>	I saw the same show the omitted deco danger was real but the panic the 
>show portrayed was really overkill.
>They had a chamber on the boat. (why do in water deco with a chamber on 
>hand in the first place?) Either way they should have been ready with the 
>chamber for just such an emergency, had decompression schedules planned, a 
>crew on hand, etc.

Good point.

>	From the time the divers blew-up past 40 feet the "sur-d-O2" tables allow 
>5 minutes to get out of the water, into the chamber, and back to 40 feet. 
>The decompress on periods of O2. If they don't make the 5 minute time they 
>run a Table 5.  Commercial Divers almost always decompress in the chamber 
>not in the water.
>	 I was a little peeved after watching that show. I mean of course 
>decompression is dangerous but why portray it as such a disaster when the 
>outcome was a standard surface decompression. These kind of shows don't 
>much help in promoting the sport.

Must have taken cinematography classes from that Stoneman fellow.

   Jim

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