Comments on: Surviving a Super Storm at Sea http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/ The Neat Side of the Web Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:52:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Roger Harkness http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-1150116 Roger Harkness Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:58:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-1150116 Nice Picture, I've used it on my blog for my poem "The Sea" I was out in the North Atlantic in 78 for 21 days in 21 to 24 foot seas dodging storms all around us, our superstructure cracked and I became the master helmsman for special evolutions. We made 4 attempts at taking on fuel and decided to give it up and go to the straights to fuel before we ran out, thank goodness. After that, I always loved the ocean and never could understand why. Nice Picture, I’ve used it on my blog for my poem “The Sea” I was out in the North Atlantic in 78 for 21 days in 21 to 24 foot seas dodging storms all around us, our superstructure cracked and I became the master helmsman for special evolutions. We made 4 attempts at taking on fuel and decided to give it up and go to the straights to fuel before we ran out, thank goodness. After that, I always loved the ocean and never could understand why.

]]> By: CheeseDuck http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-512716 CheeseDuck Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:25:08 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-512716 Ahh! Hydrophobia kikcing in! Ahh! Hydrophobia kikcing in!

]]> By: Ali S. http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-512688 Ali S. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:03:11 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-512688 I have a fascination with the large bodies of water of our planet. And this is just awe-inspiring. I have a fascination with the large bodies of water of our planet. And this is just awe-inspiring.

]]> By: oezicomix http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-512675 oezicomix Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:45:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-512675 its just like that really boring george clooney movie, only real! wow! its just like that really boring george clooney movie, only real! wow!

]]> By: empty-minded http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-512623 empty-minded Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:09:10 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-512623 From what I remember in 1977, the weather forecasting was awful. You were better off consulting an almanac. From what I remember in 1977, the weather forecasting was awful. You were better off consulting an almanac.

]]> By: MosselKots http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-512619 MosselKots Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:05:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-512619 here's a vid of the same ship in that storm... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=G1epdL2LerQ here’s a vid of the same ship in that storm…

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=G1epdL2LerQ

]]> By: Larry Sheldon http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-512613 Larry Sheldon Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:58:18 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-512613 And what if he had stayed south, and encountered a big storm? And what if he had stayed south, and encountered a big storm?

]]> By: kid_icarus http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-512574 kid_icarus Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:00:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-512574 wow....that is amazing.....and to think, the BIG waves couldn't be photographed cos of the mist....... wow….that is amazing…..and to think, the BIG waves couldn’t be photographed cos of the mist…….

]]> By: stacyj http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-512569 stacyj Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:54:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-512569 Good lord, those are some amazing pictures, if that had been me I never would have gotten within twenty feet of any body of water larger than a soup bowl again after that ... How amazing that everyone ended up okay (well, maybe "okay but for some tragic condition that rendered the author incapable of writing without excessive use of exclamation points" ;)) Good lord, those are some amazing pictures, if that had been me I never would have gotten within twenty feet of any body of water larger than a soup bowl again after that … How amazing that everyone ended up okay (well, maybe “okay but for some tragic condition that rendered the author incapable of writing without excessive use of exclamation points” ;))

]]> By: Alannah http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-512475 Alannah Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:37:23 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/surviving-a-super-storm-at-sea/#comment-512475 "The ship was heavily damaged, and could very easily have sunk, -, but to the shore people it was much more a concern, that the red carpet were NOT immediately laid out for them." WTF?! “The ship was heavily damaged, and could very easily have sunk, -, but to the shore people it was much more a concern, that the red carpet were NOT immediately laid out for them.”

WTF?!

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