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Facile statements that Muslim terrorists will bomb Coz if they cannot kill infidels in Bali are not particularly helpful. The fact of the matter is that the Balinese have the extreme misfortune to be infidels surrounded by the most populous Muslim country in the world. They are infidels...

I'll be honest with you: I think you'll need significantly more experience for this trip. A caveat: my experience in the Flower Gardens is summer only. But the diving at that time of year is, apparently, much more forgiving than spring. The Gardens and Stetson are, first off, pretty...

Sunset/rise pictures can be passe, but the composition of this one is superb.

Powerpoint presentation by NASA showing surge of a major hurricane hitting Galveston: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=18144

FWIW: http://forums.chron.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?nav=messages&tsn=1&tid=4&webtag=hc-rita This thread suggest Continental's normal ops will begin to wind down Friday morning.

Natasha, have you called the airline to see about alternate arrangements? They tend to be pretty liberal in these types of situations.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.... ...RITA BECOMES THE THIRD MOST INTENSE HURRICANE ON RECORD... DROPSONDE DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT AT 623 PM CDT...2323Z...INDICATED THE CENTRAL PRESSURE HAS FALLEN TO BELOW 899 MB...OR 26.55 INCHES. THE DROPSONDE INSTRUMENT...

I'm glad I got to see the Flower Gardens/Stateson Bank.... 847 WTNT63 KNHC 212146 TCUAT3 HURRICANE RITA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 545 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005 ...RITA BECOMES THE FIFTH MOST INTENSE HURRICANE ON RECORD... DROPSONDE DATA...

People I work with in Jackson lost power for a week and had hurricane force winds. There's no reason why San Marcos/Austin can't see the same.

Debraw, when are you doing the Stetson Bank only trip?

Thanks for all the advice! The wife and I are heading to Balmorhea State Park this weekend, so that might give us a better idea of our relative tolerence....

My wife and I are thinking about doing this class...would our 3mm wetsuits be sufficient?

Ishie, I'm watching the live feed from WWL, and they had a reporter in Slidell. Slidell, while damaged, is not as bad as feared...and according to him, as you go west, the situation improves.

A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969. MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING...

The folks on storm2k had a live chat with scientists on the latest monitoring flight...pressure is down to 901 and dropping....

Cat 5. I no longer am thinking Camille. I'm thinking Galveston.

" am only going to be doing local Texas dives and the occasional trip to Cozumel or similar locations." Given this, I have to say that I really like the rig I ended up with--Oceanic Alpha 7 with the SP4 first stage. I've had it down to 40 meters without noticeable decline in breathing...

If this is the one I'm thinking of, they've known about it for quite some time but it has been in a dangerous area. Maybe they got the tribal relations sorted out.

Allison, if you at all can, go on the South Coast itinerary! Lindenhaven is just an amazing place to dive.

Alcina, the shop was in Exmouth. The instructor of record (SSI) was Debbie Warden; I don't recall, offhand, the name of the instructor who was my primary contact.