9/29/2003: Wrecked hotel ship

Undertoad · 09-29-2003, 11:33 AM

Tx to Torrere for passing this along. Around the same time we were all concerned about Isabel, a powerful typhoon hit South Korea. The full story talks about the tremendous amount of damage it did.

This looks like a pretty small cruise ship; the caption says it's a cruise ship converted into a "floating hotel". Anyone who's been on a cruise has gotta enjoy this image. I guess they had enough advance warning of the 135-mph winds that were about to hit, so chances are nobody was on that ship. But still!

Remember the image of a shipping container backup at the port of Busan? The full story up there says that, at that very same port, 11 container-lifting cranes, each weighing as much as 900 tons, were toppled, their green and red steel limbs twisted beyond recognition. Steel containers as long as 20 feet were scattered around the port.

Ouch.

Whit · 09-29-2003, 12:15 PM

      "Hello, Mr. Jones? Yes this is the Floating Hotel, I'm calling about your reservations. It seems the room you reserved is a bit damp at the moment..."

MachineyBear · 09-29-2003, 02:20 PM

A floating hotel with an indoor salt water pool? Sign me up.

glatt · 09-29-2003, 04:16 PM

Reminds me of this picture I saw a while ago at cargolaw.com.

daniwong · 09-29-2003, 06:59 PM

I have nothing funny to add about these pictures. I mean - damn - just look at em. They are funny with out comments!!!

xoxoxoBruce · 09-29-2003, 07:05 PM

18 inches of rain and 135 mph winds. I'm amazed the windows are intact.

Torrere · 09-29-2003, 07:14 PM

I hadn't even noticed the paragraph about the damages in Busan when I read the original article. Wow!. I imagine that that would be a sight to be see!

I like the colors, and the walls reflecting on the floors. It looks beautifully askew.

09-29-2003, 11:33 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	9/29/2003: Wrecked hotel ship Tx to Torrere for passing this along. Around the same time we were all concerned about Isabel, a powerful typhoon hit South Korea. The full story talks about the tremendous amount of damage it did. This looks like a pretty small cruise ship; the caption says it's a cruise ship converted into a "floating hotel". Anyone who's been on a cruise has gotta enjoy this image. I guess they had enough advance warning of the 135-mph winds that were about to hit, so chances are nobody was on that ship. But still! Remember the image of a shipping container backup at the port of Busan? The full story up there says that, at that very same port, 11 container-lifting cranes, each weighing as much as 900 tons, were toppled, their green and red steel limbs twisted beyond recognition. Steel containers as long as 20 feet were scattered around the port. Ouch.

09-29-2003, 12:15 PM	#2
Whit Umm ... yeah. Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Arkansas, USA Posts: 949	"Hello, Mr. Jones? Yes this is the Floating Hotel, I'm calling about your reservations. It seems the room you reserved is a bit damp at the moment..." __________________ A friend will help you move. A true friend will help you move a body.

09-29-2003, 06:59 PM	#5
daniwong Vice-President of Resentment Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 196	I have nothing funny to add about these pictures. I mean - damn - just look at em. They are funny with out comments!!! __________________ Mistress of all that is claim related.

09-29-2003, 07:05 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	18 inches of rain and 135 mph winds. I'm amazed the windows are intact. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-29-2003, 07:14 PM	#7
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	yay! I hadn't even noticed the paragraph about the damages in Busan when I read the original article. Wow!. I imagine that that would be a sight to be see! I like the colors, and the walls reflecting on the floors. It looks beautifully askew.

09-29-2003, 02:20 PM	#3
MachineyBear Romantic Necromancer Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 29	A floating hotel with an indoor salt water pool? Sign me up.

09-29-2003, 04:16 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Reminds me of this picture I saw a while ago at cargolaw.com.

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