cruise ships commandeered by government

My father gets these emails about cruise ships, and I found that this passage was poignant:

All cruises from New Orleans and Mobile have been cancelled, and the Carnival ships Holiday, Sensation and Ecstasy have been leased to the government for six months starting this week, to house evacuees. All cruises during this period on the Holiday and Sensation have been cancelled. The Carnival Elation will be redeployed to operate Ecstasy's schedule during this period, so everyone booked on the Ecstasy will now sail the same itinerary on the Elation, and all scheduled cruises for the Elation have been cancelled. Carnival has released the following statement: