So you're trying to not think about the myriad
threats to your health and safety that surround you daily, so you book a nice, relaxing
cruise ship vacation. And the next thing you know, you're wading through rivers
of raw sewage. That's what happened to the 4000 passengers and crew aboard the
cruise ship Triumph this week following a fire that knocked out the ship's
power. Incidentally, the threat of fire aboard ship isn't the first danger that
springs to my mind when I think about an ocean cruise. After all, you're
surrounded by water. Do I worry about falling overboard? Of course. Sinking from hitting an
iceberg? Naturally. Pirates? Sure. But not a fire. It just goes to show that the
stuff you least expect is probably what'll get you.
Anyway, the lack of power left the massive ship drifting in
the ocean, miles from land and apparently with no means of pumping poop through
the plumbing system. It's unclear why that resulted in sewage running down the
walls and through the halls, but that's what happened. With the toilets out of
commission, passengers and crew were left sharing plastic garbage bags when
they needed to go to the bathroom. Talk about a horror that even my anxious imagination
never anticipated.
If you've ever watched the movies Poseidon Adventure or Titanic,
you're already aware that horrifying things can happen to you on the open sea.
Not the least of which is having to see Kate Winslet naked. But even those
disaster movies don't prepare you for rivers of excrement on the shuffleboard
court. This incident is definitely a learning experience. From now on, we'll
all bring our own supply of plastic bags with us wherever we go.
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