tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post7195445391662962169..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: May 29, 1914Grumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-69639098145828322192012-12-28T17:10:20.391-05:002012-12-28T17:10:20.391-05:00Amy- Sultana is well known. Agree it was a horribl...Amy- Sultana is well known. Agree it was a horrible tragedy, but I try to touch on the ones that seem to be more forgotten.<br /><br />The Sultana's wreck now, due to changes in the course of the river, is on dry land under a corn field.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-56983976716156669972012-12-28T16:59:38.213-05:002012-12-28T16:59:38.213-05:00Look up the wreck of the SS Sultana. That sank no...Look up the wreck of the SS Sultana. That sank not too terribly far from where I used to live. Wikipedia still refers to it as "the greatest maritime disaster in United States history."Amy Eadshttp://twitter.com/horridbabynamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-31817531509233993562011-09-27T10:52:55.688-04:002011-09-27T10:52:55.688-04:00Late to the party, I know, but if you want to see ...Late to the party, I know, but if you want to see a really chilling account of a very modern maritime disaster, the story of MS <i>Estonia</i> will give you some nice nightmares.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Estonia<br /><br />She sank less than twenty years ago. And I can imagine few more horrific scenes than those described in this article from The Atlantic.<br /><br />http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/05/a-sea-story/2940/<br /><br />Summary: The ship foundered in such a way that she developed a very pronounced list, very quickly. If you got out of the ship before the list got too bad and were on the deck, you had a decent chance to live. If you were too slow, you were trapped inside and unable to escape due to the ship being on her side and the hatches either pointing down into the water or pointing straight up and being unreachable.<br /><br />She didn't take that long to sink, but I suspect that those were twenty of the longest minutes in human history.MarcWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-47547250346898446622010-05-30T20:47:45.447-04:002010-05-30T20:47:45.447-04:00You're right. I've never heard of either.You're right. I've never heard of either.The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-40585925207462207822010-05-30T18:17:13.191-04:002010-05-30T18:17:13.191-04:00I'm also Canadian and I can tell that the stor...I'm also Canadian and I can tell that the story of this boat is widely known.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-4016369008433530642010-05-30T12:18:49.614-04:002010-05-30T12:18:49.614-04:00We don't forget in Canada. Among the drowned:1...We don't forget in Canada. Among the drowned:134 children, 279 women. They were sleeping when the water invaded the ship. Never had the chance to get out of their cabins.<br /><br />Thank you for remembering.Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04307495672130972111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-49557748807488058152010-05-29T17:58:05.467-04:002010-05-29T17:58:05.467-04:00Clive Cussler featured the Empress of Ireland disa...Clive Cussler featured the Empress of Ireland disaster in a Dirk Pitt novel, 'Night Probe', he seems to do this with a lot of his novels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-89423168813141282062010-05-29T17:32:25.197-04:002010-05-29T17:32:25.197-04:00transport accidents happen.transport accidents happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-90957604616436811272010-05-29T11:38:11.750-04:002010-05-29T11:38:11.750-04:00I'm Canadian and I can tell you that we haven&...I'm Canadian and I can tell you that we haven't forgotten, Dr. Grumpy. I've never heard of the Dona Paz, but Canadians all know about the Empress of Ireland disaster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-68430737675127227362010-05-29T11:21:55.423-04:002010-05-29T11:21:55.423-04:00Mike, that's awful!
Did you build a memoria...Mike, that's awful! <br /><br />Did you build a memorial statue when you got home? "Lest we forget" and all that jazz?Crazy Newthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089291269912771603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-12288523358175420642010-05-29T11:08:12.376-04:002010-05-29T11:08:12.376-04:001914. Too soon?1914. Too soon?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636899841775555441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-74611785700753210792010-05-29T10:14:58.502-04:002010-05-29T10:14:58.502-04:00Very insensitive post. Sometimes humor is just no...Very insensitive post. Sometimes humor is just not appropriate.<br /><br />That is a very interesting story.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07489696043710046690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-21406741060758972962010-05-29T09:31:04.503-04:002010-05-29T09:31:04.503-04:00interesting post
is it me or is the comment above ...interesting post<br />is it me or is the comment above mine incredibly insensitiveAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092008213063799225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-50806983039437138312010-05-29T09:00:52.683-04:002010-05-29T09:00:52.683-04:00I also was involved in a nautical disaster. In 199...I also was involved in a nautical disaster. In 1990, my wife and I capsized our canoe on the Buffalo River in central Arkansas. We lost all our our fishing gear, our SLR camera, and the keys to the pickup truck, which we needed to get home (3 hours away). I'm still pissed off about it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636899841775555441noreply@blogger.com