We are likely to potentially see some damaging winds, the possibility of some brief power interruptions, particularly in Irish sea coastal areas," Mr Morgan said. He described Storm Agnes as "more widespread" than the last named storm to hit the UK - Storm Betty - but said it will not produce "significant widespread and long lasting travel disruption". Ships are safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for. So set sail on the stormy sea of love. You’re going to get soaked at times, but at least you’ll know you’re alive. Dan Millman It issued a string of weather warnings ahead of the arrival of the first named storm of the season on Wednesday. HMS Endymion rounding the Horn – Drawing by Herbert Roxby, Wikimedia Commons) Irminger Sea, between southern Greenland & Iceland

Lewis Carroll is the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgeson, the English writer best known for the Alice in Wonderland books.Many of us are going through difficult times right now and this list of quotes about the sea is intended to encourage and inspire you. The phrase ‘terrible loyalty’ seems a bit odd, because ‘terrible’ usually means something bad. However, in this context, it means something more like ‘inescapable’. Because life is rough and we’re all in it together, we have no option but to co-operate and show each other kindness.

It was the ship's own AIS which for some hours gave Leixoes as a destination. Change of plan? Who's to know? Though bearing the name of the famous English seaman Sir Francis Drake, whose ship was blown far south after passing through the Strait of Magellan, the passage was first traversed in 1616 by a Flemish expedition led by Willem Schouten. If this seems to be a duplication ... please ignore #14 ... it escaped by accident... maybe the wind took it!) J.K. Rowling is a British author, best known for the Harry Potter series. This quote is from the third book of the series: ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’.

The north of this lake is the area that experiences the most thunderstorm days in the world. In Kampala thunder is heard on an average of 242 days of the year. This is caused by the convergence of land-breeze over the lake during the night, releasing instability of the moist lower layers of air and the development of cumulonimbus clouds and thunderstorms over the lake. Yes, I realised you were going with an on line system, which often does not change straight away. From what people were told on the ship, it seems there have been a number of different plans, which had been informed to passengers, as I had mentioned. The Captain certainly seems to be good at giving them information at least, it is always extremely annoying to be kept in the dark in rough seas. By Thursday, most parts of the UK are poised for a "much calmer" forecast and further spells of wet and breezy weather should peter out by the end of the week for a drier weekend.

The main thing is that the ship, the passengers and the staff are safe... and for that we are grateful.

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Martin Luther was a 16th-century German professor of theology. This quote is often incorrectly attributed to the civil rights movement activist with a similar name – Martin Luther King Jr.

Oil spill from Montara offshore oil platform in the Timor Sea – DLR, Wikimedia Commons) South China Sea I have had appointments, (including a hospital one), yesterday and have been to a social event this morning/lunchtime, so have not been into the net much over the last few days, but I was able to follow these main details via social media (from posts by people on the ship), which includes seeing a couple of letters which were sent to cabins onboard. The undisputed fact is that the Balmoral sailed into a severe gale and sea state 8, although there is a question of whether or not weather of that severity had been forecast. Comments from one or two people who claim to have been on board have praised the Captain and crew but without giving much detail of the conditions, the event, the state of the ship or why they believe things were handled well. About 10.30 this morning, the Balmoral published a course for Bilbao... about 300 nm off the original course. It seems a very long way to avoid a storm and so it may be that the Balmoral is hoping for some assistance from a ship repair yard or considering the option of flights to... ? The area’s unpredictability has resulted in many a merchant vessel floundering on its way from the UK to the Mediterranean or the Canaries. Square riggers had problems being unable to make way to windward after having been driven into the Bay and often ports became inaccessible because of the rapid build up of Atlantic Swell. Modern yachts, with their more efficient rigs and the help of good weather forecasting, should not have quite the same problems, but there have nevertheless been several occasions of yachts getting into difficulties with sometimes fatal consequences. Cook Strait, between North & South Islands of New Zealand

We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty. Gilbert K. Chesterton The Balmoral had windows/porthole(s) blown in late last year.That's now been repeated within the last day.. That's two instances of Balmoral windows/portholes being blow--in within a year. Either before or after this incident, at about 8.30 pm last night, it looks like FOCLs abandoned all attempts for the Balmoral to sail south late last night and after an hour or two of deliberation set a course for Porto Lexioes, on the Portuguese Coast, where it's was expected to arrive about 2.00 pm this afternoon. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) said the storm is likely to cause "dangerous conditions" on the coasts around the UK and Ireland.