Rich-- I can understand your defense in regards to the Cis-Lunar, but where
was Dr. Kenndal's safety diver???? "Maybe" the lax safety protocol that I
myself experienced at Wak-Me-2 might have something to do with this, and who
would you suspect is ultimately responsible for the enforcement of this?????
(a) Donald Duck (b) PADI (c) Bill Stone. From what I gather over here, Dr.
Kenndal walked into the water with all the warning bells ringing, and the 02
selector switch in the off-board position, which had no bottle attached to
it (am I correct so far?) My question is, why was Dr. Kenndal excused from
the pre-dive RB safety check,  which includes a second review by the safety
officer of the day at Wakulla? My guess would be that since Stone, as the
team leader has refused to act on other safety violations, everybody did
pretty much as they pleased, and why not, we all knew their would be no
repercussions! Stone's inability to grab the reins, and in force the
so-called safety guidelines he and his safety committee promulgated, and
told the world that they use, are what killed Dr. Kenndall in my opinion. If
not, why did it take a half hour to discover that a diver with "all" the
warnning bells flashing when he went into the water was dead???? Shouldn't
anyone of the "many" so-called safety messures suposively put in place
stoped this?? Or could it be that no one wanted to speak up because they
would be labeled a "problem child" like me, or were they just to busy
breaking their own safety rules?? If not, why?? Every time I spoke up, I was
told to shut-up and just have fun diving, or that I had a chip on my
shoulder (remember that one?). I will never shut-up when I see blatent
safety violations, nor do I give a %$@%^ about weather I can, or can't dive
Wakulla (I have too many other places I can dive)

Rich, out of respect for you and others, I took the sideline when you asked
me to. But I am sorry my friend, I can no longer do this. I have not to date
seen the PP02 charts myself for Dr. Kenndal's dive, but have talked to
people who have. While these people do not understand the charts, they did
mention that the "little line" went up at the start of the dive (desent),
then went down and leveled off way below the starting point for a little way
(Hypoxia), then went back up again (My gusse on this one is Dr. Kenndall was
in mid water, and sunk to the bottom, which gave the rise in PP02's at this
point) and then again leveled off at the "way below" point  (the diver was
now on the bottom).

Rich--Again, I truely respect you, but your questions to John Rose are based
on "piliminary reports". Did you know that the coroner has not even to date
seen the PP02 read outs, nor dose he seem to be interested in them. We all
seem to know that Dr. Kenndall went into the water with the gas block in the
wrong postion (at least thats what you and others said), so how this could
happen at a Wal-Mart??

Respectifuly,

Mike Bruic



--Original Message-----
From: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.or*>
To: Bill Mee <wwm@sa*.ne*>; Paul Davis <Paul.Davis@dr*.ne*>
Cc: rebreather@nw*.co* <rebreather@nw*.co*>; cavers
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<werner@qu*.gl*.fs*.ed*>; "John Rose" <rose@cs*.sc*.ed*>; "Jess
Armantrout"
<armantrout@wo*.at*.ne*>; "Ken Sallot (latest)" <ken@cl*.uf*.ed*>;
Brent" <BrentScarabin@ne*.co*>; "Jeff Bentley "
<jeffbentley@mi*.co*>; "mike bruic" <mikebruic@di*.co*>; "Jim
Cobb" <cobber@ci*.co*>; "bdi " <bdi@wh*.ne*>;
J-Scott.Landon@us*.du*.co* <J-Scott.Landon@us*.du*.co*>; Errol Kalayci
<errol@ga*.ne*>; Jr." <ahall@di*.co*>; "RMC" <halcyon@ha*.ne*>
Date: Monday, February 22, 1999 6:16 PM
Subject: Multiple-Choice Quiz for Bill Mee


