Sorry I did not mean that they are only 40 years old, I meant that only inspecting them EVERY 40 years is too long a time given where they are built. They could be 20 or 60 y ears old... but no way they should allow 40 years to pass before inspecting settling, structural defects or changes or cracks...
Maybe Ron should be selling koozies with the pictures of 38,000 dead people... Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis selling anti-COVID-19 lockdown koozies https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs...santis-selling-anti-covid-19-lockdown-koozies Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is selling anti-COVID lockdown koozies on his campaign website. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has made a name for himself nationally by openly flouting federal recommendations to stem the spread of coronavirus in the country's fourth-largest state. That disdain has led to nearly 40,000 deaths in Florida since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. With new merch shared on his campaign website, DeSantis says he'll drink to that. DeSantis is selling two new koozies that poke fun at the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. One of the new koozies on DeSantis' web store shows DeSantis holding up a beer with the quote "How the hell am I going to be able to drink a beer with a mask on?" The other simply says "Don't Fauci My Florida," a statement that makes up for being incredibly ignorant by...not even being a play on words. At every turn, DeSantis has shown himself willing to put Floridians at risk. Now, as cases rise throughout the state and the Delta variant looms, he's raising a Cigar City to the woes of the people forced to deal with the consequences of his policies.
Well Yes.... DeSantis is absolutely screwing up the Florida cruise line recovery. Is Florida Fumbling the Cruise Line Recovery? Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and NCL have been slow to come around this summer. https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/07/13/is-florida-fumbling-the-cruise-line-recovery/
The cruise lines are no longer telling DeSantis off quietly... they are standing up and yelling "F@*k You" at him. Just how much taxpayer money will DeSantis waste defending his illegal law over international transport which the state has no legal oversight of? Especially after the other two big cruise lines, Royal Caribbean and Carnival, join this suit. Norwegian Cruise Line sues for right to require COVID-19 vaccines https://www.sun-sentinel.com/busine...0210713-acy5nld3zfdpxfcmzlq7rsdg7e-story.html Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings sued in federal court Tuesday to overturn a Florida law that bars businesses from requiring customers to show they received a COVID-19 vaccine. The Miami-based company, which operates three cruise lines, asserts that it tried and failed to persuade the state to give it leeway from the law so it can ensure that 100% of its passengers are vaccinated. Those assurances, it says, are critical for the company’s lines to fully do business not only in the U.S., but in foreign ports whose countries mandate strict protocols. The company has plans to start sailing again on Aug. 15. Norwegian’s complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Miami, seeks a preliminary injunction against the state. It names Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees as the sole defendant. The complaint is the latest round of friction between a cruise industry that has been largely idled since COVID-19 forced a halt in operations in March 2020, and federal and state governments seeking to set the terms for resuming business. For months, federal government health authorities have sought to ensure ships can operate without a repeat of outbreaks aboard ships last spring. And the cruise lines themselves collaborated on industry standards to protect passengers. Over time, vaccine requirements were among the conditions imposed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under a complex system of protocols called “controlled sail orders.” But a recently passed Florida law bars businesses from requiring proof of vaccines from customers, creating a new obstacle for the lines to resume sailing out of Florida ports. Norwegian’s lawsuit takes direct aim at the law, calling it a “misguided intrusion” into carefully laid plans to resume safe operations under CDC guidelines. Those guidelines came under assault in May when the state sued the CDC in a Tampa federal court to force the agency to drop them because, the state said, they were an overreach of federal power. Last month, U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday agreed, granting the state’s request for a preliminary injunction against the CDC. He prevented the CDC from enforcing its protocols past July 18, which is less than a week from now. The ruling is now on appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta. In a statement to the South Florida Sun Sentinel late Tuesday, Christina Pushaw, press secretary for Gov. Ron DeSantis, called Norwegian’s suit meritless, accused the company of discrimination against children and others who have not been vaccinated and vowed to hit the company with heavy fines if it violates the state’s law. “Every other industry in Florida has safely reopened while still respecting the right of every Floridian to make their own medical choice when it comes to vaccinations,” Pushaw said in an email. “At present, approximately 60% of eligible Floridians have been vaccinated against COVID-19, which means Norwegian is purposefully excluding 40% of Florida’s residents from the people it is willing to serve,” she added. “This Administration will not tolerate such widespread discrimination. Therefore, Norwegian faces a $5,000 fine from whom they demand a vaccination status.” But in an affidavit accompanying his company’s suit in Miami, Norwegian CEO and President Frank Del Rio told the court that passengers who sail aboard the company’s cruise lines seek a high level of confidence that they will be safe from COVID-19. “Maintaining our passengers’ trust and rebuilding consumer confidence remains challenging, particularly among NCLH’s older passenger base,” he wrote. “The maintenance of consumer confidence and goodwill is essential for sustainable business success in the cruise industry. “Cultivating passenger confidence and trust in the health and safety of cruise voyages has become more vital than ever in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Unless it is able to verify vaccination status, NCLH’s ability to attract and assure its passengers will be severely undercut.” Del Rio added that requiring full vaccination for 100% of passengers and crew is consistent with “vaccine protocols required by many foreign ports where NCLH ships are scheduled to visit.” Many of those ports, Del Rio said, require proofs of vaccination to not only enter them in the first place, but to do so without mandatory quarantines and testing.
