I have to agree with Rick -
I grew up y the sea in Denmark and always had to hear about Germans (no sea experience) being swept by rip currents and stuff...
The sea is very hard to predict, being a captain in these cases can be more of a question of making an educated guess - but a hurricane, or any other storm for that matter does not follow highway signs so what you consider a good safe move may turn into a deathtrap.
Until all details are clear I would like to suggest that we offer all the support possible to the Captain, crew and passengers - I have no doubt that the captain did his best to try to save people and material, when the storm change direction he was most likely trapped with nowhere to go.
ID -
nobody get's in the way of these things on purpose - as Rick has pointed out - they tried to get out of the way, but the sea is not some little playground and **** happens. (besides - boats go a lot slower than cars - not like you can run as well).
Fishkiller -
Unless you are a qualified expert, I have a hard time accepting judgement against any captains - out running the Gloria might have looked like a really good idea at the time compared to the options...
and DivingGal makes a very good point - there are other places in the Carib that does not get hit...
Besides - don't let freak storms dictate where you go - I was stranded in Miami 2 years ago when we thought the city was about to loose it's roof - so sometimes you don't get to the objective of your trip and you may have to walk away from something - that's called living in the real world - if you don't want to accept that this can happen at any given time - the Discovery channel is probably as far as you want to go in exploration...
Anyway,
Ya'll have a great day of diving - I will keep the people and families in my prayers and hope that we all can dive without any incidents like this for the remainder of our lives.
Be safe.
Cheers,
Big T
I grew up y the sea in Denmark and always had to hear about Germans (no sea experience) being swept by rip currents and stuff...
The sea is very hard to predict, being a captain in these cases can be more of a question of making an educated guess - but a hurricane, or any other storm for that matter does not follow highway signs so what you consider a good safe move may turn into a deathtrap.
Until all details are clear I would like to suggest that we offer all the support possible to the Captain, crew and passengers - I have no doubt that the captain did his best to try to save people and material, when the storm change direction he was most likely trapped with nowhere to go.
ID -
nobody get's in the way of these things on purpose - as Rick has pointed out - they tried to get out of the way, but the sea is not some little playground and **** happens. (besides - boats go a lot slower than cars - not like you can run as well).
Fishkiller -
Unless you are a qualified expert, I have a hard time accepting judgement against any captains - out running the Gloria might have looked like a really good idea at the time compared to the options...
and DivingGal makes a very good point - there are other places in the Carib that does not get hit...
Besides - don't let freak storms dictate where you go - I was stranded in Miami 2 years ago when we thought the city was about to loose it's roof - so sometimes you don't get to the objective of your trip and you may have to walk away from something - that's called living in the real world - if you don't want to accept that this can happen at any given time - the Discovery channel is probably as far as you want to go in exploration...
Anyway,
Ya'll have a great day of diving - I will keep the people and families in my prayers and hope that we all can dive without any incidents like this for the remainder of our lives.
Be safe.
Cheers,
Big T