[BITList] Carnival cruise ship adrift off Mexican coast afterfire

[FA]

Colin / Hugh
Think it has more to do with the staff having fled to the lifeboats to 
get there before the passengers rather than putting the fire out
frank

On 2/12/2013 5:15 AM, x50type at cox.net wrote:
> 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 <mailto:chakdara at btinternet.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, February 11, 2013 1:05 PM
> *To:* BitList <mailto:bitlist at lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com>
> *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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