Saturday, 12 July 2008

Lifeboats - in addition to the previous post

Lorenzo reminded me about the Penlee Lifeboat disaster off the coast of Cornwall in 1981 in gale force conditions. 16 lives were lost, 8 from the coaster Union Star, and all 8 crew members of the Penlee Lifeboat, Solomon Browne. You can read the details of what happened here.

There's still a Penlee Lifeboat ready to brave the high seas at a moments notice. The crew are a fun-loving bunch, as you can see from this video. This just proves how courageous these chaps really are!
(Sorry I don't know how to bring a video into my blog, I've tried, but I'm doing something wrong.)
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15 comments:

  1. EG CameraGirl12 July 2008 at 21:43

    That video is too funny! Ha, not one of them dropped their helmet, though. ;-)

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  2. Kostas13 July 2008 at 06:11

    Hi Ex-Shammicite,
    Very good and current post!.
    Marvellous blog, with exceptional photographs and informative comments!
    In my current post I have an AWARD for you!!
    Congratulations!

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  3. dennis13 July 2008 at 12:19

    Dennis thanks you for this story. It's a rainy day and good one for a history buff like Dennis to just relax and read.

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  4. Anonymous13 July 2008 at 13:59

    The RNLI has been important to us when we were island dwellers and we always suppoeted them. We even have a cat called RiNLI because his purr sounds like the local lifeboat.
    Incidentally, my name is actually Welsh.

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  5. Anonymous13 July 2008 at 14:57

    I did enjoy reading your post today.

    Thanks for visiting my blog today and for leaving a comment there.

    Thanks again.

    Abraham Lincoln
    Brookville, Ohio

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  6. tut-tut13 July 2008 at 16:45

    Shammie: There is only one answer to your video-on-your-blog-dilemma: get a teenager, who embeds in a second it in in a blur of flying fingers.

    Congrats on your award (from Kostas, above)!

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  7. imac13 July 2008 at 18:10

    And I wonder how many times you have watched this --haha.great post.

    Thanks for your visit to my blog and your comments.
    Austria's next post now up

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  8. photowannabe13 July 2008 at 19:58

    Yes they certainly are brave souls. Good post today.

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  9. Hilary13 July 2008 at 22:23

    That gives a whole new meaning to "helmet head!"

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  10. PeterParis14 July 2008 at 06:46

    Bravo for the brave men! (No women?)

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  11. lorenzothellama14 July 2008 at 08:54

    That was brilliant! Wouldn't mind being rescued by one of them!

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  12. Beverly14 July 2008 at 11:50

    These posts have been so interesting and educational. I knew blogging was more than just entertainment.

    Yes, we have rattlesnakes in Florida and water moccasins, coral snakes, and copperheads. A lot of our "wild" country has been developed. A few years ago, in a new development, a toddler was bitten by a rattlesnake in his back yard. Poor baby didn't survivie. I live near town, in a regular neighborhood, and there is often wildlife around...raccoons, possums, owls, and, snakes. I had a large black snake on my front porch one day. I didn't bother him, but this baby rattler had to go. I hope he was lost and that his mother is nowhere around.

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  13. Neva14 July 2008 at 23:14

    I know what you mean about videos in your blog....or music...I just am doing something wrong!!! but a link always works for me as well!

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  14. Anonymous15 July 2008 at 01:20

    Interesting video!

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  15. OldLady Of The Hills15 July 2008 at 05:35

    I cannot see the Video...Something about Adobe Flash Player---Which I have now downloaded 18 times and they tell me it is "installed" Successfully and it isn't!!!!!!!

    Very frustrating!

    Well, I trust wgat you said about it...I sure wisg I could see it! Grrrrrr.

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