RMS Titanic sank early this morning after hitting an iceberg

[Anonymous]

Will SNL make fun of the Titanic 🚢? I hope dreamy Pete D is in the skit ‼️ Paparazzi caught him and Kim K canoodling at Joel Rinaldo’s restaurant 🍝 last week. He is just so talented and handsome 😍

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All this coverage has made me so upset and anxious. We have a cruise booked for this summer, and it’s our first real vacation in over two years (between Covid and DH’s BigLaw schedule, it’s been really hard to find quality family time). Now I’m second-guessing myself. Do you think that they will have new safety regulations in place by July? Can I bring a personal inflatable raft onboard? (I was thinking of having it delivered to an Amazon locker near the dock.)

What about our nanny? She’ll be staying on a different level, and will have a different muster station than us. It will be really inconvenient if an emergency happens at night — we’ll wind up in the lifeboat alone with our kids (8, 10, 14). Can I ask Royal Caribbean to make an exception for her? Would my DS14 be counted as a man? Or could the captain allow him to go into the boat with the other children? (He has a late summer birthday and is small for his age, plus ADHD. His therapist and endocrinologist both say he’s still very much a child.)

This is all so overwhelming! If anyone has any experience with surviving a shipwreck, or knows of an organization/business that could help me plan, I’d really appreciate some advice. I mean, I think of Titanic and just get so cold at the idea of having our well-deserved vacation ruined like that.

Here’s what we did on our RC cruise last week.

-everyone and I mean everyone in your party stays on the same deck level so you have the same muster station.

-we took our former au pair (flew her over from Norway five days ahead so she could stay with us and help us get out 3DC packed) and our nanny we usually share and is normally part time. Asked part time nanny to be full time with us for two weeks and to go with us. This didn’t go over well with her other family but LOL we paid her in cash. No longer speaking to the other family.

-our 6DC who is 2E and IEP at an GT Level 4 Center ES needs his consistency so his tutor went along. Tutor is male and got his own cabin down the hall from us. Nanny and au pair had cabins with 2DC and 1DC. DH and I had our our cabin.

-I am extremely petite/size 0/97 pounds and always travel with a doctors note indicating that I am always to be granted privileges to include access to board first, access to children’s meals, etc.

- had our weekly cleaning lady come in twice-once at the beginning of the week and one the day after we left.

TL/DR: safest to travel now post sinking. Just go and take your help along.

[Anonymous]

OMG a should we rethink what our kids wear on our upcoming Disney Family Cruise? I mean, if they are going to be loaded into life boats, should we not have them in flip flops? Plus, can car seats be installed in the life boats?

How in the world am I going to travel with 2 car seats?

How safe are these life boats? Are there seatbelts? Weight limits? Can my DC wear floaties? My DC is easily startled and needs to wear headphones during fire drills at school. Are there drills aboard the boat?

Can we get a doctor note explaining that DC doesn’t have to participate in safety drills?

[Anonymous]

I saw pictures of the people in the lifeboats and barely anyone was wearing a mask. I smell a super-spreader event coming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is 2021. It's time for a remake of James Cameron's 1997 movie Titanic.

The Irish and Italians should be represented in first class in the movie Titanic, even if it wasn't historically accurate, and they were in steerage.

And Denzel Washington should play the part of the aristocrat Mr. John Jacob Astor, a part played by Eric Baeden.

Zendaya should play the part of Rose, a part played by Kate Winslet.

And the engineer Thomas Andrews who was played by Victor Garber (a Hollywood actor who is out and gay) should actually be portrayed as out and gay.

The character Molly Brown played by Kathy Bates should by a transgender woman.

Maybe make the remake a Disney movie and a Broadway musical.

We also need differently-abled actors: Marlee Matlin, someone who uses a wheelchair, etc.

Also we need to explore feminism. Include lesbian relationships and undertones. Fly a rainbow flag on the RMS Titanic.

+1,000,000

Also Rose and Jack are both on the GTBLQ spectrum … Rose comes out as actually identifying as a man who loves gorgeous dresses and renames himself Robby while Jack declares he is bisexual and can swing with either Rose or Robby or Robby-Rose.

The early scene where the research team searches the wreck of the RMS Titanic and open a safe they hope will contain a necklace with a large diamond - but reveals instead a drawing of a young nude transgender person sporting a, erm, artificial appendage that rhymes with dingo. Robby is brought upon the Titanic and recounts experiences that are played by all the original Hamilton cast.

Rest In Peace James Horner who wrote the Oscar winning score for the original movie but died in a car crash in 2015. In tribute, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Billie Eilish are joined by Jade Mya (Canadian grassy country singer), Lizzo, Lil Nas X, Pabilo Vittar (Brazilian drag artist) and Tyler The Creator (reformed homophobe rapper) in providing a new uplifting musical score for our times. Due to,popular demand, the original show stopper “My heart wil go on” is redone as “They/ them/ it’s heart will go on”.

