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Here is the latest compilation of what is REALLY going on at Wakulla:

1) The Australians have quit and are going home right away - they have
no interest in getting killed so Bill Stone can prove something . 2 down
and only a handful of "rebreather divers" left. I guess they better send
Am Enus to the bullpen to warm up for when they all quit like happened
at Huatla.

2) Nobody will dive with the British incompetent - the one who blacked
out at Madison. Apparently this guy is so bad that even Kabook will not
dive with him. According to Chris Brown, this guy ( the Brit) panicked
when they were practicing getting into the bell and blew to the surface.
Also, he told us that the guy did not bother putting any scrubber
material into his rebreather, and went for a dive anyway, almost getting
killed again. Good thing it was the usual basin dive, and not the real
thing. When he did manage to pull off a cave dive, he got repeatedly
tangled in the line - a real pro, like all of Stone's "divers".

3) Apparently they are back to trying to put the rebreather on the
scooters, and are wasting time practicing that stupidity. The players
have had it with Stone and his dumb ideas, and are saying that if they
have to walk away from all of this work, they are going to go to the
Park Manager and explain WHY. We are also hearing the the sponsors are
putting pressure on Stone to do something - it has been a month and all
they have is embarrassing nonsense going on.

4) According to Ditturi, who is still a moron for getting involved in
this no matter how much information he feeds us, the questions he was
asked by the "divers" indicate that these guys know nothing about what
they are doing, and he says none of them has ever had anything
appoximating the bottom times that are being claimed on the webb page.

5) 19 days and NOTHING done, the water is crystal clear.

 We are setting up Leon Sinks again now. It is a crime that we can not
do our exploration at Wakulla while the water is clear and we have so
many holidays. We have worked years on this place, eeking out dives when
the brief spans of clear water hit. Now the place is perfect, and Stone
has a circus going on trying to learn how to do what we could to in one
day. This is ridiculous. We could answer some really important questions
about this place right now if he were not in there playing soldier.

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