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</div> <p>Four cruise ships that were set to dock in Galveston over the weekend are holding off until Hurricane Harvey passes, leaving <a href="http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/20-000-stuck-at-sea-in-cruise-ships-as-Galveston-11959300.php" target="_blank">nearly 17,000</a> people stuck either on the ships or in another city they never planned on ending their trip in while they wait out the storm.</p>
<p>The Port of Galveston shut down at noon on Friday in preparation for Harvey, which eventually made landfall as a category 4 hurricane. This meant that four ships which were set to dock over the weekend were unable to get to Galveston, and even if they had been able to, they would have just been unloading their passengers into a hurricane. Harvey was downgraded to a category 1 hurricane early Saturday morning, but its path slowed to a crawl and the potential for heavy rain and disastrous flooding will continue.</p>
<p>Three Carnival and one Royal Caribbean ship were affected by Galveston&#8217;s closure. From the Houston Chronicle:</p>
<blockquote><p>Peter Simons, interim director for the Port of Galveston, said officials are still trying to determine if it will be safe for ships to call on Galveston Sunday. One official said it could be Tuesday or Wednesday before the ships can dock if Harvey continues on its expected path toward Houston and Galveston</p></blockquote>
<p>Two of the Carnival ships are diverting to New Orleans, where they will let people off if they don&#8217;t want to wait around until it&#8217;s safe to dock in Texas. </p>
<p>&#8220;However, given the severity and projected path of the storm along with potential challenges guests may encounter attempting to travel back to Galveston independently, we are strongly encouraging them to remain on board as we intend to return the ships to Galveston as soon as feasible,&#8221; spokeswoman Christine de la Huerta said.</p>
<p>The other Carnival ship remained docked in Mexico on Friday, and the plan was to head to Galveston Saturday afternoon if conditions allow. The Royal Caribbean ship is staying well behind the path of the storm, with plans to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/cruise-ships-give-hurricane-harvey-a-wide-berth-1503741603" target="_blank">dock on Sunday</a>. Again, all of this is contingent upon the Port of Galveston actually reopening.</p>
<p>Inconvenient, sure. But as far as tragedies go, being stuck on a boat with food and plenty of other amenities while a hurricane <a href="http://splinternews.com/at-least-1-texas-town-destroyed-as-hurricane-harvey-chu-1798460019#_ga=2.7973424.300799446.1503766266-103802062.1427204054" target="_blank">levels buildings</a> and brings massive floods is pretty far down on the list.</p>
<p>[<a href="http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/20-000-stuck-at-sea-in-cruise-ships-as-Galveston-11959300.php" target="_blank">Houston Chronicle</a> | Photo: Getty]</p>

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