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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Fancy ANOTHER cruise? Carnival offers frustrated passengers a 15% discount if they want to sail again
PUBLISHED: 04:37 EST, 14 February 2013 | UPDATED: 16:10 EST, 14 February 2013
After a week of misery, the end is finally in sight for passengers aboard the nightmare Carnival cruise ship as the vessel makes the last leg of its journey in to port today.
The ship's 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew members have been stuck on the Carnival Cruise Lines’ 'Triumph' in the Gulf of Mexico since Sunday after a fire in the engine room crippled the power system.
Passengers reported how the four day luxury cruise then turned into a nightmare as carpets became soaked in urine and scare food supplies left them with nothing to eat but cold sandwiches.
Their horrendous journey will finally end today with the ship expected to arrive at Mobile in Alabama around 4pm. But the cruise company is still offering passengers a 15 per cent discount just in case they want to do it all again.
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Friday, November 16, 2012
Coast Guard Working Gulf Platform Explosion
Posted: Nov 16, 2012 9:37 AM by Ian Auzenne
Updated: Nov 16, 2012 10:07 AM
The United State Coast Guard confirms to KATC that it is working a platform explosion at this hour in West Cote Blanche. The explosion took place at 9:00 on a rig in West Delta Block 32. The Coast Guard could not confirm any other information at this time. Once we receive more information, we will pass it along.
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Updated: Nov 16, 2012 10:07 AM
The United State Coast Guard confirms to KATC that it is working a platform explosion at this hour in West Cote Blanche. The explosion took place at 9:00 on a rig in West Delta Block 32. The Coast Guard could not confirm any other information at this time. Once we receive more information, we will pass it along.
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Friday, August 31, 2012
Isaac: Significant flooding, power outages on Gulf Coast PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO
Last Updated 9:57 a.m. ET
(CBS/AP) NEW ORLEANS - The storm that was Hurricane Isaac - and which is now a tropical depression - swirled into the central U.S. Friday, leaving behind a darkened, soggy mess in Louisiana. Neighborhoods were underwater, and even homes that stayed dry didn't have lights, air conditioning or clean water.
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Friday, September 02, 2011
Heavy rainstorm plods towards US Gulf Coast
(AFP) – 1 hour ago
MIAMI — A tropical depression loomed off the US Gulf Coast on Friday, forcing oil rig evacuations and threatening to swell into a major storm that could dump heavy rains on Louisiana over the weekend.
Oil companies have been evacuating workers from rigs in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of the storm, and Louisiana has declared a state of emergency at a time when the US northeast is still grappling with floods from Hurricane Irene.
The National Hurricane Center -- which has issued tropical storm warnings for the coastal areas from Mississippi, to Texas -- said the storm was creeping north at just two miles (3.2 kilometers) an hour.
But it said the new weather system, provisionally called Tropical Depression 13, could strengthen to a tropical storm and hit areas of the coast where memories are still fresh of the devastation from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal on Thursday declared a state of emergency, warning of the threat of "extremely heavy, prolonged rainfall resulting in very high tides for coastal parishes and the possibility of flash floods."
He said some areas could receive receive up 12-15 inches (30 to 38 centimeters) of rainfall over 48 hours during the Labor Day holiday weekend, based on current forecasts.
"We know from experience that it?s best to prepare for the worst and hope for the best," Jindal said.
The new disturbance was packing winds of 35 miles (55 kilometers) per hour and was centered about 240 miles (385 kilometers) south of the mouth of the Mississippi River, the NHC said at 0900 GMT.
"The depression could become a tropical storm later today," the NHC said, adding that tropical storm-force winds were being reported on nearby oil rigs.
ExxonMobil said it was evacuating approximately 140 employees and contractors from Gulf Coast offshore platforms expected to be in the path of the storm.
"Gross production of approximately 11,000 barrels per day of liquids and 60 million cubic feet per day of natural gas has been shut-in," the oil giant said in a statement.
BP said it had begun evacuating "all personnel from its operative assets in the Gulf of Mexico" on Thursday, but did not indicate the impact on production.
Shell said weather conditions were interfering with evacuation efforts and it might be safer to leave some workers on their rigs.
"Our priorities at this time continue to be ensuring the safety of personnel, protecting the environment and minimizing production and operational impact," the Anglo-Dutch energy giant said in a statement.
Shell said it had begun to shut down some production, but that the impact so far had been "minimal."
Anadarko said it had shut in production at all eight of its facilities and was evacuating all personnel -- about 100 people.
Chevron said it was evacuating "non-essential personnel" and that production has not been affected.
The new storm approached as US President Barack Obama declared a "major" disaster area in New Jersey and announced plans to visit the flood-hit state on Sunday to view damage wrought by Hurricane Irene, the Atlantic season's first.
Thousands remain cut off by flooding in Vermont, New Jersey and upstate New York in the aftermath of Irene, which killed nearly 50 people.
Meanwhile, Katia was downgraded to a tropical storm Thursday but was expected to regain strength as it moved westward in the Atlantic, the NHC said.
