You know, we've been having an absolutely huge glut of cruise ship mishaps. Boats catching fire, boats sinking, people leaving bomb threats, "boat crud" (a variety of several influenza infections that hit you at the same time -- anyone that's been on a West-Pac knows what I'm talking about), food poisoning (e. coli, botulism), massive turbine failures leaving the ship stranded. And I mean, it all started in about 2005. There one major boat disaster about every 3 months coming out of Florida, with smaller ones every month. Smashing into piers, dozens going overboard, people jumping into dry pools, someone getting their whole arm stuck in the commode (don't ask because I don't know).
I have absolutely no idea if it's just chronically poor management or what.
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