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Re: Bravo on My Watch – By The Artful Blogger

CMJeff — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:30:55 -0000

I agree with Robin, there is no excuse when your cargo is people.

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Robin Storm — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:43:48 -0000

This is typical of cruise lines (and Greek tankers) :-) They don't call them Love Boats for nothing....

Its never the complex that kills you its always the stupid stuff. I am not amazed at the superman attitude of the ships officers. Thank God no one was killed or injuried. While the engineering space is indeed large with systems like a Minimax and a CO2 dump systems I am amazed they took the risks they did take. Plainly just stupid...

Sounds like folk need to be put in hack and re-certified. And I wonder what the after action report really said and I wonder what the nationality of the crew was? Yeah I hate to say it but it does make a difference in many cases.

I also wonder what the "guests" had to say? I am sure they finally were told...after they reached port....I hope....

If it was me... The Chief Engineer would be shot the Safety officer replaced and the Staff Captain demoted to "brooms"....

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Pappy — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:12:14 -0000

Idiot because I believe you should barrier cool and let a fire burn itself out WITHOUT putting people in the space?!?

Barrier cool? Engine rooms are large. Even with ventilation secured, there's still plenty of air left. Also plenty of diesel fuel and plenty of other things that will melt or burn in the interim while the fire takes its time dying out.

OR am I an idiot because I think you need to improvise to get the job done like these people clearly did?!?

'Improvise'? I guess you could call it that, in a ten-thousand-monkeys-typing-on-ten-thousand-typewriters sort of way.

Did anyone die?? NO

Proof that G-d protects fools, drunks, and sailors. And the occasional commenter.

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AlbertPachino — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:33:39 -0000

Well written T!

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Brian P — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:40:50 -0000

I hear that the Minimax low fog spray is a really good system... makes me wonder why they used CO2 instead?

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Capt. Mike — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:06:54 -0000

The best part of the story..."He (the third engineer) then entered the engineroom alone, with a damp cloth over his face."

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JTD — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:42:51 -0000

Stay out of the gene pool too while you're at it.

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JRD — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:12:11 -0000

Yeah,,, my daughter too!

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~Artful Note~ — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:14:43 -0000

ERroomer,

Stay away from my daughter!

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ERroomer — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:31:57 -0000

MACK,

Idiot because I believe you should barrier cool and let a fire burn itself out WITHOUT putting people in the space?!?

OR am I an idiot because I think you need to improvise to get the job done like these people clearly did?!?

Re: Bravo on My Watch – By The Artful Blogger

Mack — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:11:21 -0000

I'm not sure what good an "Artful" blogger is on a maritime site. Maybe "thoughtful" blogger is a better title since you're right on the mark with this one.

ERroomer your new title is "idiot"

Re: Bravo on My Watch – By The Artful Blogger

ERroomer — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:33:49 -0000

aahhh... you Navy types blow everything out of proportion.
Did it run perfectly? no

Bottom line---> Did anyone die?? NO

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Jill Russell — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:01:04 -0000

Oh. My. God.

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Devon — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:18:40 -0000

These aren't the only idiots who have been "unlucky" with CO2" in recent years:
http://www.bridgedeck.org/m...

www.directemar.cl/apec/pape...

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Capt George — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:15:27 -0000

Seems to me like they need to figure out what the hell an SCBA is for.

"Everybody lived." ....you're shitting us right??