The four-day-long ordeal of 4,500 passengers and crew being stranded at sea is nearly over.
Several tug boats pulled the stricken 952-foot Carnival Splendor to San Diego Bay early Thursday. The ship is completely out of power after a fire broke out earlier this week. Those aboard have been dealing with limited food, smelly toilets and dark cabins. There was no air conditioning, no hot food, no hot water, no casino. The swimming pool was off-limits because there was no way to pump chlorine. Lines for cold food stretch for hours. However, the toilets were working and the bar was pouring free drinks.
Granted, this was a rare instance, one that Carnival indicates has never occurred before, so there isn't any need to worry about any of their other vessels succumbing to something similar. But, living on Spam, pop tarts, and canned crab for four days sounds absolutely horrible. You can read the full article
here.
[The image is not an actual image of the Splendor burning, just another unfortunate vessel going up in flames. I bet those customers didn't get free booze.]
