7/13/2002: Boat afire

Undertoad · 07-13-2002, 07:35 PM

These are Chinese fishermen, and they are not in a good situation. Not only is their boat on fire, but a tropical storm is making the sea rough, and they have to be rescued by Taiwanese helicopter and other smaller boats.

Despite all that, only one fisherman was lost. Out of 133 people! I guess that, in this shot, a lot of 'em have already been saved.

blase · 07-14-2002, 02:39 PM

Is it just me or do a couple of those guys appear to be naked?

juju · 07-14-2002, 05:19 PM

Some are just wearing shorts, and one is wearing an orange shirt I think.

chrisinhouston · 07-15-2002, 10:32 AM

Didn't even have time to take in the laundry! You have to wonder, the boat hardly looks seaworthy for those kinds of waves, regardless of the fire.

lawman · 07-15-2002, 11:45 AM

I wonder how 133 people could all have jobs on a ship that small... what, maybe a 100' vessel? even at three shifts that's 40ish workers on at a time.

Griff · 07-15-2002, 02:26 PM

hmmm... yah got a point there. Maybe they were making for Taiwan?

07-13-2002, 07:35 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	7/13/2002: Boat afire These are Chinese fishermen, and they are not in a good situation. Not only is their boat on fire, but a tropical storm is making the sea rough, and they have to be rescued by Taiwanese helicopter and other smaller boats. Despite all that, only one fisherman was lost. Out of 133 people! I guess that, in this shot, a lot of 'em have already been saved.

07-15-2002, 02:26 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	hmmm... yah got a point there. Maybe they were making for Taiwan? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-14-2002, 02:39 PM	#2
blase Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 91	Is it just me or do a couple of those guys appear to be naked?

07-14-2002, 05:19 PM	#3
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	Some are just wearing shorts, and one is wearing an orange shirt I think.

07-15-2002, 10:32 AM	#4
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Didn't even have time to take in the laundry! You have to wonder, the boat hardly looks seaworthy for those kinds of waves, regardless of the fire.

07-15-2002, 11:45 AM	#5
lawman unerringly questioning Join Date: May 2002 Location: Whitehorse, Yukon Posts: 100	I wonder how 133 people could all have jobs on a ship that small... what, maybe a 100' vessel? even at three shifts that's 40ish workers on at a time.

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