Ok so..... 1. The cruise ship industry was not invented to serve only Floridians despite what DeSantis says. 2. A cruise is not a constitutional right you are entitled to without restrictions during a pandemic. 3. Funny how schools requiring vaccines is not discrimination. 4. DeSantis was upset when the government tried to tell FL business what they can do during COVID and now DeSantis is upset the government is not able to tell business what to do during COVID? 5. Del Rio added that requiring full vaccination for 100% of passengers and crew is consistent with “vaccine protocols required by many foreign ports where NCLH ships are scheduled to visit. So if you are not going to be vaccinated you ruin the itinerary of the ship and they have a right to ban you. This is an interesting case of State v. Federal....
Agree, that should be reduced to the lower end, say 20 years and it should mandate modern NDI inspections using x-rays and ultrasound. Condo associations should be required to develop reserves to cover inspections, certifications and any new type of insurance premiums for catastrophic damage coverage. Its going to be a little more expensive to own a condo in a high-rise.
"DeSantis for the win" -- Let's see what the legal industry has to say... Quinn Emanuel Delivers The ‘Find Out’ To Ron DeSantis’s ‘F Around’ Norwegian Cruise Lines is having none of this nonsense. https://abovethelaw.com/2021/07/quinn-emanuel-delivers-the-find-out-to-ron-desantiss-f-around/ Ron DeSantis thinks he’s going to be president. It’s unclear why he thinks the Republican nominee is going to be anyone not named “Trump,” but he’s pretty sure he can swing it if he stays well within the rails of the crazy train long enough to earn an endorsement. Assuming Donald Trump isn’t going to flex his Grover Cleveland muscle. If the big guy does stand down, then think of DeSantis as locked in a three-year primary with Don Jr. for Trump’s love where the coin of the realm is “owning the libs no matter what the cost.” DeSantis already passed a flagrantly unconstitutional social media law to ingratiate himself to the class of morons who think “free speech” means “private actors must give my voice special treatment” and lit any hope of his state becoming a tech hub on fire in the process. Now he’s decided to bite the hand that feeds the state by declaring war on cruise lines who want to get back to — pun fully intended — full steam ahead. As cruise lines are floating petri dishes and manage to pull off their business by taking every reasonable step to keep disease at bay, the industry has a vested interest in a vaccine passport system to limit passengers to the lowest possible risk actors. It’s the only way they can get back to filling every cabin and holding every limbo party. DeSantis banned vaccine requirements and instituted a $5,000 penalty to any business that asks for proof of vaccination. Despite begging from the cruise industry, DeSantis held firm with his plan to self-immolate his state’s health in the name of currying favor with GOP donors. Now he’s about to find out. Norwegian Cruise Lines, through its counsel Quinn Emanuel, sued Florida for actively jacking its whole business model in the name of trolling. Did you wonder why Florida thought it could target cruise lines that operate in international waters out of ports regulated by the federal government? WE DID TOO! It seems as though the federal regulations here more than occupy the space, rendering Florida’s law a non-sequitur. Did you think that a statute that forces private actors to expose themselves without consent to dangerous medical situations raised due process concerns? BECAUSE THE REAL LAWYERS DID! Were you reading about this bill and thinking it raised Dormant Commerce Clause issues? Well, no, you probably weren’t because no one has thought about the dormant commerce clause since law school, but QUINN WAS ON TOP OF IT! This bill was stupid when proposed and it’s stupid now. Good for Norwegian to force the issue with this chump. Unfortunately, we all know where this is going. It’s a rigged game. As soon as Florida loses this case, DeSantis begins the “oh, the courts are so biased against us” whining and manages to get full credit for championing the inane law without feeling the sting of its blowback. In three years, he’ll actively tout tourism’s recovery without ever getting called out for his attempt to run the industry into a metaphorical iceberg. But maybe getting tagged as a loser will derail his hopes in the Trump orbit where “always look like you’re winning” is everything. If he does lose, at least once he’s out of public life he can enjoy a long cruise. Check out the whole complaint here.
