![]() ![]() All scheduled passenger ferries were at sea, something not unusual for this weather in the Baltic Sea. There was some rain and temperatures around 10 ☌ (50 ☏). According to modelled satellite data, gusts were in the excess of 85–100 km/h (24–28 m/s) at 01:00 that night over the Baltic Sea, although the ship had not yet reached the areas with the heaviest gusts before its sinking. Esa Mäkelä, the captain of Silja Europa who was appointed on-scene commander for the subsequent rescue effort, described the weather as "normally bad", or like a typical autumn storm in the Baltic Sea. : 138Īccording to the final disaster report, the weather was rough, with a wind of 15 to 25 m/s (29 to 49 kn 34 to 56 mph), force 7–8 on the Beaufort scale and a significant wave height of 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) compared with the highest measured significant wave height in the Baltic Sea of 7.7 m (25 ft 3 in). The ship was fully loaded, and was listing slightly to starboard because of poor cargo distribution. Most of the passengers were Swedish, although some were of Estonian origin, while most of the crew members were Estonian. However, as covered on the Swedish Wikipedia page Estoniakatastrofen, the actual numbers were likely higher: subsequent analysis of the passenger list suggested 69 further unaccounted for passengers and so a possible 921 dead. She was afterwards stated as carrying 989 people: 803 passengers and 186 crew. ![]() Sinking Įstonia departed slightly behind schedule at 19:15 on 27 September and was expected in Stockholm the next morning at about 09:00. It is one of the deadliest peacetime sinkings of a European ship, after the Titanic in 1912 and the Empress of Ireland in 1914, and the deadliest peacetime shipwreck to have occurred in European waters, with 852 (out of 989) lives stated at the time as officially lost (subsequent passenger list analysis suggest a likely higher figure, see the Sinking section below). The sinking was one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century. The MS Estonia sank on Wednesday, 28 September 1994, between about 00:50 and 01:50 ( UTC+2) as the ship was crossing the Baltic Sea, en route from Tallinn, Estonia, to Stockholm, Sweden. “From her current behaviour this past winter, we were going to predict an early spring as she was eager to head outdoors,” the centre said, before wishing her “fun running through the meadows” in the sky.One of Estonia 's inflatable life rafts, filled with waterĥ9☂3′N 21☄1′E / 59.383°N 21.683☎ / 59.383 21.683 ![]() In her wake, Willow left a glimmer of hope. “Life expectancy of woodchucks range from 4 to 6 years, so we hoped she lived her full time and was loved every minute of her life,” the centre said. Instead, she became an ambassador for conservation and environmentalism, and the star of school visits. Orphaned as a pup when her mother was killed by a dog, Willow was raised at the wildlife centre and she became too friendly with staff to be released into the wild. Antosia Fiedur/ Prairie Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre On February 2, she’d join sharp-toothed critters across the continent in emerging from her enclosure to prognosticate the season’s end. Inaccurate as she was, Willow was beloved by school children and the centre’s staff alike, and one day a year she gave the possibility to Winnipeg residents that the long, dark winter may be drawing to a close. “We loved trying to predict the upcoming forecast and I think we only got one season right.” “With great sadness we are cancelling our Groundhog day event that was to take place on February 2nd,” the centre announced. The city’s annual Groundhog Day celebration, set for Tuesday, has been cancelled. “She was acting her normal self this morning and eating a carrot but (staff) came in this evening to find her gone.” “We are in complete shock and sadness with tears coming down our faces,” reads a statement posted to the animal rescue centre’s blog.
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