Carnival in the news

[Traveler353]

http://www.examiner.com/x-22875-Orlando-Cruise-Vacations-Examiner~y2010m5d12-Carnival-determined-to-sail-through-oil-slick

 

and

 

http://www.i-newswire.com/the-cruise-ship-business-is-booming/36318

[OhioJeff]

 

Come on, how hard is it to copy and paste the actual articles?????

 

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[Traveler353]

 

 

 

Come on, how hard is it to copy and paste the actual articles?????

 

 

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I don't know, you tell me how hard is it?:rolleyes:

[noblepa]

I'd much rather people DIDN'T paste entire articles here. Too many people don't know how (or bother) to snip the articles when they post a reply. The result is that a very long article may be effectively posted ten times or more, by people responding to it with a single line.

 

How hard is it to click on a link, if you wish to read the article?

 

Paul

[Princesss]

"While the US Coast Guard is advising ships to avoid the area, Carnival has been able to maintain normal operations"

Why would the Coast Guard advise such a thing and why would Carnival ignore the advise of the Coast Guard ?

[OhioJeff]

"While the US Coast Guard is advising ships to avoid the area, Carnival has been able to maintain normal operations"

 

Why would the Coast Guard advise such a thing

So ships dont sail through the oil

 

 

and why would Carnival ignore the advise of the Coast Guard ?

They arent ignoring the advice, they have been able to avoid the oil and still make it to all ports and destinations.

[James in SA]

New Orleans is an important shipping port. Lots of ships are going to have to go through that oil if at some point they can no longer go around it.

 

Right now they can still go AROUND it, so they are saying don't go THROUGH it.

[Princesss]

Oh... well apparently they couldnt even detect an island or buoy (??) last month that should have been picked up on radar, so how would forthcoming oil be detected, especially at night when there is no visibility ?

[futaba951]

so how would forthcoming oil be detected, especially at night when there is no visibility ?

 

It glows in the dark?

[optiron]

I would think the USCG is monitoring any thing on the surface and publishing warnings with position reports. They do have some knowledge of currents and such.

[arush5268d]

Oh... well apparently they couldnt even detect an island or buoy (??) last month that should have been picked up on radar, so how would forthcoming oil be detected, especially at night when there is no visibility ?

 

Sooo...you must not realize how radar works.

[Aknot]

Sooo...you must not realize how radar works.

 

Is that the expensive machine that goes "ping"! ?

[arush5268d]

Is that the expensive machine that goes "ping"! ?

 

Bingo!

[Traveler353]

Is that the expensive machine that goes "ping"! ?

 

Bingo!

 

 

Radar makes no noise, sonar goes "ping".;)

[arush5268d]

Radar makes no noise, sonar goes "ping".;)

 

 

The Ecstasy should have pinged the object with the radar.

[tbjl24]

Oh... well apparently they couldnt even detect an island or buoy (??) last month that should have been picked up on radar, so how would forthcoming oil be detected, especially at night when there is no visibility ?

 

You really should think before you post.

[big_duck]

Astounding how many factual errors are in the first article. Starting with the headline. :rolleyes:

[Aknot]

The Ecstasy should have pinged the object with the radar.

 

I was just making a silly Monty Python reference... :(

[arush5268d]

I was just making a silly Monty Python reference... :(

 

 

Sadly, I still have yet to see that movie. :o

[Traveler353]

Astounding how many factual errors are in the first article. Starting with the headline. :rolleyes:

 

 

Very true, when was last time that you read a news article or watched a news broadcast that was not full of misinformation or just outright lies. Facts mean very little these days within the news industry.

[Traveler353]

I was just making a silly Monty Python reference... :(

 

Little slow this morning, I finally got your meaning. I had forgotten all about that one. "The Meaning of Life: The Miracle of Birth" :p

[gonzo1124]

I guess they figured out that a little oil attached to the ship's hull can make it more slippery, thereby easier to move through water. This can save some fuel...

:p

[dprg644]

Very true, when was last time that you read a news article or watched a news broadcast that was not full of misinformation or just outright lies. Facts mean very little these days within the news industry.

 

Oh how very true....if it bleeds it leads and if it don't bleed they write that way anyhow.:confused::mad: