How Do Cruise Ships Avoid Storms

Scary and crazy video of a big Cruise Ship in huge waves during a dangerous big storm at sea.

How do cruise ships avoid storms. There is absolutely nothing to worry about rain in any cruise ship or for that matter any big ship. At any time of year too the weather can be unpredictable. Cruise ships are basically designed such that any lightning strike would hit the highest point on the ship and then be conducted through the hull to ground -- ie the water.

The most dangerous ship in a hurricane is an empty one. It is generally the seas that accompany a gale that always cause concern. But if it looks like a more serious storm.

You see that in hurricane season there are many changes of route and on other occasion few ports-of-call could be cancelledreplaced. Weather prediction systems mean celestial fury can be tracked in advance and. The three most common ways water vessels are affected by lightning are direct strike close proximity of a strike and if docked through the shore power.

Stabilisers on cruise ships perform a function similar to that of wing flaps on an airplane. The ships are usually safer but the passenger are less safe. Todays cruise ships are built to withstand high winds and they have technology on board to monitor storms and help right a ship if it encounters high seas.

Hurricanes and tropical storms are the number one cause of rough waters in the Caribbean. How are ships protected against lightning strikes. If the CoG was above the water line in any situation then any perturbation would capsize the ship.

Even though modern cargo ships are designed for rough and tough weather hurricanes in the sea are some of the most dangerous storms on the ocean a ship can face. In situations where cruise ships do find themselves in bad weather its because the cruise ship has been unable to avoid it such as Viking Sky which was sailing in the North Sea at the tailing edge of winter specifically to give passengers a chance to the see the Northern Lights it could be argued she should have stayed in port though or because of a misjudgement in. If a ship is on a lee shore with land close by downwind the storm can drive the ship onto the land and wreck it.