Great job, Ron.... while you are at it why don't you add "Over 38,000 dead and counting" to your merchandise. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is selling 'Don't Fauci My Florida' merch as the state reports some of the highest number of COVID cases in the US https://www.businessinsider.com/ron-desantis-sells-dont-facui-my-florida-merch-amid-rising-cases
Great Job, DeSantis! Florida accounts for 1 in 5 new U.S. COVID cases https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando...covid-cases-in-florida--white-house-team-says
Don’t fascist my Florida, DeSantis https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opi...0210716-6r6zuihhvzeb5bmyihhrssrt3a-story.html Whose Florida is it, anyway? I pose this question after seeing Gov. Ron DeSantis hawking online sales of beer koozies that say “Don’t Fauci my Florida.” Even for the Florida governor’s political base, that message hardly needs an explanation. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, is a public health menace who deprives us of our freedom. You have to give DeSantis credit. The governor, fully vaccinated and riding strong poll numbers, has the instincts of a snake oil salesman and exquisite timing, too. The koozies made their debut just as COVID-19 cases were skyrocketing in Florida, the state with one of the highest case rates in the U.S. That means more sickness, hospitalizations and deaths on top of the more than 38,000 lives already lost to a virus and its stronger variant that now stalks us, especially the many unvaccinated, with renewed vengeance. Less than half of the Florida population (47% as of Friday) is fully vaccinated. As the The New York Times tracking map showed Friday, cases have shot up by 232% over the past 14 days with the Jacksonville area a hot spot for infections. One of every five new cases in the United States is from Florida, the White House COVIC-19 coordinator said on Friday. Conditions are quickly and dramatically getting a lot worse. But don’t expect any help from your local leaders. DeSantis made sure to tie their hands. He signed an executive order, followed by a new state law, that wipes out all city and county regulations to protect people from COVID’s risks. He also granted blanket amnesty to any person who violates any masking requirements. “Don’t Fauci my Florida.”Hilarious! Have another beer! Nova Southeastern University on Friday issued an order in open defiance of DeSantis that requires all employees, including part-timers and adjunct faculty, to be fully vaccinated by Sept. 20. Ask yourself: Would you rather put your health and well-being in Fauci’s hands or in DeSantis’? If your answer is DeSantis, you need something stronger than a cold Corona wrapped in a Fauci-hating koozie. If you buy one, you’re not only flashing your stupidity, you’re also giving money to “Friends of Ron DeSantis,” the governor’s re-election committee that hopes to turn a profit from sales of koozies, shirts, and ball caps with similar messages. The attention-getting trinkets are part of a political strategy to infuriate liberals everywhere, and so far it’s working according to plan. In a letter peddling his wares to supporters, DeSantis uses the pronoun “I” five times before asking for $25 “to fight back against Fauci’s media henchmen.” What DeSantis hasn’t explained is what personal freedom is worth if you’re on a respirator or your lungs are scarred for life. Don’t get mad, DeSantis haters. Get even. They should be designing their own koozie with a contrasting message. A counter-koozie showing a finger-wagging DeSantis and the slogan, “Don’t fascist my Florida,” for making it harder to vote or protest, to require annual surveys of the political beliefs of college professors and students, and telling teachers how to teach civics to our kids. Or maybe that image of DeSantis fumbling to put on his face mask accompanied by a bold face “expiration date” of 11/08/22, the date of the next general election. Or side-by-side images of a smiling DeSantis and Donald Trump with the caption: “Ronald and Donald.” It would be a public service to Florida voters to remind them at every opportunity from whence DeSantis came -- a dangerous and disgraced former president. And that’s no joke. Remember, it’s your Florida, too.