are being ignored. The waves are significant up to 25 feet and repeat frequently. There are very few troughs that are calm, so much as lead right into another large wave.
The federal authorities are going to have to do a reality checks with the maritime community. They have to threaten to hand out fines very regularly if these companies are not performing checks of these charts and putting ships, personnel and passengers in direct path of harm. This is outrageous. There are pictures of furniture thrown around the rooms they were in. The state rooms have their beds attached to the floor. This is ridiculous. No one could have checked these warnings and set out to sea in good conscience.
Hazardous marine condition(s): (click here)
Storm Warning
SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.
ANZ899-090315-
1011 AM EST MON FEB 8 2016 .
SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER NEAR 37N 67W WILL MOVE NE AT 35 KT TODAY AND TONIGHT.
ANOTHER DEVELOPING LOW WILL MOVE OFF THE MID ATLC COAST TONIGHT..
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THEN PASS QUICKLY NE ACROSS THE NRN WATERS TUE
WHILE INTENSIFYING AND PULLING A COLD FRONT SE ACROSS THE AREA.
ANOTHER LOW WILL MOVE OFF THE NRN MID ATLC COAST LATE TUE...
THEN TRACK NE ACROSS THE FAR NRN WATERS TUE NIGHT INTO WED.
A SERIES OF LOW PRES TROUGHS WILL PASS SE ACROSS THE WATERS WED NIGHT INTO THU NIGHT. A HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL BUILD TO THE COAST THU NIGHT...
THEN MOVE OFFSHORE AND WEAKEN FRI. ANOTHER DEVELOPING LOW WILL MOVE OFFSHORE LATE FRI...
THEN RACE NE ACROSS THE WATERS FRI NIGHT WHILE PULLING A COLD FRONT SE ACROSS THE AREA.
