More Weather Problems

In the course of the small amount of ‘research’ I did for yesterday’s musings on the weather, which mainly involved reading Twitter and clicking a few links (intrepid journalism this), I came across something else loosely weather-oriented. It also involves a form of transport, in this case boats; large forms of transport, namely planes, being something I’ve been vocal about on here before – namely my dislike of travelling in them. I’m not too bad with boats – at least if a boat’s engine fails, you just stop. If a plane’s engine fails, you fall out of the sky. Still, I’m not entirely enamoured by anything that involves me getting on something without any get out clause. You can’t get halfway to America on a boat, for example, and decide that, actually, you’re not that keen on being on water that much after all. Same deal with planes.

These videos, therefore, do little for my rational, sane mind when contemplating travel by sea. The first shows the inside of a boat that is experiencing some rather rough seas (stick with it (or fast forward) – it gets good after about 1:20). Nothing a few nuts and bolts wouldn’t fix, you might imagine, but a little extreme none the less. The second video...well. Three words from me: No. Thank. You.