As you can tell by our previous posts...its all about
Hurricane Sandy. Its hard to describe to anyone who hasn’t seen it first hand.
Everyone is doing their best to get things back to normal. Yesterday we helped
out a friend a bit by retrieving a lost piece of salvage equipment. It made for
a great day.
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Today, it was back in the water for more search and
retrieval. This time at a local marina. Some of the items that had been lost
during Sandy had been recovered from this area, but there were still more to be
found. Chet led a team of six divers consisting of Joe, Bob, Tom C., Gibby, Tom
T. and Joe #2. Sammi helped Chet with shore support.
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The water the day before was just less than zero visibility.
Today….it was even worse. If your hand was touching your mask, you knew it was
there, otherwise you may as well have just closed your eyes the entire dive.
For most divers this is a “No Go” situation. Not the type of diving that your
typical sport diver should even consider trying. Add to that equation the cold
water, strong currents and debris and you can see how easily a diver could get
in trouble.
However, this is what we train for. This is why we train in
all diving conditions. This is why we practice working, salvage techniques, navigation
and team work in underwater conditions that most people would just laugh at.
Because when its time to get the job done…we want to be as prepared as
possible.
We setup an out and back search pattern with guide lines.
This helped a great deal with navigating in the murky muddy darkness. Sweeping
our arms out, we slowly crawled over the search area. Fishing Poles, Job Boxes,
Tools, Signs, Boat Canvas, the list goes on and on. At the end of the day the
dock was covered with items retrieved from the murky depths.
To some it may have looked like a bunch of crazy divers in
cold murky muddy water. But to us...it was just another day doing what we love
most.
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