what is the latest? we re hearing 24 to 48 hours until the passengers are back on dry land. this certainly an easy process and it won t be easy. the massive carnival ship splendor is dead in the water, drifting out to sea. the 3,300 passengers on board were rushed to the upper decks as the crew of the ship battled an engine fire for about three hours monday morning. now, we should point out, carnival says nobody was injured, including the crew of more than 1,100 people, but the blaze did cut off vital power supplies. those on board, as you mentioned, did not have hot food or hot water. the toilets weren t working for several hours, and there s still no phone service. now some of the services have come back online, like the restrooms, but it s still miserable conditions. this morning the uss coast guard was on scene, and the uss ronl reagan is plans to drop supplies to the cargo ship relatively soon. two commercial tug boats are on their way out. they should be in position t