Fate of Cargo Ship Caught in Hurricane Joaquin Unknown

[inanna]

Source: Associated Press

ELEUTHERA, Bahamas — Oct 3, 2015, 12:18 AM ET

The U.S. Coast Guard scoured Bahamian waters for a disabled cargo ship with 33 crewmembers, including 28 Americans, that lost contact during Hurricane Joaquin, which was moving away from the sprawling archipelago on Saturday.

The 735-foot (224-meter) ship named El Faro had taken on water and was listing at 15 degrees near Crooked Island, one of the islands most battered by the hurricane. The Coast Guard said it hadn't been able to re-establish communication with the vessel, which was traveling from Jacksonville, Florida, to San Juan, Puerto Rico, when it ran into the storm and became disabled near Joaquin's eye.

Officials said the crew — 28 Americans and five Polish nationals — earlier reported they had been able to contain the flooding.

"We're going to go and try and save lives. We're going to push it to the operational limits as far as we can," Coast Guard Capt. Mark Fedor said of rescue efforts.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/fate-cargo-ship-caught-hurricane-joaquin-unknown-34217487

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. ...

[840high]

2. Amen.

[davidpdx]

3. I hope for their safe return

They must be scared as hell.

[A HERETIC I AM]

4. Photo of the ship and a link to a Marine Tracking website;

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/shipid:454389/mmsi:368208000/imo

[yuiyoshida]

5. Now I can't get this out of my head...

[wordpix]

6. just returned from Cape Cod & big storm there

Unbelievable force when the ocean is whipped up by wind. Houses built high up on dunes are falling into the surf as it eats the dunes into nothingness. If you're ever there, take Ocean Drive in Wellfleet to see the idiocy of building on dunes for the view.

One place where it's worst has these high dunes where the houses overlook the sea and a low dune "valley" behind the dune. So the houses are sitting up high with the sea on one side and the valley on the other. Won't take a lot of big storms to bring the high dunes down and it's luck as to which houses survive (for awhile).

At Coast Guard Beach, an entire parking lot that existed in the '70's is now totally gone. Once in awhile, you can find a small chunk of asphalt on the beach and that's all.

[restorefreedom]

7. for their rescue

[vinny9698]

8. Who in their right mind sets sail into a hurricane?

Need to blame someone who decided it was better to sail, then to wait a few days for the storm to pass.

[Blue_Tires]

9. um...Did they not know a hurricane was coming??

[Reter]

10. Blame the bosses who let this happen

Trust me, I have had a boss like that. Here's probably how the conversation went:

Crew members: I really think we should wait until next week, there's a hurricane coming.

Boss: Oh stop, just go, you'll be fine. It will die down, plus look at the size of your ship.

Crew member: It's a bad idea, the Titanic was also huge.

Boss: You will go or else I'll find a new crew!