You might want to check out the latest issue of Alert Diver - along with reports from REEF and MANY other reliable sources for reports of devastation of indigenous fish populations due to lionfish invasions......
Mary,
Glad to hear you got wet quick and found your gear problem before you were out on the boat ready to hit the reef. "I just got it serviced!" is the familiar refrain you hear on gear failures...
leslief, ddeborahdelamar, and I are all supposed to be on the same flight out of Atlanta in a few hours. We're going to be on the lookout for each other. We'll have to get on island and be on the lookout for you!
Hope you have great dives today!
Chip, Another tidbit for Stating the Obvious?