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At 05:49 PM 1/29/97 -0800, you wrote: >Folks; > Just watched Ballards show on the Brittanic. Good production, great shots, interesting >story line...although nothing solved as usual. Basically I really enjoyed this until >Ballard stated he "Firmly beleives all wreck sites should be left undisturbed!" and also >referring to the Lusitannia as "a pile of junk at the bottom of the ocean". > Seems Mr. B. doesnt know what he really believes. If a ship as historic as the >Lusitannia is nothing but junk then why protect it. Or maybe is it that unless its in >good enough condition to make a production out of then it wont serve his purposes ($$$). > The irony here is that his silly ROVS are great at thousands of feet but for the >Brittanic fell woefully short(410'). If he had some experienced mix divers go in maybe >the question of whether the watertight doors were open or not may have been answered. > I generally get the impression that he is unwilling to work with the dive community >in general, and unless there is a payday for his causes will bad mouth the rest. Beware >those that would stop you because of their altruistically marketed hypocrisy. > >What do you folks think??? >Tony Profera > > His statement that he "Firmly beleives all wreck sites should be left undisturbed!" annoyed me also. I also wondered why some divers didn't penetrate the wreck to check the doors and scan for munitions that the Germans suspected the ship was carrying. These seemed worth investigating. Maybe we should get our own group together and check it out ourselves... Steve +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Please send messages for the WreckDiver list to: wreckdiver@wreckdiver.com Send subscription and help requests to: wreckdiver-request@wreckdiver.com +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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