Katia was 750 miles (1,205 kilometers) east of the northern Leeward Islands at 0900 GMT -- too far to affect any land mass -- and there was a chance it would cycle north and disintegrate without hitting the North American mainland.
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MIAMI — A tropical depression loomed off the US Gulf Coast on Friday, forcing oil rig evacuations and threatening to swell into a major storm that could dump heavy rains on Louisiana over the weekend.
Oil companies have been evacuating workers from rigs in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of the storm, and Louisiana has declared a state of emergency at a time when the US northeast is still grappling with floods from Hurricane Irene.
The National Hurricane Center -- which has issued tropical storm warnings for the coastal areas from Mississippi, to Texas -- said the storm was creeping north at just two miles (3.2 kilometers) an hour.
But it said the new weather system, provisionally called Tropical Depression 13, could strengthen to a tropical storm and hit areas of the coast where memories are still fresh of the devastation from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal on Thursday declared a state of emergency, warning of the threat of "extremely heavy, prolonged rainfall resulting in very high tides for coastal parishes and the possibility of flash floods."
He said some areas could receive receive up 12-15 inches (30 to 38 centimeters) of rainfall over 48 hours during the Labor Day holiday weekend, based on current forecasts.
"We know from experience that it?s best to prepare for the worst and hope for the best," Jindal said.
The new disturbance was packing winds of 35 miles (55 kilometers) per hour and was centered about 240 miles (385 kilometers) south of the mouth of the Mississippi River, the NHC said at 0900 GMT.
"The depression could become a tropical storm later today," the NHC said, adding that tropical storm-force winds were being reported on nearby oil rigs.
ExxonMobil said it was evacuating approximately 140 employees and contractors from Gulf Coast offshore platforms expected to be in the path of the storm.
"Gross production of approximately 11,000 barrels per day of liquids and 60 million cubic feet per day of natural gas has been shut-in," the oil giant said in a statement.
BP said it had begun evacuating "all personnel from its operative assets in the Gulf of Mexico" on Thursday, but did not indicate the impact on production.
Shell said weather conditions were interfering with evacuation efforts and it might be safer to leave some workers on their rigs.
"Our priorities at this time continue to be ensuring the safety of personnel, protecting the environment and minimizing production and operational impact," the Anglo-Dutch energy giant said in a statement.
Shell said it had begun to shut down some production, but that the impact so far had been "minimal."
Anadarko said it had shut in production at all eight of its facilities and was evacuating all personnel -- about 100 people.
Chevron said it was evacuating "non-essential personnel" and that production has not been affected.
The new storm approached as US President Barack Obama declared a "major" disaster area in New Jersey and announced plans to visit the flood-hit state on Sunday to view damage wrought by Hurricane Irene, the Atlantic season's first.
Thousands remain cut off by flooding in Vermont, New Jersey and upstate New York in the aftermath of Irene, which killed nearly 50 people.
Meanwhile, Katia was downgraded to a tropical storm Thursday but was expected to regain strength as it moved westward in the Atlantic, the NHC said.
Katia was 750 miles (1,205 kilometers) east of the northern Leeward Islands at 0900 GMT -- too far to affect any land mass -- and there was a chance it would cycle north and disintegrate without hitting the North American mainland.
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Sunday, October 24, 2010
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Thursday, September 02, 2010
Blast on gulf oil rig injures 1 worker
By William Branigin and Debbi Wilgoren
Thursday, September 2, 2010; 11:56 AM
An offshore oil rig exploded Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, injuring at least one worker, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
All 13 people on board the Vermilion Oil Rig 380 have been accounted for, and the one who was injured is being transported to a hospital, Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough said.
The rig is believed to be on fire, Colclough told CNN in a live telephone interview. He said it has not yet been determined whether there is a leak as a result of the explosion.
Multiple Coast Guard, Navy and civilian vessels are en route to the site of the explosion west of the location of the April 20 blast on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig that caused a massive oil spill.
The latest blast was reported by a commercial helicopter company about 10:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, the Coast Guard said.
Seven helicopters, two airplanes and four boats are en route to the site about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay along the central Louisiana coast, the Associated Press reported.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/02/AR2010090202733.html?hpid=topnews
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Thursday, September 2, 2010; 11:56 AM
An offshore oil rig exploded Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, injuring at least one worker, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
All 13 people on board the Vermilion Oil Rig 380 have been accounted for, and the one who was injured is being transported to a hospital, Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough said.
The rig is believed to be on fire, Colclough told CNN in a live telephone interview. He said it has not yet been determined whether there is a leak as a result of the explosion.
Multiple Coast Guard, Navy and civilian vessels are en route to the site of the explosion west of the location of the April 20 blast on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig that caused a massive oil spill.
The latest blast was reported by a commercial helicopter company about 10:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, the Coast Guard said.
Seven helicopters, two airplanes and four boats are en route to the site about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay along the central Louisiana coast, the Associated Press reported.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/02/AR2010090202733.html?hpid=topnews
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