Thanks to Hermine, it wasn’t exactly smooth sailing for passengers on Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas, which left Bayonne Saturday and tried to steer clear of the storm.
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The passenger, who is from New Jersey, said in the video the rough conditions worsened early Sunday when the ship “started swaying a bit here”. Last February at least four people were hurt when the ship hit hurricane-force winds off North Carolina, prompting the crew to turn the vessel around and return to port in New Jersey.
McHugh’s brother-in-law, Derek Biedermann of Brick said swells next to the ship were 40-50 feet and that dishes were flying around the ship’s restaurants.
Wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour were expected, threatening scattered power outages, as the former hurricane meanders out at sea. “We’ll continue to share weather information with our guests throughout their trip”, Royal Caribbean said in a statement on Sunday. All passengers were told about the storm prior to departure, the passenger said.
Now as the ship heads from New Jersey to Bermuda, the storm is caught up in the winds exceeding 100 miles per hour and seas stirred up by the remnants of Hermine. What’s really risky about Hermine is that Tropical storm force winds do extend out from the center up to 230 miles. Beginning Tuesday morning it’s expected to weaken and turn to the northeast.
Monday morning, He was just hoping to make it safely to land.
A North Carolina man aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship battered by high seas and winds from Hermine is furious with the cruise line.
The storm doused Labor Day weekend plans for countless residents along the Eastern Seaboard.
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Governors all along the Eastern Seaboard announced emergency preparations.
