On Fri, 9 Oct 2015 07:25:48 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

That's a pretty sad deal Wayne. Sometimes there's no one to blame. I believe they were caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. He probably was caught off guard when the weather twisted on them in moments.

Maybe you guys don't look at the weather as much as we do in Florida
but this storm was very well predicted. The models kept pushing it off
to the east but other than that there was plenty of warning for that
captain.
As soon as it was apparent that it was going to go well east of
Florida, he had an out but it would have added a day to his trip.
The El Faro could run at up to 22kts so adding a few hundred extra
miles was not that big a deal. This had to be about money (fuel and
maybe an on time bonus).