ʻO Cruising 2009: Ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana i nā hanana a me nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa

Ma hea mākou i hoʻokahi makahiki i hala? I Ianuali i hala aku nei, 2009 ua hoʻopau ʻia ka huakaʻi holo "Yes We Can" i ka ʻaha hoʻolauleʻa o ka lāhui ma muli o ka makemake ʻole - ʻaʻole i ka hui, akā no ka hiki ʻole i ka moku ke hoʻokokoke aku i Wakinekona ma mua o Baltimore - ʻoi loa ma kahi. ua hoʻomaka ka gridlock. Mai laila aku lākou i hāʻawi aku ai i kahi kaʻa kaʻa i ka Washington Mall (no ka uku) me ka hōʻoia ʻole e hōʻea lākou.

ʻO ia ka mea i hoʻonohonoho i ka leo no kekahi mau hanana no ka ʻoihana holo moku i ka makahiki i hala, akā ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻino ma mua o nā hui he nui, ʻoi aku ka pili o ka huakaʻi. I ka mahina o Ianuali i hala, ua kanalua ka poʻe Royal Caribbean e hiki ke loaʻa kālā no ka behemoth Oasis of the Seas. Ua loaʻa iā lākou ke kālā, ua kūleʻa nui ka moku a ua hōʻike ʻo Royal Caribbean i nā loaʻa kālā no Q4 2009 ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia; he 3.4 miliona kālā no ka hapaha, ʻoi aku ma mua o pālua i hoʻokahi makahiki i hala.

He aha nā pōʻino ʻē aʻe i holo ai ka ʻoihana holo moku ma 2009? ʻApelila 26, ua pana maoli ʻo MSC Cruises i nā pōā Somalia e hoʻāʻo nei e kāʻili i kā lākou moku. He 200 mau mile wale nō ʻo MSC Melody ma ka ʻākau o nā mokupuni ʻo Seychelle i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai nā kāne ʻeono i loko o kahi moku keʻokeʻo liʻiliʻi mai ka mea i ʻike ʻia he moku makuahine pōā. Ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka moku ua "wehe lākou i ke ahi me he pupule lā," wahi a ke kāpena nāna i wehewehe i ka hanana "e like me ke kaua."

Pīhoihoi ʻo MSC i kēia poʻe hijackers ma ke kī ʻana me nā pōkā maoli, ka mea hope loa i manaʻo ʻia e kekahi. I ka wā mua, ua haʻi ʻia iā mākou ua "hāʻawi aku ke kāpena i nā mea kaua i kekahi mau limahana palekana nui," akā ua ʻike koke mākou ua hoʻolimalima ʻo MSC a kau i nā luna commando ʻIseraʻela ma Seychelles no ka pale - ʻo ka lōʻihi wale nō e hiki ai iā lākou ma o ka wahi pilikia. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka pūʻali koa palekana i ka wā i mākaukau ai ka moku e komo i ka Canal Suez.

ʻAʻole i ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi pule ma hope mai ua loaʻa iā mākou nā lono ʻoi aku ka ʻino. I ka pae ʻana mai o ka Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas i Kaleponi e hui pū me Carnival Splendor a me Sapphire Princess e hui pū i ke kau mua o ka moku ʻo Mega ʻoiaʻiʻo o West Coast ua loaʻa iā mākou ka lono no kahi maʻi viral hou e pepehi ana i nā kānaka ma Mekiko. Ma kahi kokoke i ka lā hoʻokahi, ua hoʻopuka kā mākou moku'āina i kahi ʻōlelo luhi e kūʻē i "nā huakaʻi hele ʻole a pau i Mexico".

No nā mahina ʻelua e hiki mai ana, aia ʻo H1N1 ma kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao mua a me ka pūnaewele TV. I ka wā mua, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo ka Mekiko Flu, a laila ʻo ka Puʻa Puʻa a hope loa i ka H1N1 kūʻokoʻa politika. I ka makahiki 2009, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻaʻole ʻo H1N1 ka maʻi maʻi i wānana mua ʻia, akā na ka WHO i hoʻokiʻekiʻe iā ia i ka pae 6 maʻi maʻi a lanakila ka media sensationalistic i ka lā. Ua hāʻule nā ​​kumukūʻai Cruise Line me he pōhaku lā. Manaʻo wau e kūʻai aku iā lākou ma kēlā pae no nā kumukūʻai moku i hāʻawi ʻia e nā laina holo moku i nā mea kuleana. Ua holo hou ʻia nā moku holo moku i Kanada no ke kauwela akā ua hoʻomaka mālie e hoʻi i Mexico e holo ana me ka ʻole o nā hanana.

Ua ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā ʻatikala H1N1 a hiki i ka lohe ʻole ʻana i kekahi mea, akā manaʻo e loli koke ia. ʻO Wolfgang Wodarg, ke Kakauolelo o ke Ola no ka 41-National Council of Europe e mālama ana i nā hālāwai hoʻolohe manaʻo e ʻike inā ʻo ka hanana holoʻokoʻa "kekahi o nā hōʻino lāʻau nui loa o ke kenekulia". Ua hāʻawi ʻia ke aupuni Pelekane i ka manaʻo o 65,000 mau make mai ka H1N1 i kēia kau hoʻoilo. Aia a hiki i kēia manawa he 360. ʻIke ʻia ʻo ka hapa nui o nā lāhui ʻEulopa i hoʻopaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka pale ʻana i kahi "pilikia" ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia, a i kēia manawa ʻaʻohe o ko lākou poʻe kamaʻāina makemake i ke kano. Ua loaʻa iā Farani he 60 miliona doses, a ua hāʻawi i ʻelima miliona.

Ua hoʻonāukiuki ka H1N1 i nā laina holo moana e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i kā lākou alakaʻi kālā i nā mea kuleana i ka mahina o Iune i hala, ma hope o ke kaomi ʻana mai kekahi mau mea loiloi Wall Street. Ua ʻōlelo aku au ua manaʻo wau ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ka maʻi ma mua o ke kumu. I ka nānā hou ʻana, manaʻo wau ua pololei wau i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka manaʻo like e like me kekahi lālā o ka ʻaha kūkā, ʻo Kauka Ulrich Keil nāna i ʻōlelo, "Me SARS, me ka maʻi avian, hewa mau nā wānana… No ke aha mākou e aʻo ʻole ai mai ka mōʻaukala?"

I kēia manawa, aia kekahi mau hāʻule mai ka "pilikia" H1N1 i ka ʻoihana holo moku - ʻo ka holo ʻana i Mekiko ka mea e kūʻai ai i ka paka! A eia kaʻu ʻōlelo aʻo, e hopu i kekahi i kēia manawa ma mua o ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai. Ua hoʻi mai nei au mai kahi huakaʻi maikaʻi loa ma Sapphire Princess a ʻaʻole i hiki mai ke kumuhana o H1N1 i hoʻokahi manawa.