When I was a kid, it seemed like the most popular movies were disaster flicks. Movies like the Poseidon Adventure and Towering Inferno which exploited the public with images of terror, fear, and panic.
Today, disaster movies are not limited to the movie theater. We are living in a iReport society where CNN, MSNBC
CBS News is reporting that a "ferocious winter storm" pounded Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas as the cruise ship was heading into port in Alexandria, Egypt yesterday.
Hurricane force winds and thirty foot waves caused the ship to roll violently. Passengers complained of furniture and beds being tossed around. Cruise Critic contained this account from a
The partially disabled Clelia II cruise ship is facing extreme weather conditions with 88 U.S. passengers aboard as it limps back to port in Argentina after one of its engines stopped working.
Operated by Polar Cruises, (but see comments below), the Clelia II is a Antarctica explorer vessel with a crew of around 77. The cruise ship experienced limited maneuverability
The internet has been a buzz today with the release of closed circuit television video (CCTV) of the interior of the P&O Cruises’ Pacific Sun, which ran into a bout of heavy weather in June 2008.
A number of passenger were injured. You can clearly see one young lady smash her face into a column at the 47 second mark in the