>
>Bill,
>
>I'm still waiting for a reply to the private message I sent to you a few
>days ago.  You appear to be ignoring me, or maybe you didn't get my private
>message, or both.
>
>In any case, avoiding as much politics as I can, I humbly request that you
>provide your own answers to the following questions.
>
>With reference to the Tallahassee Democrat article at
>http://www.tdo.com/news/breaking/docs/19SCIENTI-CMP-NWS.htm:
>
>1. When Wakulla County Sheriff David Harvey said, "We're pretty certain . .
>. that had he been at Wal-Mart, he would have also died"; what do you
>suppose he meant:
>
>  a. The air conditioners used at Wal-Mart cause a hypoxic environment to
>exist in those stores?
>  b. Wal-Mart is giving away free rebreathers?
>  c. The causes of Henry Kendall's death were most likely unrelated to his
>breathing mixture and his diving equipment?
>
>2. When the article goes on to say, "It may be several days before Harvey
>gets a final coroner's report, but he said an autopsy showed Kendall died
of
>natural causes -- likely from hemorrhaging that started in the stomach.";
>which of the following is most likely correct, in your opinion:
>
>  a. The Tallahassee Democrat article mis-quoted Sheriff Harvey?
>  b. Sheriff Harvey misunderstood the Coroner's report of the autopsy
>results?
>  c. Sheriff Harvey is lying?
>  d. The Coroner was mistaken in his conclusion?
>  e. The Coroner is lying?
>  f. Hemorrhaging starting in the stomach is a consequence of hypoxia?
>  g. From the information we have so far, the correct answer to question
>number 1 above seems to be "c"?
>
>3. When you drop hints, inuendos, and blatant accusations that the people
>associated with the Wakulla 2 project are somehow trying to cover-up or
>misrepresent the true cause of Herny Kendall's death, are you suggesting
>that:
>
>  a. The Wakulla 2 team has so much political power that they can influence
>what Sheriff Harvey reports to the media?
>  b. The Wakulla 2 team has so much political power that they can persuade
>the Coroner to issue a false report?
>  c. There really is no Sheriff Harvey, but rather one of the Wakulla 2
team
>members is masquerading as him?
>  d. There really is no Coroner, but rather one of the Wakulla 2 team
>members is masquerading as such?
>  e. Jeffrey McMurray, author of the Tallahassee Democrat article, is
really
>a member of the Wakulla 2 team?
>  f. No member of the Wakulla 2 team has ever tried to misrepresent Henry
>Kendall's cause of death, but you just want everyone to believe that they
>did.
>
>I'm eagerly awaiting your response to these questions.  I imagine you will
>avoid directly answering these questions by trying to change the subject,
>with references to Richard Nordstrom's comments in that same Tallahassee
>Democrat article, and/or by referencing the death of Ian Rolland.  Don't
>bother with that tactic.  I've already confirmed with Richard Nordstrom
that
>in his conversation with the reporter, the topic was CLEARLY specific to
the
>MK-5P (quite different from the prototype MK-4). Also, as you know (or at
>least should know) from the information relevant to Ian's death that I sent
>you in private: whereas I am waiting to see the Coroner's report before
>forming my own opinion on the true cause of Henry's death, there is NO
DOUBT
>that Ian's death was NOT a result of hypoxia (whether or not it had
anything
>to do with diabetes). We can discuss these issues in greater detail on
>another thread if you wish, but I would appreciate it if you would first
>respond by answering the three questions above.
>
>If you choose to not to answer my questions, then I suggest you follow the
>advice I offered in my private mail and resist the urge to convert hearsay,
>inuendo, and speculation into "facts", as you seem to be doing at the
>moment.
>
>Aloha,
>Rich
>
>P.S. No, this is not a joke, nor do I think any of this is funny.
>
>Richard L. Pyle
>Ichthyology, Bishop Museum
>1525 Bernice St., Honolulu, HI 96817
>Ph: (808) 848-4115  Fax: (808) 847-8252
>email: deepreef@bi*.or*
>
>
>
>

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