Re: Carnival Triumph UGH...
Was just reading about this a little while ago. 6 engines generate power for that beast. 3 bow thrusters, 3 stern thrusters and two screws ... so that musta' been some fire to knock everything out.
I was thinking about it last night wondering why they haven't transferred the passengers off, but when I thought about it there's not a really good way to do so. There are nearly 4,500 people on that boat ... finding available ships, and then doing the transfer would be quite an operation.
I'm kinda' thinking that Carnival is doing the best they can. From what I have been able to figure out they have had supply ships getting out there with food and water, as their storage on-board is completely shot. I'm even kinda' betting that the emergency backup systems are working properly, it's just that the failure was just THAT catastrophic.