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All Over Michigan and a Secret - 340

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Original Show Date: 08/31/2017 9:30 PM EST (recorded live)
This week Kevin, Jim and Darrin are on the show talking about scuba in the news. Mack was cursed with Skype updates and hopes to be on next week. Kevin teases a secret project and Jim is diving in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.

Scuba in the news

• Diver joins calls to address Niagara shipwreck
  • http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/338377/diver-joins-calls-to-address-niagara-shipwreck

• New Pompano reef doesn't disappoint, divers say
  • http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/pompano-beach/fl-dff-sinking-0830-20170829-story.html

• Artificial warming trial reveals striking sea-floor changes
  • http://www.nature.com/news/artificial-warming-trial-reveals-striking-sea-floor-changes-1.22543

• Top diver’s death casts long shadow over deep beauty of the Blue Hole
  • https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/26/blue-hole-red-sea-diver-death-stephen-keenan-dahab-egypt

• Two scuba divers survive devastating brain injuries and are about to do something amazing
  • http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/two-scuba-divers-survive-devastating-380767

• 94-year-old in oldest scuba diver bid at Zenobia wreck
  • http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/08/30/94-year-old-oldest-scuba-diver-bid-zenobia-wreck/

• Cast your vote on Kiama’s quirky shipwreck tale
  • http://www.kiamaindependent.com.au/story/4888365/cast-your-vote-on-kiamas-quirky-shipwreck-tale/

• ‘Whisky Galore’ bottles salvaged from ship to sell for £9,000
  • http://www.scotsman.com/heritage/people-places/whisky-galore-bottles-salvaged-from-ship-to-sell-for-9-000-1-4547552

• Corner Café
  • http://www.wilmaontheweb.com/September-2017/Corner-Caf/

Scuba Obsessed

Much Better Than Normal - 315

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Original Show Date: 01/19/2017 9:00 PM EST (recorded live)

This week Mack, Kevin and Darrin catch up on Scuba in the News and the rash of cell phone recoveries under the ice. Darrin finishes things off with another bad scuba joke care of Rod.

Scuba in the News

• Man dies at treacherous Eagle's Nest cave diving site in Weeki Wachee - Tampa Bay Times
  • http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/accidents/man-dies-at-treacherous-eagles-nest-cave-diving-site-in-weeki-wachee/2308909

• Flying Cloud shipwreck found off SA coast, after 147 years under the sea - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  • http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-09/flying-cloud-shipwreck-found-in-sa/8169858?pfmredir=sm

• Visit Pensacola celebrates the discovery of a third 16th century shipwreck from Tristan de Luna's Spanish fleet in Pensacola
  • http://m.marketwired.com/press-release/visit-pensacola-celebrates-discovery-third-16th-century-shipwreck-from-tristan-de-lunas-2187188.htm

• Fresh Wrecks Preserved in the Great Lakes
  • http://divemagazine.co.uk/go/7529-fresh-wrecks

• Lady Luck Pompano
  • http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2017/01/11/lady-luck-pompano-beach-underwater-park/96398122/

• Sinking sub for new Florida reef
  • http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/local-govt--politics/palm-beach-county-oks-million-for-sinking-sub-artificial-reef/RCRwSApCpPxvFCPgqkBWmM/

Scuba Obsessed

How Far Do Boat Motors Run Underwater? - 291

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Original Show Date: 7/21/2016 9:00 PM EST (recorded live)

Mack got a whole lot of diving in this week, but is that even a surprise?
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Scuba in the News

• Enbridge reaches $176M agreement for 2010 Michigan oil spill
  • http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/enbridge-to-pay-dollar61m-penalty-for-2010-michigan-oil-spill/ar-BBuyGvs?ocid=spartandhp

• Turkish scuba diver sets new Guinness World Record
  • http://www.dailysabah.com/life/2016/07/21/turkish-scuba-diver-sets-new-guinness-world-record

• Swarms of 3D printed sea slug bots could be coming to our oceans
  • https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/sea-slug-robot-3d-printed

• There might be an ocean of hydrogen gas underneath the ocean
  • http://www.gizmag.com/hydrogen-gas-ocean/44471/

• Study: Asian Carp Scared off by Water Treated with Carbon Dioxide
  • http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/2016/07/21/study-asian-carp-scared-off-water-treated-carbon-dioxide/

• Student reunited with £10k diamond ring after flying specialist underwater metal detectorist all the way to Majorca
  • http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/20/student-reunited-with-10k-diamond-ring-after-flying-specialist-u/

