Selene
16th February 2013, 03:49
What does the the breakdown of human behavior on the crippled Carnival ship Triumph teach us about disaster response and human nature at this point in time? I don't know whether this is a thread, exactly, but the differences are instructive. Everyone on this little ship/asteroid was under the same extreme duress. Some rose to the challenge, some didn't. Interesting.
As conditions deteriorated on the crippled Carnival cruise ship Triumph, some passengers panicked. They hoarded food, drank too much and argued.
But other passengers on the ship lumbering through the Gulf of Mexico banded together. They shared water, prayed together, comforted the children of strangers, and greeted each other in the halls like old friends.
"What you had was a tale of two ships," said the Rev. Wendell Gill of First Baptist Church in La Porte, Texas.
The Triumph's five-day odyssey of misery ended late Thursday night when the ship docked here, guided to port by four tugboats. As the 3,141 passengers on the ill-fated Mexican cruise made their way home Friday, they described a desperate atmosphere that brought out the best and worst in people.
"People were hoarding food — boxes and boxes of cereal, grabbing cake with both hands," said Debbie Moyes, 32, of Phoenix….
Rest of story here: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-cruise-ship-20130216,0,5259087.story
Adversity doe not shape character; it displays it. Comments?
Cheers,
Selene
As conditions deteriorated on the crippled Carnival cruise ship Triumph, some passengers panicked. They hoarded food, drank too much and argued.
But other passengers on the ship lumbering through the Gulf of Mexico banded together. They shared water, prayed together, comforted the children of strangers, and greeted each other in the halls like old friends.
"What you had was a tale of two ships," said the Rev. Wendell Gill of First Baptist Church in La Porte, Texas.
The Triumph's five-day odyssey of misery ended late Thursday night when the ship docked here, guided to port by four tugboats. As the 3,141 passengers on the ill-fated Mexican cruise made their way home Friday, they described a desperate atmosphere that brought out the best and worst in people.
"People were hoarding food — boxes and boxes of cereal, grabbing cake with both hands," said Debbie Moyes, 32, of Phoenix….
Rest of story here: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-cruise-ship-20130216,0,5259087.story
Adversity doe not shape character; it displays it. Comments?
Cheers,
Selene