Scuba Divers Begin Living Under Water - Yahoo! News Read the article that the above link is to. This is just another reason SCUBA divers are goofy. I know guys (and now women) who have lived for 60 days (if not more the greedy bastards) under pressure and in the water working in a Saturation System. ubi

It seems a group of reports went offshore to view the damage and ran into the mighty Sea Kitty (Cat). You can see the article as reported by the Palm Beach Post: Many rigs, refineries KO'd: 'It's a mess'. I have seen the article at another online newspaper but this one, had pictures! Below is from the article, which is describing the encounter with the Sea Cat.

"That work is already under way. A battered, rusting boat named the Sea Cat is anchored in about 35 feet next to a Chevron rig in the Grand Isle-25 drilling sector, about four miles out to sea. Jeff Pogue, 37, a diver with Global Industries of New Orleans, pulls a bright yellow helmet over his wet suit and oxygen tank and jumps in. On board is a decompression chamber for deeper dives. "We're doing inspections of lines and structures," says the boat captain, Ross Fengier, who, like so many captains here, is a Cajun. "We're looking for problems and reporting them. There are quite a few leaks all over." Shook explains that while Pogue's equipment includes a digital camera on his helmet and a light, "a lot of it he has to do by touch because it's so muddy down there after the storm."

You can also see a picture of Jeff about to jump in at the site. You will have to go to picture #7 to see Jeff. Also I have visited the Platform in picture #6. We were able to close all of the topside valves that are underwater. There were too leaks there that were closed. You can see my pictures of the platform here and here.

I shoot some pictures the last time I was Offshore. Most of the pictures are of damage to platforms. You can see the pictures here. Ubi

The New Orleans TV station(WWLTV) is now broadcasting from Baton Rouge, they have been all week. They are using Louisiana Public Broadcasting studios. You can watch them on their station or your local LBS station. For those outside the state you can watch their news broadcasts on the Internet. Here is there Internet broadcast. NOLA.com is another good site for info on the destruction of New Orleans

Some news first: I found this link on offshorediver.com -- a diving Message Board: