Hey Carnival Spirit 👋🏼 Did you hear about Ovation of the Seas killing an endangered fin whale? You’re currently sailing through a humpback whale feeding area going 20.7 knots, that’s way too fast! Please slow down! #yyj

How about a little “hard plastic”? And by a little I mean four big boxes from Carnival Spirit, Voyager of the Seas, a cruise ship from July 4th, one unknown in the back, and a bin full of who knows what that I can’t see inside, but is overflowing. Did you know we have a Victoria Zero Waste Plan?

Here comes cruise ship Norwegian Joy plowing through humpback whale feeding area at 18 knots. Heading straight towards a whale watch boat who is sailing at low speed, which means whales. Hailing Norwegian Joy, SLOW DOWN!!!

Hailing MSC Poesia, the first screenshot is where all the whale watch boats were just watching humpback whales feeding. You are sailing right into where whales are feeding. The whale watch boats are heading back to port. The whales are still there. SLOW DOWN! 17.3 knots is too fast. #yyj

Anthem of the Seas current speed is 15.5 knots and picking up speed.

Anthem of the Seas right now sailing through humpback whale feeding area in the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the way to Ogden Point in Victoria, BC. There are over a dozen whales that we can see. Anthem of the Seas current speed is 15 knots. #yyj

This is Anthem of the Seas RIGHT NOW coming into humpback whale feeding area through the mist in the Strait.

The speeds I’m clocking in our coastal waters where whales congregate are off the charts. Eurodam 22.4 knots Royal Princess 18.6 knots Encore 23.6 knots!

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Humpback whales like this one can be hard to see when they’re feeding. It’s on us to slow down and protect them. Cruise ships, like Eurodam, need to slow down before another whale is killed.

This is bad. Don’t we have slow down laws? Eurodam 22.3 knots Royal Princess 18.6 knots Norwegian Bliss 16.8 knots Eurodam is right in the middle of humpback whale feeding area.

All three cruise ships blasted their horns last night. Riviera 8:55 PM Brilliant Lady 10:53 PM Carnival Miracle 11:53 PM If you decided to stay home from the fireworks to be with your pets, you still got horn blasts from the ships. This is a neighbourhood, we live and sleep here. Nobody cares. #yyj

They’re idling on Government Street every day cruise ships are here, which is pretty much every day. Weird how we get ticketed for doing that, but it’s a-okay for tour buses and cruise ships. Go figure.

The “Proposed Industrial Zone Postcard” residents NEVER received. “Have your say” ? When? When it’s too late? Beyond disrespectful. #yyj #yyjpoli @davethompsonvic.bsky.social @kristaloughton.bsky.social @mattdellvictoria.bsky.social @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social @susankimyyj.bsky.social

Scott Pelley Statement. The gutting of news media is another red flag of fascism.

Dear Will, Yesterday was a three cruise ship day at Ogden Point in Victoria. It was so bad, we could smell the noxious emissions inside our house. This is not okay. It’s hurting our community and our environment. Please help. Please.

To add insult to injury, here is our third cruise ship of the day, Eurodam, also scheduled to stop in Victoria every Friday night for 4 hours for the next 22 weeks. Just another day in paradise. 😩 #ClimateCrisisSaysWhatNow #yyj #yyjpoli

Oh look, it’s cruise ship Norwegian Bliss. If this is bliss, I’m a monkey’s uncle. Bliss will stop here for 4 hours every Friday night until mid October. My brain just can’t comprehend how dumb we are. Like what has to happen for this to stop? Another pandemic? Those were the days… #yyj #yyjpoli

Cruise ship Discovery Princess arrived in Victoria for the day. With strong prevailing winds, we can smell the putrid emissions inside our house. This is not good for our community or city. Why do we allow this, it’s making us sick. I’m not dumb, I know it’s money > humans. It hurts. 💔 #yyj #yyjpoli

Can someone tell me what kind of voodoo is happening with cruise ship Celebrity Summit? As I stood watching brown smoke billowing out of her stack, white smoke starting billowing out of another like a literal smoke screen. Now both are running, brown on one side, white on the other. Cool trick. #yyj

Cruise ship Voyager of the Seas arrived early this morning and is docked in Victoria all day today. My apologies and heartfelt sorrow to our neighbours in Esquimalt, the wind is sending the ICK up in the air and over the harbour to your neighbourhood at the moment. 💔

Coral Princess arrived right on time to join Carnival Miracle in killing us softly with who-knows-what-bad-for-us black emissions. A little bit of ultrafine airborne particles, a lot of GHGs and a side of I can’t breathe. Ugh. Did I mention there’s three more ships coming tomorrow? Sorry #yyj 😞

Cruise ship Carnival Miracle has arrived in Victoria. Coral Princess is not far behind. It’ll be a miracle if we can sit in our own backyard. With a gale warning, prevailing winds and these emissions, outlook not so good. I feel like a broken record. Mostly, I’m just brokenhearted. #yyj #yyjpoli

Despite posturing, I don’t think Victoria cares about climate goals.💔 It’s a hard no for residents to install natural gas in new builds or idle their vehicles for more than 3 minutes… Meanwhile, back at Ogden Point, we have this, almost daily, for 7 months every year. It’s the worst! 😔 #yyjpoli #yyj

On the heels of the two Princess cruise ships, Zaandam just arrived to add even more pollution to our community. Victoria is the most beautiful city… we are seemingly subservient to the cruise industry. My heart breaks for us and all the harm these ships cause to our health and environment. #yyjpoli

Cruise ship Grand Princess arrived at Ogden Point within minutes of Discovery. Not to be outdone by the amount of emissions her sister ship is spreading over us, here is Grand Princess right now. 💔 #yyj #yyjpoli

Victoria welcomes three cruise ships today. Strong prevailing winds again, sending massive amounts of pollution into our yards and into our beautiful downtown. Here is Discovery Princess doing that right now. 💔 #yyj #yyjpoli

I wish I could post what it smells like tonight… Suffice to say, it’s not possible to be outside without your nose, throat and lungs burning. Prevailing winds are sending the pollution downtown. Don’t we have laws against this? How is this legal? It’s so damn sad. I’m crushed. #yyj #yyjpoli

Dear Victoria Neighbours, This is what we’ve been breathing all day. I filmed this at 4:14pm. The videos I posted earlier were taken at 9:00am. I don’t know about you, but this breaks my heart for us and our beautiful city. We shouldn’t have to live with this…💔 #yyj #yyjpoli

Dear Victoria Neighbours, Cruise ships Nieuw Amsterdam & Norwegian Encore at Ogden Point right now. This is the pollution we are being forced to live with. It’s an election year. Let’s vote for a council that will stand up for us, for clean air & ocean, and for our beautiful city. #yyjpoli #yyj