Big Freighter in a Big Storm
 

This web site has some of the most dramatic storm photos and
commentary that I've ever seen:

http://global-mariner.com/index111TheStorm.html

It definitely gives you an appreciation for how a large ship could be
lost at sea.

Big Freighter in a Big Storm
 

On Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 6:54:00 PM UTC-6, wrote:
This web site has some of the most dramatic storm photos and
commentary that I've ever seen:

http://global-mariner.com/index111TheStorm.html

It definitely gives you an appreciation for how a large ship could be
lost at sea.

Yes, those videos give me the willies sometimes. There's a lot of people either braver or more stupid than I to be stuck out in stuff like that.

Big Freighter in a Big Storm
 

On Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 6:54:00 PM UTC-6, wrote:
This web site has some of the most dramatic storm photos and
commentary that I've ever seen:

http://global-mariner.com/index111TheStorm.html

It definitely gives you an appreciation for how a large ship could be
lost at sea.


"What is missing is the extreme sounds of the ship, - the howling wind and crashing waves, - the violent movements, - the fatigue, - and not at least the feeling of being very, very small and insignificant in this truly great, and awesome performance of "Mother Nature"! "

Yep!

Big Freighter in a Big Storm
 

On Tue, 05 Jan 2016 19:53:50 -0500,
wrote:

This web site has some of the most dramatic storm photos and
commentary that I've ever seen:

http://global-mariner.com/index111TheStorm.html

It definitely gives you an appreciation for how a large ship could be
lost at sea.

We got tossed around enough in the North Atlantic to appreciate the
power of the sea but it was nothing like a hurricane.
We did see some #8-9 seas but the wind was still nowhere near a cat 1
and the El Faro may have seen a Cat 3.
It was still bringing the screws out of the water on every wave. After
a while you just got used to it.
Normally they just have someone on the deck watch at the helm but in
the real nasty stuff, there was a quartermaster on the bridge just to
be sure we were pointing the right way and that might not be the base
course. We weren't really going anywhere anyway.