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It's bizarre about the dive buddy thing (that no one could agree who it was). And he kept diving for 15 mins AFTER he lost his buddy? I think there's a bit of personal responsibility going on here, but it's not clear that the jury realised it.

Hey fellow Atlantan! (Lee), The package Ikelite offers with the camera, housing and strobe hits about USD 850. But I agree with you that the more expensive camera you get, the better off you are (within limits, of course). The Olympus I flooded and then replaced costs about USD500 new on...

Thanks Emily Rose for all your contributions here and on the other thread. As you are not only a family member of the deceased, but also a diver, you understand what we are trying to accomplish on this forum and believe me, we appreciate it very much. I just wish we had more family members like...

Wow! You gave me shock there, Dr. Tracy! When I read your post about your "husband's research", I thought you meant the guy who tried to drown you while diving was doing research on domestic murder victims... But reading further, I see it's your new husband. Glad you cleared that up! (And...

My "personal favourite" is the article "Sword-Wielding Man Goes on Rampage" and where it says in the article that the man "was detained and beaten by local people before being handed over to police." O-Kayyy. But seriously - it would be nice to have a first hand account of what happened...

Dr. Tracy, Thanks for sharing that with us, I know it's not easy to talk about these issues. But it's truly a lesson for all of us that you have to know AND TRUST your dive buddy. Yes, you are there for his safety, but he is there for yours. I myself refused to do a second dive with an...

Actually, Peter, the article says this: Witnesses say divers explored the wreck, surfaced and left the site. While the boat was moving, a father and son realized the man - who they had just met while heading to the Yukon - was not on the boat. The crew conducted a headcount and realized one...

On that subject, I'd better confess/warn you about what I think happened to me re the flooding. When I got in the water at the beginning of the dive, the boat captain handed me the camera and (as a courtesy) he visually checked the case and saw no water, no issues. I swam over to the bar and...

Cdolpin, I first thought the same thing as you (that it was three deaths from the same boat). But if you open and read the news articles, it seems that it was the same poor guy who died in all three. Not much of a comfort to his family, but some relief for the rest of us. Trish

Don, I admit that when I saw this in one of your posts on another forum last year, I thought it seemed kind of silly: keeping the reg in your mouth until you get to the bench? But because I've learned so much from you and others on this board, I started doing it. This summer, when diving in...

Beautiful! That's it exactly! And the really good divers on this board will admit that no matter how many hundreds of dives they've done, they are still learning. From my several years of reading the Accidents & Incidents Forum, it's become clear to me that It's when you get arrogant and think...

Hi rcp8520 and welcome to Scubaboard! I hear you about the strobe. I got my first camera in 2001 and it was about 2004 when I finally got a strobe. They're not cheap, but they do help a lot. But I have to say I still have some nice photos I've taken without one. Re your brother's comment...

In one of the news articles, the doc's lawyer said that the doc didn't think he hit anything except maybe a turtle (what an a-hole), so he kept going. OK, so let's say that's true and he thought he "just hit a turtle" (a criminal offense in my book): then why did he call his lawyer before he...

This is GREAT news! I myself had a camera flood in the Bahamas this summer and yeah - insurance troubles to boot. Agh! Fortunately, my loss was miniscule compared to what might have happened here. I just have one suggestion for Tim (and don't know how this works because you're clearly in a...

Hi Folks, Sorry not to come back to you sooner, but work has been crazy since I got back. Anyway, I'm afraid I have some bad news: I got some OK pics with the L22 and then, on the second day, at about 17 metres down, the camera case popped open and the camera flooded. It was a total loss...

Thanks Couv! I urge everyone to look at this tribute (with comments by Wes himself). As a novice underwater photographer, I smiled in recognition when I read Wes' remark: "The goal, to drag an enormous amount of expensive, flood-prone, tempermental and dangerous electronic equipment into an...

Ayisha, I recall when I read the appeal that it said that the dive shop had filed a cross-complaint against Oceanic (but had dismissed it when it won the motion for summary judgment at trial court level). I assume Oceanic makes SPGs, but could someone confirm? Thanks, Tricia

I don't care if the diver and the insta-buddy were diving with a group- when the buddy surfaced, she should have told the diver and the diver should have surfaced at that time. It's the rule and there's a reason for it. Re Kell's wife's seasickness: I'm one of those people who's always...

Did a quick search at ABC Radio and couldn't find it. Would love to hear it, as I've followed Aquahound from the first post about his adventures! If anybody tracks down the specific link, could they please post it? Thanks! Trish

Last summer, in the Caribbean, my buddy and I were first off the boat and as we got to the wall, we turned right. We didn't notice that all the others behind us went left - INTO the current, as you're supposed to do. On the positive side: because we were all alone, a sea turtle came and swam...