This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

------=_NextPart_000_0034_01C16759.CB181D30
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

We are back in action again preparing for next season and trying to take
advantage of any windows we get this winter. We had been blown out by a
hurricane for the last two months. The only additions to this report are
that JJ and I took full exp gear including MIni Mee to B Tunnel with Barry
to be sure everything was working properly with the new RB's , scooters ,
cameras , lights, etc. and so that we could bet some staged pass by shots
for TV. We did this in the first three rooms in B which keeps us within 1000
feet of the door in high outflow. I dove with Pina on Sunday at Sally Ward.

The decompression study were are doing places recording gauges on each diver
.. The diver writes down the run time when each gas change is made. Gauges
are turned back in to the guys doing the study and they record that and
check the diver ( Doppler, blood, exam, whatever).

This study will go on until we have enough hard data to publish proof of
what I have been saying and doing for ten years, and should quell the
constant quacking of the ducks out there who still are trying to find some
hole in the obvious.

-----Original Message-----
From: Casey McKinlay [mailto:mckinlay@ta*.rr*.co*]
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 11:34 PM
To: Egroups
Cc: anthony rue; Doug Lewis
Subject: [wkpp] Wakulla - Nov 3-4


Wakulla Springs - November 3-4

A huge thanks to everyone who helped out this past weekend.  It was good to
get the team back together and work off some of the rust before we crank
things up for the winter.  Conditions in the main conduit were less than
optimal despite a top notch forecast from a friend of mine's sister. (inside
joke)  A-tunnel visibility was 30-40ft with some clear patches of water
between 2,200ft and 3,500ft reported by the OC team of Werner and Cole.
B-Tunnel flow was extremely high with some tannic water intrusion reported
by Jablonski and Irvine.  D-Tunnel flow was also up slightly compared to
normal but clear as usual and Sally Ward Spring had a strong outflow and
some tannic intrusion with 60-70ft of visibility in the Cube Room.  While
the main focus of the weekend was to gauge conditions, the WKPP managed to
accomplish a variety of tasks for some of the local water agencies as well
as some housekeeping.

Saturday
Setup began at 8am Sat. morning with divers placing decompression gases for
the 3 OC teams and RB team.  In addition, the NWFWMD flow meter was replaced
and the new 130ft trough repositioned to a more optimal location. Thanks to
Mark Garland, David Rhea and David Sweetin for the meter and trough work as
well as Cathie Neel, Mark McCarty and Chris Elmore on placement of the 190
and 120ft decompression gasses. The remaining decompression gas and gear was
placed by the all purpose team of Moore, Pellar and Maiker.  Thanks to
Heather for keeping things on schedule in the morning and Chris Elmore for
running the surface through the afternoon.  Thanks to Curtis "The Polar
Bear" Baldwin, Pina, Doug, Alex and Bjarne for assisting with setup, support
and cleanup.  You guys had everyone packed up and gone by 4pm.

OC Team 1 (Lais, Rose, McKinlay) traveled to 2,200ft to check existing
safeties.  Pulled one safety and continued on to the first main room in
D-Tunnel to pull 3 water samples for McGlynn Labs.  Bill handled the samples
while John and I hovered and enjoyed the view.  Incredible tunnel and
crystal clear.  Once the samples were stowed, the team returned to A-Tunnel
and stopped at 1,400ft to check the safety depot, pulling 2 aged bottles for
recharge.

OC Team 2 (Cole and Werner) traveled A-Tunnel to 3,500ft to check safety
tanks and gather water samples.  The team reported all tanks in working
order, took 3 water samples and exited.  The team also reported extremely
high outflow and pockets of clear and tannic water between 2,200ft and
3,500ft.  with large pockets of tannic water towards the ceiling,

OC Team 3 (Baxter, Lennon and MacElhannon) traveled to B-Tunnel and C-Tunnel
for samples and did a perfect job returning with 6 samples total.  Great job
guys.

