Star Princess burns - time to ban smoking on cruise ships
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We should ban smoking on Cruises. A fire broke out aboard the cruise ship Star Princess Thursday as it sailed through the Caribbean sea, leaving one passenger dead and 11 others injured.
Although a number of bloggers reported on the fire [SAILORS, MARINERS & WARRIORS LEAGUE , (a South Park Republican, BTW)] and the Cruise ship's own Press Release fail to mention that it was most likely started by a lit cigarette, although there were a few [dieselduck, The Life And Times Of A Habitual Line-stepper™ and the travel bloggers] that did mention smoking as the culprit.
Princess Cruises does not allow smoking in the Dining Areas [thank god!], but does offer other smoking areas throughout the ship. I think it is time that smoking was banned in the sleeping quarters on cruise ships. I do not mind if some smoke-jerk burns himself to a crisp in the middle of some desert, but if one's carelessness can burn down an entire ship, then it's perfectly right that we ask a person not to smoke in his cabin. Smoke detectors should be put in and anyone violating the policy should be put in the brig. It's quite fortunate all on board didn't die - this time.
A special number was set up for inquiries from immediate family of passengers who were on board: 1-800-693-7222. But read what happened to one blogger who actually called: Albany Lawyer. The Cruise line did do one thing right: Passengers will be flown home from Jamaica over the next two days with full refunds.
To see the fire damage: CNN video: 43 secs, wait for short commercial to end.
The Star Princess fire comes on the heels of a separate accident Wednesday in Chile in which 12 passengers on a shore excursion from a Celebrity Cruises ship died when a tour bus plunged off a road near the Peruvian boarder.
My previous posts on smoking:
bank robber foiled because of cigarette habit
Smokers can't stop even if their lives depend on it
Inside Smoker - video powered by Metacafe
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