[Anonymous]

Are there any doors aboard cruise ships that will fit more than one person? I’m a size 00 (sugar-free, dairy-free, keto, plus I don’t eat any food that has an e in its name), so I’m pretty sure I can share with my two kids. DH will bring a wetsuit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have the time to indulge, this is a fascinating way to experience the event. Also surprisingly moving. I was just going to watch a couple minutes but ended watching the whole thing as I was riveted. It's the morse code SOS messages sent from the Titanic in real time (minus the longer gaps). Titanic obsessed kids might also appreciate it.

Oh, and here's the description from the guy who made the video, with a little more explanation of what you're seeing/hearing.

"I've taken all the Morse code communications I could find from the night of the Titanic disaster and turned it into streaming text. It's painfully slow by today's standards of communications as it presents at about the speed the transmissions were made that night. I've removed the "dead air" time cutting the total time from about two hours to one.

Morse code abbreviations have been included in the audio but the text is in English, for example the ship's ID code "MGY" will be heard but "TITANIC" will be read. "OM" will be heard but "OLD MAN" (meaning "buddy" or "friend") will be in the text.

I've left the code "CQD" as it's very prominent and important. This was the common international distress signal at the time and stood for "ATTENTION ALL STATIONS" (CQ) "DISTRESS" (D). Titanic was not the first to transmit an SOS but she used it also. They primarily used CQD because that was the most recognized distress signal of the time.

The log starts as the Titanic is transmitting personal telegrams for customers which are interrupted by the distress signal. It continues until the last message is transmitted. I've tried to make it as historically accurate as possible but I'm not a historian, just a Joe."

This is fascinating and thanks for posting. I know the one telegraph operator stayed at his position til the very end, desperately trying to reach the Carpathian. Will give it a listen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is 2021. It's time for a remake of James Cameron's 1997 movie Titanic.

The Irish and Italians should be represented in first class in the movie Titanic, even if it wasn't historically accurate, and they were in steerage.

And Denzel Washington should play the part of the aristocrat Mr. John Jacob Astor, a part played by Eric Baeden.

Zendaya should play the part of Rose, a part played by Kate Winslet.

And the engineer Thomas Andrews who was played by Victor Garber (a Hollywood actor who is out and gay) should actually be portrayed as out and gay.

The character Molly Brown played by Kathy Bates should by a transgender woman.

Maybe make the remake a Disney movie and a Broadway musical.

We also need differently-abled actors: Marlee Matlin, someone who uses a wheelchair, etc.

Also we need to explore feminism. Include lesbian relationships and undertones. Fly a rainbow flag on the RMS Titanic.

+1,000,000

Also Rose and Jack are both on the GTBLQ spectrum … Rose comes out as actually identifying as a man who loves gorgeous dresses and renames himself Robby while Jack declares he is bisexual and can swing with either Rose or Robby or Robby-Rose.

The early scene where the research team searches the wreck of the RMS Titanic and open a safe they hope will contain a necklace with a large diamond - but reveals instead a drawing of a young nude transgender person sporting a, erm, artificial appendage that rhymes with dingo. Robby is brought upon the Titanic and recounts experiences that are played by all the original Hamilton cast.

Rest In Peace James Horner who wrote the Oscar winning score for the original movie but died in a car crash in 2015. In tribute, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Billie Eilish are joined by Jade Mya (Canadian grassy country singer), Lizzo, Lil Nas X, Pabilo Vittar (Brazilian drag artist) and Tyler The Creator (reformed homophobe rapper) in providing a new uplifting musical score for our times. Due to,popular demand, the original show stopper “My heart wil go on” is redone as “They/ them/ it’s heart will go on”.

Correction: Jack is poly to allow Robby-Rose to explore different parts of its identity.

[Anonymous]

It's physically impossible for ice to cut through solid steel plating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have the time to indulge, this is a fascinating way to experience the event. Also surprisingly moving. I was just going to watch a couple minutes but ended watching the whole thing as I was riveted. It's the morse code SOS messages sent from the Titanic in real time (minus the longer gaps). Titanic obsessed kids might also appreciate it.

Oh, and here's the description from the guy who made the video, with a little more explanation of what you're seeing/hearing.

"I've taken all the Morse code communications I could find from the night of the Titanic disaster and turned it into streaming text. It's painfully slow by today's standards of communications as it presents at about the speed the transmissions were made that night. I've removed the "dead air" time cutting the total time from about two hours to one.

Morse code abbreviations have been included in the audio but the text is in English, for example the ship's ID code "MGY" will be heard but "TITANIC" will be read. "OM" will be heard but "OLD MAN" (meaning "buddy" or "friend") will be in the text.

