Maybe the New York times is not aware of the Tidal wave that nearly tipped
the ss Rotterdam during the 1978 world cruise.
The ship went nearly 20 degrees more than design said it would handle, the
incident happened of coast of Tunisia.
Jaap van Dorp
Former H.A.L. Chief Electrician
"John Sisker" wrote in message
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> To Whom It May Concern:
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> We came across this information in the trades, in the form of a press
> release, and thought it would be of interest to this newsgroup as well.
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> Could huge cruise ships such as Royal Caribbean's new freedom of the
> as -- almost as tall as the Empire State Building -- in real life get
> turned upside down by a freak wave as portrayed in the just released film
> "Poseidon?"
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> Not really, answers The New York Times.
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> In the film, a 150-foot wave strikes the luxury liner to roll it over.
> Surviving passengers and crew then have to work their way through the
> upturned ship to the ocean surface.
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> "A wave as large as 150 feet hasn't been observed; the largest is around
> 120 feet," said Dr. William Asher, an oceanographer at the University of
> Washington.
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> Even with such a huge wave, however, modern ocean liners have safety
> systems such as stabilizers that would prevent the ship from turning over.
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> There have never been reports of large ships capsizing from huge waves,
> though they have destroyed container ships and have caused damage ocean
> liners.
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> With modern equipment, even a Titanic-like iceberg collision is highly
> unlikely, according to Dr. Asher.
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