Ship Attacks

Brian K wrote:
On 11/22/2008 4:43 PM Becca did a "happy dance", then made these
writings:
This article was posted on March 25, 2008.

http://maritimeaccident.wordpress.co...oes-lrad-work/

In theory, the LRAD sends out a concentrated beam of ear-popping
sound painful enough to burst eardrums and deter attackers. A popular
version is sold by American Technology Corporation.

So far, there has been only one reported successful use of this
device, when the cruise ship /Seabourn Spirit/ was attacked by
pirates off the coast of Somalia. However, a close reading of reports
of the event must necessarily raise the question of whether it was
the spirited defence of the ship by its security officer Michael
Grave and his colleage Som Bahadur Gurung, which included high
pressure hose and aggressive maneuvers by the master. Michael Graves
suffered permanent hearing damage. Grave and Gurung deservedly were
awarded the Queens Gallantry Medal and Commendation for Bravery.

Gee Becca,

Maybe they can use the LRAD to zap kidney stones, or to treat
Peyronie's Disease by zapping the affected area. ;-)

We have a skunk living under our house, so I wish I had the LRAD here in
Louisiana. It could get rid of the skunk, blast his kidney stones and
zapp his Peyronie's, if it's a boy. I have not got close enough to
look. ;-)

Becca

Whod ever attack a ship full of senile, old fools, they'd free em after two
days of constant bitchin and being inable to use there cell phones...senior
bitcher
"Brian K" wrote in message
m...
Tobie,

Enquiring Minds would like to know, what happens to the pax when this LRAD
is fired? I wonder if they have ever researched the effects of feeding
Yoko Ono singing through one of these things? ;-)


On 11/27/2008 12:41 PM Tobie Gerbrandt did a "happy dance", then made
these writings:
Last week, on the Oceania Regatta, our Cruise Director did mention the
fact that the Regatta has several of these LRAD devices on board, and
that they also have extra security people on board whenever they go
through waters that are known to have pirate activity. These special
security people are "incognito", in other words, they are travelling as
ordinary passengers.

Some members of the crew are specially trained to operate the LRADs, and
are required to wear special earmuffs because, even behind the guns, the
results can be devastating.

Tobieon an Island in the Pacific

"Becca" wrote in message
...

This article was posted on March 25, 2008.

http://maritimeaccident.wordpress.co...oes-lrad-work/

In theory, the LRAD sends out a concentrated beam of ear-popping sound
painful enough to burst eardrums and deter attackers. A popular version
is sold by American Technology Corporation.

So far, there has been only one reported successful use of this device,
when the cruise ship /Seabourn Spirit/ was attacked by pirates off the
coast of Somalia. However, a close reading of reports of the event must
necessarily raise the question of whether it was the spirited defence of
the ship by its security officer Michael Grave and his colleage Som
Bahadur Gurung, which included high pressure hose and aggressive
maneuvers by the master. Michael Graves suffered permanent hearing
damage. Grave and Gurung deservedly were awarded the Queens Gallantry
Medal and Commendation for Bravery.

Becca wrote:

We have a skunk living under our house, so I wish I had the LRAD here in
Louisiana. It could get rid of the skunk, blast his kidney stones and
zapp his Peyronie's, if it's a boy. I have not got close enough to
look. ;-)

Becca

Becca, the best way to get rid of the skunk is to have George crawl
under the house, grab the skunk by the tail and toss it out to you. You
take a broom, whack him in the rear end several times and he'll run
away. That's the way we did it back in MO. Grin

--
Nonnymus-

Suppose you were an idiot.
And suppose you were a member of Congress....
But then I repeat myself.

-Mark Twain

Nonnymus wrote:
Becca wrote:

We have a skunk living under our house, so I wish I had the LRAD here
in Louisiana. It could get rid of the skunk, blast his kidney stones
and zapp his Peyronie's, if it's a boy. I have not got close enough
to look. ;-)

Becca

Becca, the best way to get rid of the skunk is to have George crawl
under the house, grab the skunk by the tail and toss it out to you. You
take a broom, whack him in the rear end several times and he'll run
away. That's the way we did it back in MO. Grin


Wow, after reading that I became worried that you might misinterpret it.
I was suggesting whacking the SKUNK, not George in the rear end
several times. Whacking George in the rear end several times with a
broom would probably only make him irritable.

--
Nonnymus-

Suppose you were an idiot.
And suppose you were a member of Congress....
But then I repeat myself.

-Mark Twain

In article , Nonnymus
wrote:

Nonnymus wrote:
Becca wrote:

We have a skunk living under our house, so I wish I had the LRAD here
in Louisiana. It could get rid of the skunk, blast his kidney stones
and zapp his Peyronie's, if it's a boy. I have not got close enough
to look. ;-)

Becca

Becca, the best way to get rid of the skunk is to have George crawl
under the house, grab the skunk by the tail and toss it out to you. You
take a broom, whack him in the rear end several times and he'll run
away. That's the way we did it back in MO. Grin


Wow, after reading that I became worried that you might misinterpret it.
I was suggesting whacking the SKUNK, not George in the rear end
several times. Whacking George in the rear end several times with a
broom would probably only make him irritable.

Or open up new avenues of exploration for the relationship....

"Nonnymus" wrote
Becca, the best way to get rid of the skunk is to have George crawl under
the house, grab the skunk by the tail and toss it out to you. You take a
broom, whack him in the rear end several times and he'll run away.
That's the way we did it back in MO. Grin


Wow, after reading that I became worried that you might misinterpret it. I
was suggesting whacking the SKUNK, not George in the rear end several
times. Whacking George in the rear end several times with a broom would
probably only make him irritable.


