[BITList] Carnival cruise ship adrift off Mexican coast afterfire

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Hugh

I am as mystified as you are.

What kind of engine rooms do they have indeed and what kind of electrical wiring/switch boards do they have that they re so vulnerable?

I still maintain I would not go on a sea cruise if you paid me. 

and don't get me started on the way the industry has manipulated liability laws; I read where costa concordia passengers were offered $65K for their ducking and that is [more or less] the max they can get under present laws. if you care to wait 15 years and spend a few millions you can go to court in italy and sue, then again, you may not be successful.

so folks, I repeat  ,,, stay on dry land. [how about a bus tour?]

colin

From: HUGH 
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 1:05 PM
To: BitList 
Subject: Re: [BITList] Carnival cruise ship adrift off Mexican coast afterfire

Colin,

What kind of ERs do these ships have? And what kind of people run them?  I had two ER fires in BI, and didn't break sweat. The first I put out with a dry powder extinguisher, and the second was in the scavenge belt - it burned itself out and left a clean scavenge belt.  I can't remember if the Chief was of the "keep the engine running" school, or the "stop the engine school".  The chance of a crankcase explosion we didn't think about. It seems nowadays that ERs catch fire all over the place with disastrous results.

Hugh.


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