Weather while cruising

[grammyof14]

Has anyone ever experienced any devastating storms while cruising, tsunamis? or hurricanes? etc. Was reading about tsunamis in the Hawaiian islands and wondered how much warning the ship captains have when a storm is heading their way

[springtxbill]

Tsunamis have basically no effect on a ship at sea. The only problem would be while tied up to a dock as the qwater level changed. There would be plenty of warning to leave the dock if required.

[runner15km]

I would be more concerned with driving your car to the airport or cruise terminal.:D

[Arwenmark]

Has anyone ever experienced any devastating storms while cruising, tsunamis? or hurricanes? etc. Was reading about tsunamis in the Hawaiian islands and wondered how much warning the ship captains have when a storm is heading their way

 

Well first of all a Tsunami is not a storm and the captain would have no warning, but at sea a Tsunami is not much of a problem it is when it approaches land that it becomes a problem.

 

A Hurricane on the other hand they know about WELL in advance and try to take as much evasive action as they can, I was on a cruise and we were trying to keep ahead of Hurricane Hugo several years ago, we still had forty foot seas however, it was an interesting experience.

 

Now sudden squalls or rogue waves are something else again, less or no warning.

[Capt_BJ]

http://members.cox.net/bjokeefe/splash1.wmv

 

enjoy, but put on your puppy patch first if you get ss easily :p

[cruisinbuddy]

Don't forget a ship can at least try to get out of the way. And with all their radar etc. they usually can. Go & enjoy. Did you happen to see those pics going around the net from a tanker. Had a pic of a hurricane about a hundred miles away.