RB Team 1 (Jablonski and Irvine) chose to slightly modify the high quality
plan from the coordinator's office and travel to B-Tunnel to gain additional
bottom time on the new Halcyon RB80 rebreathers.  Barry Miller traveled with
the team on OC to video.  Jarrod and George reported high flow and greenish
water.

Sally Ward Team - Roberson, Blitch and Gordon handled clearing the
restriction and gathered 3 water samples from the Cube Room.


Sunday
Team divers Pellar and Moore made quick work of a lost stage bottle search
in the Grand Canyon Room at Wakulla.  The team retrieved one of McKinlay's
stage bottles that swam away at the 190ft decompression switch on Saturday.
Great job guys and the surface support was top notch.
The remaining team members did additional dives at Sally Ward Spring and
Cathedral near Live Oak.

Thanks to all who assisted this past weekend and again, it was good to get
everyone out and see the team out at dinner.  I plan to follow this up with
some comments on team procedures that need some work before the next outing.
This coming weekend Nov. 10-11 is cancelled and will be rescheduled for a
later date once conditions improve.  I estimate 3-4 weeks.

Casey McKinlay
Project Coordinator

Subscription/removal requests to WernerChris@ms*.co*.





Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.


------=_NextPart_000_0034_01C16759.CB181D30
Content-Type: text/html;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D001265211-07112001>We are=20
back in action again preparing for next season and trying to take =
advantage of=20
any windows we get this winter. We had been blown out by a hurricane for =
the=20
last two months. The only additions to this report are that JJ and I =
took full=20
exp gear including MIni Mee to B Tunnel with Barry to be sure everything =
was=20
working properly with the new RB's , scooters , cameras , lights, etc. =
and so=20
that we could bet some staged pass by shots for TV. We did this in the =
first=20
three rooms in B which keeps us within 1000 feet of the door in high =
outflow. I=20
dove with Pina on Sunday at Sally Ward.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D001265211-07112001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D001265211-07112001>The=20
decompression study were are doing places recording gauges on each diver =
.. The=20
diver writes down the run time when each gas change is made. Gauges are =
turned=20
back in to the guys doing the study and they record that and check the =
diver (=20
Doppler, blood, exam, whatever).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D001265211-07112001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D001265211-07112001>This=20
study will go on until we have enough hard data to publish proof of what =
I have=20
been saying and doing for ten years, and should quell the constant =
quacking of=20
the ducks out there who still are trying to find some hole in the =
obvious.=20
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT =
face=3DTahoma=20
size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Casey McKinlay=20
[mailto:mckinlay@ta*.rr*.co*]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 05, =
2001=20
11:34 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Egroups<BR><B>Cc:</B> anthony rue;
Doug=20
Lewis<BR><B>Subject:</B> [wkpp] Wakulla - Nov
3-4<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2><STRONG><U>Wakulla Springs - November
3-4</U></STRONG></FONT>=20
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>A huge thanks to everyone who helped out this past =
weekend.  It=20
was good to get the team back together and work off some of the rust =
before we=20
crank things up for the winter.  Conditions in the main conduit =
were less=20
than optimal despite a top notch forecast from a friend of mine's =
sister.=20
(inside joke)  A-tunnel visibility was 30-40ft with some clear =
patches of=20
water between 2,200ft and 3,500ft reported by the OC team of Werner and=20
Cole.  B-Tunnel flow was extremely high with some tannic water =
intrusion=20
reported by Jablonski and Irvine.  D-Tunnel flow was also up =
slightly=20
compared to normal but clear as usual and Sally Ward Spring had a strong =
outflow=20
and some tannic intrusion with 60-70ft of visibility in the Cube =
Room. =20
While the main focus of the weekend was to gauge conditions, the WKPP =
managed to=20
accomplish a variety of tasks for some of the local water agencies as =
well as=20
some housekeeping.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2><STRONG><U>Saturday</U></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Setup began at 8am Sat. =
