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The Coral Reef Squadron, comprising some WW2 aircraft which were recently sunk just 6 months ago to create a new dive site off Phuket have already been damaged by wayward fishing boats. Lol, Captain Somchai Hazelwood reporting for duty... PHUKET: One of the airplanes at the artificial...

Soldiers and tanks have appeared in Bangkok after Thai authorities declared a state of emergency, a day after protests stopped a major Asia summit. BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Troops in Thai emergency patrols

Diver airlifted from Similians after ‘fish’ attack FROM PHUKET WITH LOVE: Rustem Teregulov, recovering in hospital after he was bitten by a fish, gives a ‘thumbs up’ to the Royal Thai Navy’s medivac efforts. PHUKET: Russian tourist Rustem Teregulov, 39, was airlifted by Royal Thai Navy...

Hopefully they'll get their boat back. What a load of crap to wake up to, to discover your boat was hawked from under you. Legal fracas over alleged swindling of dive boat BANGKOK: Two Norwegian operators of the 85-million-baht M/Y Viking of The Orient have sought help from the...

Has anyone dived this yet? It's somewhere around Racha Yai. It looks like you could swin through the demons. http://www.phuketgazette.com/news/index.asp?id=5183

Hopefully they'll peter out before arriving at Hawaii. http://www.goes.noaa.gov/browsp.html Bud: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_ep3+shtml/153750.shtml?5day Carlotta follows behind: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_ep4+shtml/154034.shtml?5day

Yet another sad story of poaching on the reefs iin Thailand. Add this to the poaching of blac ktip and white tip sharks and soon diving will just plain suck there :( Saving Nemo RAWAI: Police assisted by a member of the Royal Thai Navy arrested two men and seized over one hundred bags...

Here comes hurricane season! Tropical Storm Hurricane 2006 Atlantic storm names ==================== Alberto - Adams Beach (Big Bend), FL Beryl Chris Debby Ernesto Florence Gordon Helene Isaac Joyce Kirk Leslie Michael Nadine Oscar Patty Rafael Sandy Tony Valerie William...

This strikes me as true poetic justice. Maybe even a candidate for this year's Darwin awards. (06-04) 14:55 PDT HAYWARD - A speeding 1967 Corvette took a fateful turn Sunday morning in Hayward. After the black convertible followed a second sports car into the spacious Holy Sepulchre...

ELKHORN AND STAGHORN CORALS LISTED IN THREATENED STATUS NOAA Hosting Public Information Workshops in South Florida and Caribbean May 5, 2006 — The NOAA Fisheries Service announced its decision Thursday to list elkhorn (Acropora palmata) and staghorn corals (Acropora cervicornis) as...

I've heard he still had 130 bar in his tank. http://www.phuketgazette.com/news/index.asp?id=4861 Japanese tourist dies while diving KOH RACHA YAI: Japanese tourist Akira Egoshi, 24, died while diving in Siam Bay, off Koh Racha Yai, on Wednesday. Pol Lt Col Chana Sutthimas, an...

It’s on again! On just 24 hours’ notice - between January 1, and March 31, 2006 - 24 of the world’s greatest big-wave surfers will descend upon the frigid waters of Half Moon Bay for the chance to ride "the most dangerous waves in the world." You can watch it on this website...

Interesting how this Pacific event can have climate implications in other parts of the world - hopefully it won't be another bad hurricane season in the north Atlantic. http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2572.htm ... "In mid-January the atmosphere over the eastern North Pacific and...

From my personal diving experience of February and November last year, much or all of the tsunami debris seems to have been cleared off the reefs. I've also seen (at least what looks like) the coral seeding in place. Experts discuss tsunami damage to coral PHUKET CITY: Some 13% of reefs...

Hopefully this story isn't true. I'd like to think my fellow divers are a bit better than the average Joe. http://www.phuketgazette.net/news/index.asp?id=4745 Swiss man arrested on pedophilia charges PHANG NGA (The Nation): A 53-year-old Swiss national, Bernhard Rudolf Hager, has been...

Anyone care to share? http://sukstalker.fotopages.com/?entry=649475

I'm trying to register my newly purchased Zeagle gear, but I'm having a problem locating the serial numbers stamped on the gear. The first stage of my new flathead reg's serial number is easy to spot, however the others' are a mystery (and I haven't found it in the docs provided). Stiletto...

Max winds at 105mph should put it at a class 2. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_ep5+shtml/151108.shtml?5day

Super Typhoon Talim arrives at Taiwan: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/08/31/2003269792 Northern Marianas braces for typhoon Nabi as Guam tries to recover: http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1450421.htm As Guam lies in the path of typhoon alley, I'm curious as to...

Lee's still just a tropical storm, are these usual for so far north? http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/204543.shtml?5day