Boat accident

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I was told there was a boating/cruise accident at Sharm yesterday with 2 people killed - anyone know anything about it?


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It was a large cruise ship Anna :) it hit a pier in Sharm and ripped a hole in the side. All passengers were taken to hotels while the ship was fixed, it was crossing over from Safaga. Two Indians and a Brazilian died. Four tourists -- three British women and an Italian man -- were taken to the hospital in stable condition.
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Our thoughts are with them and their families
God bless them .... :(
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I missed that one! was it due to the winds?
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Yes it was the high winds and high sea levels, there are some pics on the "green side" .
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Christine wrote:Yes it was the high winds and high sea levels, there are some pics on the "green side" .
Egypy does not have a good record when it comes to boats and buses ..
We was crossing the nile and it nearly tipped cause of the wind .
And when i was on honey moon very long time ago we took a bus to the Alamain and the tyres blew up ..scarry
Anyway still very sad and thoughts are still with them .xxxx
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Post by Christine »

Such a stormy year this one for Egypt, freak weather all over the place :)
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i hope the weather settles before the 16th April and that i dont take this cold stuff with me!
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Yesterday was absolutely beautiful, 32 degrees with a stiff breeze. The stiff breeze became stiffer all through the night. It was blowing a gale here!
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Nah KH you will be fine by april it will start to settle later this month, and by april a lot of the wind will be gone :)
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Boat accident/hail in Cairo

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http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/ba ... -kills-six

http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/lost-sea

These may be of interest
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Post by Christine »

The storms and weather seem more intense this year or is that just my imagination, coupled with the fact that i appear to ahve turned into a storm chaser and am reading a lot of Egyptian weather reports.
But thinking on it, it is dominating the forums at the mo, so maybe its not just my imagination after all :!:
Wellheld,Enjoyed the reporters coverage of his hailstorm experience :)
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Christine wrote:The storms and weather seem more intense this year or is that just my imagination, coupled with the fact that i appear to ahve turned into a storm chaser and am reading a lot of Egyptian weather reports.
But thinking on it, it is dominating the forums at the mo, so maybe its not just my imagination after all :!:
Wellheld,Enjoyed the reporters coverage of his hailstorm experience :)

I know what you mean Christine, of course I have Keefy frightening me everyday telling me he is sure it's right about 2012 :? He is convinced it is going to be either a nucleur bomb or solar flare that's going to finish us off in 2012, he made me watch a documentary about Nostradamus which has made me worse!
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Post by Christine »

Keefy missed his calling he should ahve been on the stage(bless him and his dramatics) i promise if i hear of anything like solar flares or bombs i will post/bring you the biggest bottle of baileys known to man and we can get a little socially confused and just let it all happen ;)
But i want mine liberally laced with a wee dram :) :)
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Room for one more?
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Goes with out asying youre the wee dram provider ;)
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the world can anytime ,take no notice of a date .
i beleive in Allah he knows hes the best scholar around .
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