As fate would have it, today is the 55th anniversary of the sinking of the Princess Victoria in the Irish Sea (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Princess_Victoria), which Mother Nature is celebrating in her own way:
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Passengers and crew are being airlifted from a ferry in the Irish Sea after it was hit by a freak wave in bad weather.
Four passengers and 19 crew are being removed after Liverpool coastguard received a Mayday call from the ship at 1943 GMT as it battled 7m waves.
The Riverdance, which sails from Warrenpoint in Northern Ireland to Heysham in Lancashire, is listing to 60 degrees after its cargo shifted.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...de/7221237.stm
The Irish Sea is a *horrible* bit of water, and always has been.