morning with=20
divers placing decompression gases for the 3 OC teams and RB=20
team.  In addition, the NWFWMD flow meter was replaced and the new =
130ft=20
trough repositioned to a more optimal location. Thanks to =
Mark Garland,=20
David Rhea and David Sweetin for the meter and trough work as well as =
Cathie=20
Neel, Mark McCarty and Chris Elmore on placement of the 190 and 120ft=20
decompression gasses. The remaining decompression gas and gear was =
placed by the=20
all purpose team of Moore, Pellar and Maiker.  Thanks to Heather =
for=20
keeping things on schedule in the morning and Chris Elmore for running =
the=20
surface through the afternoon.  Thanks to Curtis "The Polar =
Bear"=20
Baldwin, Pina, Doug, Alex and Bjarne for assisting with setup, support =
and=20
cleanup.  You guys had everyone packed up and gone by =
4pm.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>OC Team 1 (Lais, Rose, McKinlay) =
traveled to=20
2,200ft to check existing safeties.  Pulled one safety and =
continued on to=20
the first main room in D-Tunnel to pull 3 water samples for McGlynn =
Labs. =20
Bill handled the samples while John and I hovered and enjoyed the =
view. =20
Incredible tunnel and crystal clear.  Once the samples were stowed, =
the=20
team returned to A-Tunnel and stopped at 1,400ft to check the safety =
depot,=20
pulling 2 aged bottles for recharge.  </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>OC Team 2 (Cole and Werner) traveled =
A-Tunnel to=20
3,500ft to check safety tanks and gather water samples.  The team =
reported=20
all tanks in working order, took 3 water samples and exited.  =
The team=20
also reported extremely high outflow and pockets of clear and tannic =
water=20
between 2,200ft and 3,500ft.  with large pockets of tannic water =
towards=20
the ceiling,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>OC Team 3 (Baxter, Lennon and MacElhannon) traveled to =
B-Tunnel and=20
C-Tunnel for samples and did a perfect job returning with 6 samples =
total. =20
Great job guys.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>RB Team 1 (Jablonski and Irvine) chose to slightly modify the high =
quality=20
plan from the coordinator's office and travel to B-Tunnel to gain =
additional=20
bottom time on the new Halcyon RB80 rebreathers.  Barry Miller =
traveled=20
with the team on OC to video.  Jarrod and George reported high flow =
and=20
greenish water.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sally Ward Team - Roberson, Blitch and =
Gordon=20
handled clearing the restriction and gathered 3 water samples from the =
Cube=20
Room.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><U></U></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><U>Sunday</U></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Team divers Pellar and Moore made quick work of a lost stage bottle =
search=20
in the Grand Canyon Room at Wakulla.  The team retrieved one of =
McKinlay's=20
stage bottles that swam away at the 190ft decompression switch on=20
Saturday.  Great job guys and the surface support was top notch. =
</DIV>
<DIV>The remaining team members did additional dives at Sally Ward =
Spring and=20
Cathedral near Live Oak.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Thanks to all who assisted this past weekend and again, it was good =
to get=20
everyone out and see the team out at dinner.  I plan to follow this =
up with=20
some comments on team procedures that need some work before the next=20
outing.  </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><U>This coming weekend Nov. 10-11 is
cancelled</U></STRONG> =
and=20
will be rescheduled for a later date once conditions improve.  I =
estimate=20
3-4 weeks.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Casey McKinlay</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Project=20
Coordinator</FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV><BR><TT>Subscription/remo
val =
requests to=20
WernerChris@ms*.co*.<BR><BR><BR><BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>You
r use of Yahoo! =
Groups=20
is subject to the <A href=3D"http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/">Yahoo! =
Terms of=20
Service</A>.</TT> <BR></BODY></HTML>

------=_NextPart_000_0034_01C16759.CB181D30--

--
Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'.
Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.

Navigate by Author: [Previous] [Next] [Author Search Index]
Navigate by Subject: [Previous] [Next] [Subject Search Index]

[Send Reply] [Send Message with New Topic]

[Search Selection] [Mailing List Home] [Home]