Family "Vanishes"

     CNN reported in a recently article titled "Coast Guard searching for 4 people missing off coast of San Fransico" that Monday a family of 4 went missing after there saild boat began "taking on water" of the coast of San Fransico. It was 4:20 P.M. when the family contacted the coast guard to tell them that their boat was sinking. It was not reported that the coast guard sent any help for the family at this time. It was also reported that an hour after the first call to the coast guard the family contacted the coast guard once again and said " the electronics are failing...we are abandoning the vessel." Why would the coast guard not have sent help at the first time that they were contacted. They waited an hour before they did anything and by then it was too late. Now after its too late they are beginning their search for the family.
     I disagree with AnneClaire Stapleton, the author of this post from CNN. She reported that the family "has vanished" but I think that by now they should have been found. The family probably got lost at sea and drown because of the lack of help offered by the coast guard. I do no see how the could have made it that long out on their own or how it is taking so long to find them. AnneClaire also reported that the family "might have boarded a life raft." The key word here is 'might'. The job of the coast guard is to help people like this family. Not only did the coast guard wait till it was too late they also did not even have all the information that they needed to efficiently search for them. Because of all of this information I do not think that the family is going to be found.

Being Pepared

     With all the mishaps that present themselves in today's world, you would think that people would be prepared for bad situations more often. Recently, a Carnival Cruise Ship was reportedly "about 150 miles off the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula...when a fire broke out in an engine room." This fire was contained yet it halted its trip back to port. This cruise line should have had been prepared for this incident. The passengers were stuck stationary for 3days while waiting on another ship to tow the cruise line back to port. One passenger reported,  "they had no power, no running water, there was sewage running down the walls and floors." One would think that a multi-milion dollar cruise line would have been more prepared for such an incident. This cruise line should have food available for the passengers in case of crisis. 

     This article reminded me of a day it snowed at school. Though my situation is not as major as this one I was still unprepared. I woke up for school one cold winter morning in a huge rush. While, rushing out the door, scrambling to get my books together, I cold not find my jacket. I knew it was cold outside and that I probably needed a coat, but I thought to myself "I will be inside for most of the day anyway." Since I was already running late I did not take the time to look for my jacket. I froze to death walking to get inside the building but when I walked in it was warm inside and I did not think much of it. In my first period class, however, I received some bad news. One of my friends proceeded to tell me that there was a "60% chance for snow" on that day and after my second period class it started snowing just like she had said. I had not brought a jacket or warm shoes to school and walking out in the snow to my car, I wished that I had taken the time to be prepared for a cold day. It is always a good idea to be prepared.