RMS Titanic...100 year later

April 15th 1912, on a cold night off the coast of Newfoundland over 1500 passengers and crew of the Titanic went down after hitting an iceburg. In 3 hours, 20 mins about, the ship went under the dark, deep fridgid waters. i would like to remind you all the ship crossed the horizon at 0205hrs (2am). That story we have all heard. But I would like you guys to realize that even in this disaster, good things have been done.

The first is the creation of SOLAS (safety of life at sea) which take care of personel training, safety regulations and preparation. Before 1912, safety was a joke. "Real men go down with the ship" as they put it. Conditions on the vessels have greatly improved. There are 3 ways to survive a sinking. Drills are conducted and prepared in case of a disaster routinely and the crew is constantly on the lookout for ways to improve safety. Fire awareness has greatly improved, all crew members on a ship are also firefighters and the officers are coordinators.

The second was the change of distress signal. CQD(come quick danger) was the old code. Most people could never quite remember the sequence or some never learnt Morse code. S.O.S., the famous code was then implemented, forcing all vessels in transmittion range to come to the rescue no matter what.

The third was the early version of STCW training, which insured all officers and crew were competant and proficient at their tasks. Before, anyone could be mate and a monkey could keep the ship running. Now, strick regulations make sure all personnel on board knows what they are doing and know how to conduct themselves.

Myself, I am a sailor. I have been sailing for 3 years on commercial vessels. Living in this world, you gain an appreciation for those who died in the most painful way: drowning by hypothermia. I spent 3 years training for a disaster that has yet to happen. I never lived through a fire or a colision and I am thankful for that. None of you will ever know how terrifing a disaster is...especially you are on your own, with 15 others.

On this note, for those who take cruises, passengers are the worst kind of cargo I had to face...and I am an engineer, in charge of the engine room. People are dumb...really, really dumb and it gets worse in panic situations. I have seen fist fights over drill between 2 passengers. So the first thing is: do exactly what the ship personnel tells you to do: nothing! really the safest thing you can do is let everyone do the work for you, we are trained.
Jumping overboard is the single most foolish thing you can do. Really. It take 3 minutes to die in the waters, so the best place to be is on the ship, even if its on fire and sinking. Minutes are precious.
Dont ever go looking for your loved ones. You will die with them, or you will die because they happen to be in a different area. If you cant find someone, ask politly a member of the crew. No one gets left behind on ship now, even the Captain.

Thanks for your time

Sparknotes: Titanic sank, worse disaster of all times. 3 Measure are in place for if the disaster happends again, everyone will survive. Last part deals with a code of conduct if you are caught in a disaster.