• Scuba diver's camera washes up three years after she lost it and 600 miles away - and it still works
  • http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/18/scuba-divers-camera-washes-up-three-years-after-she-lost-it-and/

• Lady Luck will be scuba diving attraction
  • http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/outdoors/fl-outdoors-reef-sinking-0722-20160721-story.html

• Mary Rose warship: Full view revealed after museum revamp
  • http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-36802829

Photo of the week

• Leonardo da Vinci's Scuba Suit
  • http://www.neatorama.com/2016/07/19/leonardo-da-vincis-scuba-suit/

Video

• The fish of your nightmares is lurking in the sands of Virginia Beach
  • http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/fish-your-nightmares-lurking-sands-virginia-beach

Scuba Obsessed

Is it Tasty? - 289

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Original Show Date: 7/7/2016 9:00 PM EST (recorded live)

Mack and Darrin are still waiting to try Lionfish but until then there is a lot of diving to do.

Scuba in the News

• Stranded scuba diver records his ‘last moments alive’ as he drifts for hours in Australia
  • http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/687177/Stranded-scuba-diver-drifts

• Seafood haters will change their minds after eating lionfish
  • http://www.star2.com/food/food-news/2016/07/06/if-you-are-not-a-seafood-lover-you-will-be-after-eating-venomous-lionfish/

• Central Florida Whole Foods will host lionfish cooking classes
  • http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2016/07/07/central-florida-whole-foods-will-host-a-lionfish-cooking-class

• Solving A Mile-High Mystery: Explorers Study Ancient Underwater Forest at Fallen Leaf Lake, Tahoe
  • http://californiadiver.com/solving-a-mile-high-mystery-0703/

• British man outlines plans to swim across the Atlantic
  • http://trends.nauticexpo.com/project-36513.html

• Phone found in SC lake returned with family photos on Facebook
  • http://counton2.com/2016/07/07/phone-found-in-sc-lake-returned-with-family-photos-on-facebook/

• Curiosity and High-tech Sonar Uncover Lost WWII Torpedo Bomber‏
  • https://news.usni.org/2016/07/04/lost-wwii-torpedo-bomber-72-years-later

• What are these giant tube-shaped animals showing up in the Azores?
  • http://www.deepseanews.com/2016/07/rare-mass-sighting-of-pyrosomes-in-the-azores/
  • Bonus Link http://www.deepseanews.com/2013/08/the-60-foot-long-jet-powered-animal-youve-probably-never-heard-of/
  • Bonus Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad-yoJHjQok

• 'It's like a puzzle': Students working to identify ancient shipwreck found off Quebec
  • http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/it-s-like-a-puzzle-students-working-to-identify-ancient-shipwreck-found-off-quebec-1.2973039

• Experts urge city to dive into shipwreck industry
  • http://www.thewhig.com/2016/07/01/experts-urge-city-to-dive-into-shipwreck-industry

• Cockburn dive trail featuring Omeo shipwreck at Port Coogee set to open this summer‏
  • http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/cockburn-dive-trail-featuring-omeo-shipwreck-at-port-coogee-set-to-open-this-summer-20160707-gq0jc6.html

• Lady Luck To Be Sunk Off Pompano
  • http://southfloridareporter.com/lady-luck-to-be-sunk-off-pompano/
  • Bonus Link http://mfame.guru/tanker-become-artificial-reef-ready-sunk-off-pompano/

• World’s Deepest and Largest Indoor Pool Planned in the UK
  • http://californiadiver.com/worlds-deepest-and-largest-indoor-pool-planned-in-the-uk/

• Diving the worst battleship ever built, the U.S.S. Massachusetts
  • http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2016/07/diving_the_worst_battleship_ev.html

• Shipwreck yields ancient coin bounty‏
  • http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=28277
  • Bonus Link https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/05/17/two-divers-discover-1700-year-old-roman-shipwreck-and-priceless-treasures-off-of-israels-coast/

• Has the 2,000-year-old lost city of Rhapta been found
  • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3664442/Has-2-000-year-old-lost-city-Rhapta-Ancient-ruins-coast-Tanzania-Roman-market-town.html

Potentially Cool New Gear

• Scuba-specific actioncam won't give divers the blues‏
  • http://www.gizmag.com/octospot-scuba-diving-actioncam/44189/

• bixpy swim jet water propulsion system‏
  • http://www.designboom.com/technology/bixpy-swim-jet-07-04-2016/