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no life rings on Radiance of the Seas upper outdoor decks.
BrianK wrote:
If you consider the distance of any deck from the sea, it's rather like an inexperienced person performing a high dive. If they don't manage to break the surface tension of the sea, it's like making a high dive into solid concrete. Something is going to get broken. Add to this shock if the water is very cold and it is a rare case indeed that there is survival. If injury from the fall doesn't render the individual unable to swim effectively, the shock of cold water can cause the mouth to involuntarily open for some. Drowning is another possibility. If the fall is not fatal, but results in a broken arm or leg that's not good. Efforts to swim can signal sharks as they are attuned to the swim patterns of the injured. One thing I noticed on a couple of people who were pulled out of the water; each of them had a collapsed lung. I assume, this is from the impact of hitting the water. They are lucky they lived. Becca |
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no life rings on Radiance of the Seas upper outdoor decks.
Likewise, if you fall from the upper decks, you have a lot more to
worry about than life rings being thrown down to you. As for falling from the promenade deck, that is where they tend to be located, and in those cases, they have some use. I was just checking my watch, it is about time for another round of industry bashing with wave season coming. NWLB ******************************* www.RoyalCaribbeanFan.com |
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no life rings on Radiance of the Seas upper outdoor decks.
Thus spake BrianK :
On 12/27/2007 1:11 PM Dillon Pyron did the "neutron dance", then made these writings: Thus spake Chrissy Cruiser : On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:49:57 -0800 (PST), Warren wrote: On Dec 26, 2:58 pm, " wrote: I just saw a 20 minute video of Radiance on the travel channel. They showed the upper decks from all angles. No liferings at all up there. Ok, I'll play along. So, mister"fact" - exactly what do you think would happen if you tossed something off the top deck of Radiance while she's at cruising speed? Warren What's the wind like? Minimum 22 kts. According to my little anamometer on the Rhapsody, it was 25 knots a little to port. So those starboard rings would have been totally useless. It is my understanding that life rings aren't intended for the man/woman overboard. Rather they are a marker for the general vicinity of the overboard pax. It's to aid Search and Rescue. In most instances it's Search and Recover. It's not very precise when you take the speed of the ship, wind, and current flow. But it's better than nothing. Throwing over anything that floats in absence of life rings should work just as well. Yeah, I agree. The MOB set on my boat consists of a ring (soon to be replaced with something more useful, looking at options) and a flag with a water activated strobe. This will at least give me a point to look for when I do the 180. If you consider the distance of any deck from the sea, it's rather like an inexperienced person performing a high dive. If they don't manage to break the surface tension of the sea, it's like making a high dive into solid concrete. Something is going to get broken. Add to this shock if the water is very cold and it is a rare case indeed that there is survival. If injury from the fall doesn't render the individual unable to swim effectively, the shock of cold water can cause the mouth to involuntarily open for some. Drowning is another possibility. If the fall is not fatal, but results in a broken arm or leg that's not good. Efforts to swim can signal sharks as they are attuned to the swim patterns of the injured. "I just remembered, I can't swim". "Don't worry kid, the fall will probably kill you anyways". A fall from deck 10 is something in the neighborhood of 100 feet. Water is noncompressable (something like hitting concrete). If you hit just right (feet first, perfectly vertical), you will submerge about 25-30 feet. Of course, the shock of hitting the water will probably expel most of the air from your lungs. And how many people are going to do an 10.0 Olympic entry? Not the drunk. Most will be unconcious. Then there's the "suction" of the moving ship that will likely pull you in close contact with wake turbulence, which will fill your lungs with water if you are supine. If you're prone, it really doesn't matter. Although there are live recoveries of MOBs, most do result in severe injure. The woman whose body was recovered in the Med this year showed significant blunt force trauma, including multiple fractures to the thorax and spinal column. Yeah, life rings are intended to locate a body. -- dillon I used to think the horse's name was Bob. And the angel's name was Hark. |
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no life rings on Radiance of the Seas upper outdoor decks.
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:11:20 -0600, Dillon Pyron wrote:
I just saw a 20 minute video of Radiance on the travel channel. They showed the upper decks from all angles. No liferings at all up there. Ok, I'll play along. So, mister"fact" - exactly what do you think would happen if you tossed something off the top deck of Radiance while she's at cruising speed? Warren What's the wind like? Minimum 22 kts. According to my little anamometer on the Rhapsody, it was 25 knots a little to port. So those starboard rings would have been totally useless. If you tossed them a wee bit forward..LOL |
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no life rings on Radiance of the Seas upper outdoor decks.
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:50:40 -0500, Chrissy Cruiser wrote:
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:59:03 -0800 (PST), wrote: If someone falls overboard or off of another ship, what do you throw them that floats? A hypocritical bag of hot air? Where is O'Boil? I would answer me but she has me killfiled. |
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