If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Oil spill in Gulf
Just read that Carnival has a ship going out of New Orleans and another
from Mobile with one due in today. Their schedules are expected to change. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Oil spill in Gulf
On 5/1/2010 7:38 PM, Carolyn G wrote:
Just read that Carnival has a ship going out of New Orleans and another from Mobile with one due in today. Their schedules are expected to change. No changes yet. Here is what Carnival is saying on their website: http://www.carnival.com/cms/fun/crui..._Advisory.aspx Port of Mobile Update April 30, 2010 - 6:00 PM We are closely monitoring the situation with the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the potential impact to our operation in the Port of Mobile. We will continue to monitor this situation over the weekend to assess if there will be any disruption to the Carnival Fantasy cruise departing on Monday, May 3. At this point in time, we are expecting the Port of Mobile to remain open and the cruise to operate normally. Guests sailing on the May 3 cruise can check back here and we will provide an update if any new information becomes available. In the meantime, we are looking forward to welcoming our guests aboard the Carnival Fantasy on Monday. ----------------------- The Triumph arrived in New Orleans yesterday morning and left as scheduled. -- George Leppla Countryside Travel http://www.CruiseMaster.com Blog http://cruisemaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/CruiseMaster |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Oil spill in Gulf
In article , George Leppla
wrote: No changes yet. Here is what Carnival is saying on their website: Stay tuned. This is a horrible man made catastrophe. -- Charles |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Oil spill in Gulf
On 5/2/2010 7:59 PM, Charles wrote:
In , George Leppla wrote: No changes yet. Here is what Carnival is saying on their website: Stay tuned. This is a horrible man made catastrophe. The port of Mobile is still open today as is New Orleans. A few of us are going on the Triumph out of New Orleans departing this coming Saturday. Hopefully, the mouth of the Mississippi will remain open to traffic and the long range forecast is good, but nothing is certain. Mobile is more than likely going to be affected. If Mobile has to close and New Orleans stays open, Carnival can move their ship there and bus the passengers if needed. If New Orleans closes, the closest port is Galveston and that would be an 8+ hour bus ride... not practical. The latest spill map is at: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov...2010-05-03.pdf -- George Leppla Countryside Travel http://www.CruiseMaster.com Blog http://cruisemaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/CruiseMaster |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Oil spill in Gulf
"Charles" wrote in message d... In article , George Leppla wrote: No changes yet. Here is what Carnival is saying on their website: Stay tuned. This is a horrible man made catastrophe. -- Charles It's all Obama's fault. -- Nonny On most days, it's just not worth the effort of chewing through the restraints.. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Oil spill in Gulf
In article , Nonny
wrote: "Charles" wrote in message d... In article , George Leppla wrote: No changes yet. Here is what Carnival is saying on their website: Stay tuned. This is a horrible man made catastrophe. -- Charles It's all Obama's fault. No doubt that is Rush's line....... So much for advanced technology. And failsafe valves that can't fail. Just like people want to rely on the same for nuclear power plants. The Titanic comes to mind. You know, the unsinkable ship.... -- Charles |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Oil spill in Gulf
so?
|
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Oil spill in Gulf
On May 3, 2:06*pm, Charles wrote:
In article , Nonny wrote: "Charles" wrote in message id... In article , George Leppla wrote: No changes yet. *Here is what Carnival is saying on their website: Stay tuned. This is a horrible man made catastrophe. -- Charles It's all Obama's fault. No doubt that is Rush's line....... So much for advanced technology. And failsafe valves that can't fail. Just like people want to rely on the same for nuclear power plants. The Titanic comes to mind. You know, the unsinkable ship.... -- Charles Nothing is foolproof. Planes fly. Planes crash. Cars go. Cars run into each other. Oil rigs pump oil. And apparently, oil rigs explode. I did not know that. It is surely unfortunate that this happenned, and I am most disappointed that the government did not jump in immediately to help rather than waitng for 7 days while pointing fingers at BP - who did not even own the rig, as I understand it. They were leasing it from another company. Then the first action of the Obama administration - unless I am misinformed - included sending a team of lawyers to the coast. Wow. Hope they had dive suits for them. I would think the government would be better equipped to deal with this than a single oil company, but I could be wrong. It makes me wonder if the delay in reacting was on purpose to make the disaster serious enough so that we back off on off-shore drilling. I hope I am wrong, but I do wonder. I also wonder what really caused the explosion. Was it really an accident? I do not think anyone knows for sure at this point. I sincerely hope they can shut off that well or cap the oil before even more damage is done. |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Oil spill in Gulf
In article
, RJQMAN wrote: Nothing is foolproof. Planes fly. Planes crash. Cars go. Cars run into each other. Oil rigs pump oil. And apparently, oil rigs explode. I did not know that. It is surely unfortunate that this happenned, and I am most disappointed that the government did not jump in immediately to help rather than waitng for 7 days while pointing fingers at BP - who did not even own the rig, as I understand it. They were leasing it from another company. Then the first action of the Obama administration - unless I am misinformed - included sending a team of lawyers to the coast. Wow. Hope they had dive suits for them. There is no safe way to drill for oil in the deep ocean. BP leased the rig. They got the oil. Transocean owned the rig and the equipment. Halliburton maintained the pipes. Expect the lawyers to determine which is ultimately responsible for the leak. I would think the government would be better equipped to deal with this than a single oil company, but I could be wrong. It makes me wonder if the delay in reacting was on purpose to make the disaster serious enough so that we back off on off-shore drilling. I hope I am wrong, but I do wonder. I also wonder what really caused the explosion. Was it really an accident? I do not think anyone knows for sure at this point. I sincerely hope they can shut off that well or cap the oil before even more damage is done. The government is not equipped at all to with it. The government does not drill for oil or own any equipment to do anything about it. Funny how some are all for private enterprise and no government until something like this happens. Sounds like you are another Rush smuck. First you say nothing is foolproof which is true but then you want to question if it were an accident and blame the government. The truth is all the government oversight agencies were reduced to oil company lackeys with no power by the Bush administration but the ultimate responsibility belongs to oil companies who greedily drill for oil in the deep ocean. -- Charles |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
Oil spill in Gulf
In article ,
Charles wrote: not drill for oil or own any equipment to do anything about it. Funny how some are all for private enterprise and no government until something like this happens. Sounds like you are another Rush smuck. Not really. The thought is that they shouldn't be doing it, but the government took on the responsibility for regulation, etc., then they should do the job. Sounds like you want the regulation, etc., bit but then when something happens the government all of a sudden has no responsibility. First you say nothing is foolproof which is true but then you want to question if it were an accident and blame the government. The truth is all the government oversight agencies were reduced to oil company lackeys with no power by the Bush administration but the ultimate responsibility belongs to oil companies who greedily drill for oil in the deep ocean. Of course they did. -- I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator and name it after the IRS. Robert Bakker, paleontologist |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Carnival Fantasy - New Orleans Mississippi River oil spill update | Andy P. Jung[_2_] | Cruises | 9 | August 12th, 2008 05:20 PM |
Estonian oil spill threatens 35,000 birds | eetinBelgië | Europe | 8 | February 7th, 2006 10:36 PM |
gulf shores | Tashi | USA & Canada | 1 | March 5th, 2005 01:27 AM |
gulf shores | Tashi | USA & Canada | 0 | March 4th, 2005 07:44 PM |
Gulf Air Help | freeda | Air travel | 8 | November 3rd, 2003 04:02 PM |