I've left the code "CQD" as it's very prominent and important. This was the common international distress signal at the time and stood for "ATTENTION ALL STATIONS" (CQ) "DISTRESS" (D). Titanic was not the first to transmit an SOS but she used it also. They primarily used CQD because that was the most recognized distress signal of the time.

The log starts as the Titanic is transmitting personal telegrams for customers which are interrupted by the distress signal. It continues until the last message is transmitted. I've tried to make it as historically accurate as possible but I'm not a historian, just a Joe."

This is fascinating and thanks for posting. I know the one telegraph operator stayed at his position til the very end, desperately trying to reach the Carpathian. Will give it a listen.

+1 While I appreciate the humor on this thread (way to go, parody of emoji loving Pete poster!) I watched this whole thing and it was fascinating. There were some scenes about this that were deleted from the movie, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

This is beautiful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have the time to indulge, this is a fascinating way to experience the event. Also surprisingly moving. I was just going to watch a couple minutes but ended watching the whole thing as I was riveted. It's the morse code SOS messages sent from the Titanic in real time (minus the longer gaps). Titanic obsessed kids might also appreciate it.

Oh, and here's the description from the guy who made the video, with a little more explanation of what you're seeing/hearing.

"I've taken all the Morse code communications I could find from the night of the Titanic disaster and turned it into streaming text. It's painfully slow by today's standards of communications as it presents at about the speed the transmissions were made that night. I've removed the "dead air" time cutting the total time from about two hours to one.

Morse code abbreviations have been included in the audio but the text is in English, for example the ship's ID code "MGY" will be heard but "TITANIC" will be read. "OM" will be heard but "OLD MAN" (meaning "buddy" or "friend") will be in the text.

I've left the code "CQD" as it's very prominent and important. This was the common international distress signal at the time and stood for "ATTENTION ALL STATIONS" (CQ) "DISTRESS" (D). Titanic was not the first to transmit an SOS but she used it also. They primarily used CQD because that was the most recognized distress signal of the time.

The log starts as the Titanic is transmitting personal telegrams for customers which are interrupted by the distress signal. It continues until the last message is transmitted. I've tried to make it as historically accurate as possible but I'm not a historian, just a Joe."

This is fascinating and thanks for posting. I know the one telegraph operator stayed at his position til the very end, desperately trying to reach the Carpathian. Will give it a listen.

He had successfully reached the Carpathia, which raced to site as fast as they could.
They had to dodge icebergs.

The Californian on the other hand, the radio operator had gone to bed and despite the crew spotting the flares the captain didn't even consider turning the radio back on. They were less than half the distance away.

[Anonymous]

Just pointing out, if you ask experts like Ballard who they think were most at fault, they generally say Smith. Almost every other ship in the region had stopped for the night due to ice and Titanic had received their radio warnings about the ice field. Smith should have stopped.

[Anonymous]

Ships only go up, they never go down.*

*as long as they’re sailing inside the beltway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have the time to indulge, this is a fascinating way to experience the event. Also surprisingly moving. I was just going to watch a couple minutes but ended watching the whole thing as I was riveted. It's the morse code SOS messages sent from the Titanic in real time (minus the longer gaps). Titanic obsessed kids might also appreciate it.

Oh, and here's the description from the guy who made the video, with a little more explanation of what you're seeing/hearing.

"I've taken all the Morse code communications I could find from the night of the Titanic disaster and turned it into streaming text. It's painfully slow by today's standards of communications as it presents at about the speed the transmissions were made that night. I've removed the "dead air" time cutting the total time from about two hours to one.

Morse code abbreviations have been included in the audio but the text is in English, for example the ship's ID code "MGY" will be heard but "TITANIC" will be read. "OM" will be heard but "OLD MAN" (meaning "buddy" or "friend") will be in the text.

I've left the code "CQD" as it's very prominent and important. This was the common international distress signal at the time and stood for "ATTENTION ALL STATIONS" (CQ) "DISTRESS" (D). Titanic was not the first to transmit an SOS but she used it also. They primarily used CQD because that was the most recognized distress signal of the time.

The log starts as the Titanic is transmitting personal telegrams for customers which are interrupted by the distress signal. It continues until the last message is transmitted. I've tried to make it as historically accurate as possible but I'm not a historian, just a Joe."

This is fascinating and thanks for posting. I know the one telegraph operator stayed at his position til the very end, desperately trying to reach the Carpathian. Will give it a listen.

He had successfully reached the Carpathia, which raced to site as fast as they could.
They had to dodge icebergs.

The Californian on the other hand, the radio operator had gone to bed and despite the crew spotting the flares the captain didn't even consider turning the radio back on. They were less than half the distance away.

So sad