The skunk has dug a burrow under the slab. He/she is a cute critter and if
the damn thing would quit tearing up the lawn and flower beds, I'd be
tempted to let him/her be. But the possibility that it is a she means I
might have a whole litter of skunks come Spring... and that doesn't appeal
to me.

We are going to try dumping ammonia down the hole... and cayenne pepper
around the area and hopefully that will start the Great Skunk Exodus of
2009.


--
George Leppla http://www.CruiseMaster.com

Feb. 8, 2009 Solstice Valentine http://www.cruisemaster.com/solstice.htm
May 10, 2009 ALASKA http://www.cruisemaster.com/moagc4.htm
October 16, 2010 OASIS http://www.motherofallgroupcruises.com

George Leppla wrote:

"Nonnymus" wrote
Becca, the best way to get rid of the skunk is to have George crawl
under the house, grab the skunk by the tail and toss it out to you.
You take a broom, whack him in the rear end several times and he'll
run away. That's the way we did it back in MO. Grin


Wow, after reading that I became worried that you might misinterpret
it. I was suggesting whacking the SKUNK, not George in the rear end
several times. Whacking George in the rear end several times with a
broom would probably only make him irritable.


The skunk has dug a burrow under the slab. He/she is a cute critter
and if the damn thing would quit tearing up the lawn and flower beds,
I'd be tempted to let him/her be. But the possibility that it is a she
means I might have a whole litter of skunks come Spring... and that
doesn't appeal to me.

We are going to try dumping ammonia down the hole... and cayenne pepper
around the area and hopefully that will start the Great Skunk Exodus of
2009.


It's good to see you're still posting, George, and not laid up from
being whacked in the rear by a broom.

FWIW, if you or Becca get sprayed, the remedy is to wash off the scent
from your body and clothing with tomato juice. You might also consider
getting a packet or two of Squirrel Away. It's a very concentrated
version of cayenne powder that you put on birdseed. The birds don't
notice it, but squirrels, possums, coons and other critters sure do.

Please don't ask me how I know this, but after pouring the powder into
birdseed and stirring it in with your hands, do NOT, ever, never, under
any circumstances, go and urinate. The stuff stays on your hands for a
long, long time and the pain is incredible. Only a real dummy would do
that and I'm sure you're a lot smarter than I was.

--
Nonnymus-

Suppose you were an idiot.
And suppose you were a member of Congress....
But then I repeat myself.

-Mark Twain

George Leppla wrote:

"Nonnymus" wrote

Becca, the best way to get rid of the skunk is to have George crawl
under the house, grab the skunk by the tail and toss it out to you.
You take a broom, whack him in the rear end several times and he'll
run away. That's the way we did it back in MO. Grin


Wow, after reading that I became worried that you might misinterpret
it. I was suggesting whacking the SKUNK, not George in the rear end
several times. Whacking George in the rear end several times with a
broom would probably only make him irritable.



The skunk has dug a burrow under the slab. He/she is a cute critter
and if the damn thing would quit tearing up the lawn and flower beds,
I'd be tempted to let him/her be. But the possibility that it is a she
means I might have a whole litter of skunks come Spring... and that
doesn't appeal to me.

We are going to try dumping ammonia down the hole... and cayenne pepper
around the area and hopefully that will start the Great Skunk Exodus of
2009.


Try dumping mothballs or even better moth crystals
into the den hole. The skunks can roll the
mothballs out but the crystals are another matter.
Be generous and use a whole box at once. It's best
to put into the den early in the evening. That way
they are already getting set to leave.
Cheers,
John in LALALLand (On the West Coast)

Nonnymus wrote:
Please don't ask me how I know this, but after pouring the powder into
birdseed and stirring it in with your hands, do NOT, ever, never,
under any circumstances, go and urinate. The stuff stays on your
hands for a long, long time and the pain is incredible. Only a real
dummy would do that and I'm sure you're a lot smarter than I was.


snort


Becca

"Ray Goldenberg" wrote in message
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:42:36 -0500, "G&V" Bushwick at comcast dot
net wrote:

With the rash of rash of pirate and terrorist stories, the cruise lines must
have contingency plans to repel attacks.
In all the cruises we have taken on many lines, we have never seen any weapons
displayed.
Does anyone know what contingency plans cruise lines have to deal with
attacks.

Hi,

The cruise lines do have elaborate plans for protection that include
special weapons from pirates. Due to security reasons, they do not
publish them for public consumption on the internet. A Seabourn ship
was attacked a few years ago and repelled the attackers with one of
these weapons. You might want to Google long range acoustic device
(LRAD) for more insight.
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The cruise lines do have elaborate plans for protection that include
special weapons from pirates. Due to security reasons, they do not
publish them for public consumption on the internet. A Seabourn ship
was attacked a few years ago and repelled the attackers with one of
these weapons. You might want to Google long range acoustic device
(LRAD) for more insight.

I am not talking about that lame stuff.
When you are being attacked with RPG's you need real weapons to repel.
What you are talking about is no secret, it was widely disseminated in the news.
That lame acoustic thing is probably not the reason the attack was broken off.
What was more likely the attack was broken off for other reasons by the pirates.
I find it hard to believe that the cruise line would put their billion dollar
investment on the line with ONLY such a lame device.
At some point you have to put rounds into bodies.
Small arms fire just can close the distance.
My question is what large caliber weapons does the ship carry.
G&V