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That's a good question. It says the prevailing winds were BF4, but then earlier it mentions 'gale force' which implies BF8? Something seems missing indeed.
by rootusrootus 6y ago
That's a good question. It says the prevailing winds were BF4, but then earlier it mentions 'gale force' which implies BF8? Something seems missing indeed.
- lostlogin 6y agoSurely a weather forecast could have predicted the wind force and then this could have been avoided? Or has something failed or the loading been done incorrectly?
- bufferoverflow 6y agoSometimes captains decide to go through much worse storms. That's what happened with El Faro, if I remember correctly. A huge ship sunk by a huge storm. The captain was a self-sure moron, killed 30+ people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_El_Faro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_El_Faro