http://www.lajollalight.com/2012/01/22/coast-guard-reminds-san-diego-of-safe-travels-despite-costa-concordia-accident/ Enlightening La Jolla since 1913 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:16:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://www.lajollalight.com/2012/01/22/coast-guard-reminds-san-diego-of-safe-travels-despite-costa-concordia-accident/#comment-198948 Dave Mason Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:50:19 +0000 http://lajollalight.mscsddev.com/?p=57565#comment-198948 I've been on quite a few cruises, and find this whole Concordia incident unbelievable. On every cruise (even on Costa) we were given thorough emergency drills and I felt the crew was very well trained. Of course unless you've lived through this you could never know what to expect. The captain does seem like a bonehead, and a situation like this can cause panic regardless of who's in charge. If people don't want to take the risk, the only answer is to stay home. If a plane hit rocks-boom. Everyone's gone. If a train hits rocks -boom. Sadly nearly 2 dozen people lost their lives, but a miniscule number when you consider 4000 people were on board. Stories we're given say that many of them left the emergency stations to return to their staterooms. Human nature may have caused these fatalities. Shame. But cruising is Still a very safe way to travel. Now if they can only fix up those crummy ports of call. I've been on quite a few cruises, and find this whole Concordia incident unbelievable. On every cruise (even on Costa) we were given thorough emergency drills and I felt the crew was very well trained. Of course unless you've lived through this you could never know what to expect. The captain does seem like a bonehead, and a situation like this can cause panic regardless of who's in charge. If people don't want to take the risk, the only answer is to stay home. If a plane hit rocks-boom. Everyone's gone. If a train hits rocks -boom. Sadly nearly 2 dozen people lost their lives, but a miniscule number when you consider 4000 people were on board. Stories we're given say that many of them left the emergency stations to return to their staterooms. Human nature may have caused these fatalities. Shame. But cruising is Still a very safe way to travel. Now if they can only fix up those crummy ports of call.

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