[OT] Costa Concordia

The last thread descended close to Godwin territory but there was enough
initial interest that I though this link might be illuminating to the
folks here.

The video shows a reconstruction of the ship's track based on AIS data
(Wiki it). BTW, there's a thumping sound in the background of the
video's soundtrack. I'm guessing it's a dog and a hardwood floor?

http://vimeo.com/gcaptain/costa-concordia

The link at the bottom of the page leads to another reconstruction as
well as one from the ship's passage through the same waters back in
August of last year. No accompanying commentary, though.

--
Rich Webb     Norfolk, VA

The last thread descended close to Godwin territory but there was enough
initial interest that I though this link might be illuminating to the
folks here.

The video shows a reconstruction of the ship's track based on AIS data
(Wiki it). BTW, there's a thumping sound in the background of the
video's soundtrack. I'm guessing it's a dog and a hardwood floor?

http://vimeo.com/gcaptain/costa-concordia

The link at the bottom of the page leads to another reconstruction as
well as one from the ship's passage through the same waters back in
August of last year. No accompanying commentary, though.

--
Rich Webb     Norfolk, VA

On Jan 27, 2:12 pm, Rich Webb <bbew...@mapson.nozirev.ten> wrote:
The last thread descended close to Godwin territory but there was enough
initial interest that I though this link might be illuminating to the
folks here.

The video shows a reconstruction of the ship's track based on AIS data
(Wiki it). BTW, there's a thumping sound in the background of the
video's soundtrack. I'm guessing it's a dog and a hardwood floor?

http://vimeo.com/gcaptain/costa-concordia

The link at the bottom of the page leads to another reconstruction as
well as one from the ship's passage through the same waters back in
August of last year. No accompanying commentary, though.

--
Rich Webb     Norfolk, VA

Well, if this analysis is correct, the "captain" is lucky he still had
his bow thursters.
Otherwise, the ship could have capsized in deep water, causing an
environmental disaster and probably more deaths.

I use captain in quotations because as far as I'm concerned, this a-
hole doesn't deserve the rank.
I actually read that he claims the cruise line instructed him to make
the "salute".
So, I guess if they told him to jump off a bridge, that would be his
defense too.

I don't even know what an appropriate punishment should be for this
idiot....

And, where the heck was the rest of the bridge team while this was going
on? Steaming at 16 kts directly towards a rocky coast and nobody is
yelling "Turn this pig NOW!" ? Sheesh...