Topic
Evacuation
20 published works
The Right Coast
Operation Afghanistan Rescue – WSJ
The Biden Administration would rather no one noticed, but the evacuation from Kabul of Americans and the Afghans who assisted the U.S. has a long way to go. One danger…
The Right Coast
Kabul Falls…to Multiple Metaphors – by Jeff Stein – SpyTalk
With thousands of Afghans fleeing the Taliban and the U.S. embassy under evacuation orders, ghosts of disasters past have reared their ugly heads.Is it Saigon all over again, with its…
Texas Personal Injury Law Blog
Port Neches Plant Explosion Displaces Families at Thanksgiving
By Paul Cannon
November 28th, 2019 In the early morning hours of November 27, 2019, a loud explosion rocked the town of Port Neches. The Port Neches plant explosion resulted in three people…
Cruise Law News
Mission Impossible: Evacuating Behemoths at Sea
By Jim Walker
The Miami Herald's article today (by Hannah Sampson) regarding what is described as the "behemoths at sea" raises a basic question - how can you safely evacuate 5,000 passengers and…
Cruise Law News
Did the Grandeur of the Seas Fire Compromise the Crew Member Emergency Evacuation System?
By Jim Walker
Cruise ships like Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas have different emergency evacuation systems for the passengers and the crew. Passengers are loaded onto lifeboats at their muster stations on…
Cruise Law News
Fire Breaks Out During Cruise Down the Nile
By Jim Walker
A number of news outlets are reporting that a fire broke out aboard an Egyptian cruise ship, which caused the evacuation of 77 tourists during a cruise on the Nile…
Employment Law Worldview
Batten down the hatches: the impact of extreme weather events on workplace safety
Western Australia is a big place. The UK would fit into WA 10.4 times and even Texas would fit 8.3 times. Every year WA seems to produce some equally 'big' weather event. While for most…
Cruise Law News
Passengers Panic As Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Begins to Sink
By Jim Walker
Costa Cruise Lines' Costa Concordia cruise ship has evacuated most of its passengers after a disastrous situation this evening near the island of Giglio in southern Tuscany, Italy. Media reports suggest that the cruise ship ran…
Cruise Law News
Dramatic Rescue of Critically Ill, Wheelchair Bound Cruise Passenger from Independence of the Seas
By Jim Walker
BBC News is reporting today on the dramatic rescue of a critically ill passenger from Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas. The U.K. Coast Guard was notified by the captain of…
The Right Coast
Evacuation update Tom Smith
I usually don't blog in my pajamas, but today is an exception, coming to you live from the seedy but cheap, and fortunate to be had, Travelodge in La Mesa. …