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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 14:24:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: "William M. Smithers" <will@tr*.co*>
Subject: Re: hydrox
To: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*>
Cc: Steve Schinke <tekdive@ho*.co*>, Tech Diver <techdiver@aquanaut.com>

On Sun, 26 Apr 1998, Jim Cobb wrote:

> Ah, Will, exactly how long have the Dutch been a nuclear power? Oh, yeah, 
> that's right, they were the first country to build an a-bomb completely 
> out of wood.
>

You're right - it must have been the French Navy - St. Maarten & 
surrounding islands are half French and half Ducth ruled.

-Will

 
>  Jim
> 
> On 4/25/98 2:24 PM William M. Smithers wrote:
> 
> >
> >On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Steve Schinke wrote:
> >
> >> I had an uncle that was high up in canadian military diving before he 
> >> retired and he told me about some research they were doing with hydrogen 
> >> diving.  he said they could do it but that there were some interesting 
> >> neurological side effects.
> >>
> >
> >Actually, I've been doing some reading on neurological
> >side-effects.  Researchers think this has more to do with depth
> >than the gas.  There are studies that show that a person's
> >psycho-nerological profile is immediately and permenantly
> >altered with even a single exposure to really deep depths
> >(like 1,000fsw).  
> >
> >I was also personally talking with a guy a couple
> >of months ago who's a current Hyperbaric doctor
> >with the U.S. Special Forces.  He was telling me
> >about how he conducted one of these 
> >studies, and that the neuro-psych profiles didn't
> >just change a little - they changed *alot*.  One
> >exposure, and they were a different person.
> >
> >I was down in the Carribean at the time, and how
> >the conversation came up is itself interesting.
> >The Dutch Navy apparently lost a nuke in the
> >waters off St. Maarten a few years ago, and
> >they side-scanned a huge area around the island
> >in order to find it.  In the process, they mapped
> >something like 1,000 undiscovered wrecks, but they 
> >are all in 1,000 fsw!
> >
> >-Will
> >
> >
> > 
> >> STEVE
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