Geekzone: technology news, blogs, forums
Guest
Welcome Guest.
You haven't logged in yet. If you don't have an account you can register now.


Forums › Off topic › Woman rescued after being in Adriatic Sea for 10 hours


1212 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 311


Topic # 240102 20-Aug-2018 21:51
Send private message

With all the bad news on TV news shows, a story like this is quite uplifting.  She managed to keep herself afloat for 10 hours before being rescued by a coast guard vessel.

 

I looked up the sea temperature and at the moment many parts of Croatia report a sea temp. of 27 plus degrees.  She looks very fit and does yoga so this would have helped.

 

If she had been doing this cruise in mid winter she'd almost certainly be dead.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/19/british-woman-rescued-10-hours-adriatic-sea-cruise-ship-fall

View this topic in a long page with up to 500 replies per page Create new topic
 1 | 2
12318 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 4044

Trusted
Lifetime subscriber

  Reply # 2076534 20-Aug-2018 22:33
Send private message

Not just the water temperature, also the weather.

 

 

 

In a storm, I suspect this would have had a very different outcome. Fortunately, as you say, the Adriatic is relatively warm - and lacks significant shark populations etc!

 

 

 

I wonder if there is a small, unobtrusive buoyancy aid that could be used by cruise passengers?

 

 

 

Edit - yes. This.





931 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 144


  Reply # 2076589 21-Aug-2018 07:36
Send private message

The ship still hasn't been released as how she fell off the stern of the boat at around midnight the night she fell, they are reviewing CCTV footage last time I read.

 

I can fathom a guess how.

 
 
 
 


2523 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 970

Lifetime subscriber

  Reply # 2076596 21-Aug-2018 08:31
Send private message

And then there's surviving the fall itself. Most of the public spaces on cruise ships from where a fall is possible, are really high up above the water line. 

 

And of course, the question of how she fell. The barriers are really high - you can't fall over them by accident so it makes you wonder if she climbed one, or if there was foul play involved. I wonder what the CCTV will reveal.

 

 

7638 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 4043


  Reply # 2076604 21-Aug-2018 09:27
Send private message

clevedon:

 

I can fathom a guess how.

 

 

I'm knot shore.

SJB

1255 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 317

Trusted
Lifetime subscriber

  Reply # 2076623 21-Aug-2018 10:04
Send private message

10 hours is nothing.

 

Rob Hewitt survived 3 days floating in the sea near Wellington in 2006. That must have been a lot colder.



1212 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 311


  Reply # 2076628 21-Aug-2018 10:09
Send private message

clevedon:

 

The ship still hasn't been released as how she fell off the stern of the boat at around midnight the night she fell, they are reviewing CCTV footage last time I read.

 

I can fathom a guess how.

 

 

My guess would be some alcohol, & a wish to get a dramatic photo for facebook/instagram/twitter. Far more likely than foul play.

 

 

2523 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 970

Lifetime subscriber

  Reply # 2076631 21-Aug-2018 10:16
One person supports this post
Send private message

SJB:

 

10 hours is nothing.

 

Rob Hewitt survived 3 days floating in the sea near Wellington in 2006. That must have been a lot colder.

 

 

That was an amazing story - almost incomprehensible to me that he could survive it. But he's a hard man and trained navy diver, in a wetsuit, with a buoyancy device (BCD). If he just fell in that sea in his clothes I doubt he would have lasted out the day.

7638 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 4043


  Reply # 2076632 21-Aug-2018 10:16
Send private message

SJB:

 

10 hours is nothing.

 

Rob Hewitt survived 3 days floating in the sea near Wellington in 2006. That must have been a lot colder.

 

 

Article here

 

 

931 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 144


  Reply # 2076635 21-Aug-2018 10:37
Send private message

Thought as much 

 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12110504



1212 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 311


  Reply # 2076848 21-Aug-2018 14:23
Send private message

clevedon:

 

Thought as much 

 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12110504

 

 

The realisation that maybe you don't want to die just now?

3193 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1009

Subscriber

  Reply # 2076869 21-Aug-2018 15:03
2 people support this post
Send private message

Fred99:

clevedon:


I can fathom a guess how.



I'm knot shore.



She managed to stay a-wake. And will get a stern talking-to.

Banana?
4541 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1099

Subscriber

  Reply # 2076907 21-Aug-2018 15:33
One person supports this post
Send private message

eracode:
Fred99:

 

clevedon:

 

 

 

I can fathom a guess how.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm knot shore.

 



She managed to stay a-wake. And will get a stern talking-to.

 

Take a Bow.

 

 

2523 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 970

Lifetime subscriber

  Reply # 2076923 21-Aug-2018 15:44
One person supports this post
Send private message

trig42:

 

eracode:
Fred99:

 

clevedon:

 

 

 

I can fathom a guess how.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm knot shore.

 



She managed to stay a-wake. And will get a stern talking-to.

 

Take a Bow.

 

 

 

 

Let's not go overboard with these puns please.

 

 

7638 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 4043


  Reply # 2076956 21-Aug-2018 16:38
One person supports this post
Send private message

kryptonjohn:

 

trig42:

 

eracode:
Fred99:

 

clevedon:

 

 

 

I can fathom a guess how.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm knot shore.

 



She managed to stay a-wake. And will get a stern talking-to.

 

Take a Bow.

 

 

 

 

Let's not go overboard with these puns please.

 

 

OK - I'll give it a wide berth.

2499 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 685


  Reply # 2076974 21-Aug-2018 17:32
Send private message

Seven story cry for stardom?

 1 | 2
View this topic in a long page with up to 500 replies per page Create new topic



Twitter »

Follow us to receive Twitter updates when new discussions are posted in our forums:



Follow us to receive Twitter updates when news items and blogs are posted in our frontpage:



Follow us to receive Twitter updates when tech item prices are listed in our price comparison site:



Geekzone Live »

Try automatic live updates from Geekzone directly in your browser, without refreshing the page, with Geekzone Live now.


Geekzone Live »

Our community of supporters help make Geekzone possible. Click the button below to join them.

Support Geezone on PressPatron


Updates »

Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.

Alternatively, you can receive a daily email with Geekzone updates.