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Nate was already a tropical storm more than 24 hours before its onslaught forced the evacuation of 10 workers by life raft from the Trinity II liftboat in the Gulf of Campeche last Thursday afternoon.
“Tropical Storm Nate Forecast to Strengthen” read one headline on September 7, the day before the crew fled the vessel in hurricane force winds and 25 foot seas.
One American and one Bangladesh man died after being adrift in the Gulf for nearly three days. Another American is still missing.
Why was the crew not evacuated well before conditions deteriorated to the point of disabling the vessel only eight miles from the coast of Mexico? Was there an assumption that because it was close to shore in shallow waters that it was impervious to such a weather threat?
The owner of the liftboat was Trinity Liftboat Services of New Iberia, La. The liftboat was chartered by Geokinetics of Houston. Why did neither of these companies take control of the situation before disaster struck?
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