>
>Ken, I noticed the lack of Bahamas news, as well. And why would a
>shipping company send a container vessel right into the path of the
>known storm. Those things are top-heavy to begin with. Once it lost
>power, it was a sitting duck.
>
When the El Taro left Jacksonville, Joaquin was just a tropical storm and
was forecast to top out at category 2. The ship lost all power and propulsion
and was a sitting duck when the storm reached category 4.
Chris
>Jim Nichols
>Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>On 10/6/2015 10:06 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>> Hurricane Joaquin is far from being dead. Still plying the North
>>> Atlantic as a category 1 hurricane, it will become a strong post-tropical
>>> storm on Thursday, reaching the western coast of Ireland on Sunday.
>> Bermuda took a pretty good pounding too. What is really disappointing
>> is that the news media has almost totally neglected reporting on the
>> Bahamas. Several of the islands have experienced near total
>> destruction and you have to find out from it from obscure news
>> sources. Other than the Weather Channel, there is nothing. No NYT, no
>> CNN coverage, nothing. Even FauxNews doesn't care--can't blame it on
>> Obama.
>>
>> Oh, but a cargo vessel sank. There is a huge debris field, but never
>> mind the fact that much of that debris came from the islands, not the
>> ship. At least the news is reporting on the ship. That really is a big
>> story in a sea of many big stories.
>>
>> Sorry, the grapes turned.
>>
>> AG
>
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