The Perfect Storm Study Guide

it couldn't have been worse

the Andrea Gail

he was standing on the Gloucester's backshore and + heard of a boat going missing

set up the story; feelings before death

he is a fisherman, big, tough, loves to drink; his girlfriend

they get a lot of money + then spend it

all the things they see, solitude, no pressure + getting respect

the bar became their home

he gets a funny feeling about the boat

buy $4,000 worth of grocery for the trip

Tune, Pierre, Sullivan, Moran, Murph, + Shatford

"fishing was their religion"

b/c they haooen to sit on one of the worse storm tracks in the world

working 20 hr days + sleeping weekin and weekout for 2 wks

falling over board, punctured by a hook/swordfish

when the moon is dark

"Jesus, we took a hell of a whole. We went way over on our side. I didn't think we'd make it back up."

he's way out, almost off the charts; they had a bad season so he wants to get more fish, its his last chance

increasing in tech. in the # of boats which means less fish

the change in technology is the culprit

more people are killed on fishing boats than any other in America

ice machine keeps breaking

-pulling your boat down

he was a good buisnessman but a bad fisherman at endangering ppl lives

he been out thru the dark of the moon

the apporach of the full moon + catches a lot of fish

there is a hurricane of Bermuda, the cold front of Canadian Sheild, and strom in the Greak Lake

captains dont think the boat will sink

hurricane grace

his boat is full of fish + he cant protect the ice machine

instutuion

electic power needed by the US for 3-4 days

made a sound she never heard before, a deep tonal vibration, no melody, church oragn played by a child

a shark clamped it jaws around his arm on deck and his friend had to beat it death

it was loaded w/ fish

a steep wave w/ a steep trophor white foaming crest

2 men tie safety to their waste and go on the whaleback deck w/ sheets of marie plywood + puts it up to cover the window + the inflatible tube for extra covering

EPIRB + if the boat goes down water senstive swich triggers a radio signal that gets replayed by the satillite to listening posts on shore

we dno't know what happened among te Andrea Gail but we do know what happened among the EM that went thru the same storm at the same time

he has lost all his communication

it would flip a ship end over end of air + was highed than the ship

the point of no return

they are dead

'100 year storm'; large scale destruction offshore shipping + coastal installations from Nova Scotia to Florida

3 indep. storms coverging together

she thinks it's to issue a "may bay" she doesn't think they'll make it; grimsence of reality

french: kenz m'dider - come help me

he decided to stay on the boat

to tell her the Andrea Gail is missing; Bobby is dead

Randall + Kosco

blue fuel barrels w/ AG on them

their loved ones could make their goodbyes and get on w/ their lives

cap of the Andrea Gail, determined, loyal

deckhand, in debt, dating Chris. drinked, fisherman stero

only femalre cap, cap of Hannah Boden, sister boat w/ Andrea Gail

owner of 2 boats, "Suicide Brown", risk taker, good buisnessman

found fuel barrels, cap of the Mary T

A. Johnson, found fuel barrels, comm. w/ Bily about conditions, cold waters to survive

japanese boat, shared the same experience w/ the Andrea Gail

Linda Greenlaw, exchange supplies, survied b/c they were for east

also called the "100 year storm"

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