Scuba Obsessed

Scuba Obsessed

January with an Outlook of Diving - 355

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Original Show Date: 01/18/2018 9:30 PM EST (recorded live)
This week Kevin, Dave and Darrin cover the upcoming training class and ice dive.
* * We continue to refine our audio workflow on Discord. We like it better than skype but do discover a few things we need to fix. This week it was Kevin's audio. We probably had some auto-leving turned on that fought our recording software.

Scuba in the news

• First 'ghost ship' of 2018 washes up in Japan
  • https://www.news4jax.com/news/international/first-ghost-ship-of-2018-washes-up-in-japan

• Discovery of a lone zebra mussel has stepped up vigilance at Lake Harriet
  • http://m.startribune.com/discovery-of-a-lone-zebra-mussel-has-stepped-up-vigilance-at-lake-harriet/469160513/?section=sports

• Treasure hunting scuba diver uses GoPro to record finds
  • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5278793/Treasure-hunting-scuba-diver-uses-GoPro-record-finds.html

• Grand Haven Tribune: Man joyriding on Muskegon Lake watches truck sink below ice
  • http://www.grandhaventribune.com/Fire-EMS/2018/01/16/Truck

• After pool party cancelled, northern nudists invite Calgarians to get naked in Edmonton
  • http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/nude-swimming-event-edmonton-calgary-1.4485023

• Cave-diving scientist finds new life forms underwater
  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-lot-can-go-wrong-when-youre-a-professor-who-does-research-by-cave-diving/2018/01/12/926cd12e-f4aa-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html?utm_term=.2d2fdc122c81

• The world's longest underwater cave has been found in Mexico
  • http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/central-america/mexico/articles/divers-identify-world-largest-underground-cave-network-in-mexico-yucatan-peninsula/

• Shipwreck discovery suggests pirates liked booty and books
  • http://woodtv.com/2018/01/15/shipwreck-discovery-suggests-pirates-liked-booty-and-books/

Scuba Obsessed

Underware Upgrades - 298

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Original Show Date: 09/15/2016 9:00 PM EST (recorded live)

Kevin and Darrin cover some scuba in the news. Kevin talks about his experiences on the Ironsides on the anniversary of its sinking.

Scuba in the News

• Huish Outdoors recalls Zeagle brand buoyancy control devices (BCDs)
  • http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/product-recalls/2016/09/Zeagle-brand-buoyancy-control-devices-recalled.html

• Poachers Fined for Illegally Taking Abalone in Southern California
  • https://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2016/09/13/poachers-fined-for-illegally-taking-abalone-in-southern-california/

• "I could just hear the bones cracking!" Man fights crocodile while it crushes his skull
  • http://kfor.com/2016/09/15/i-could-just-hear-the-bones-cracking-man-fights-crocodile-while-it-crushes-his-skull/

• Underwater treasure hunt nets $1,600 for St. Jude's
  • http://www.baxterbulletin.com/story/news/local/communities/2016/09/12/underwater-treasure-hunt-nets-1600-st-judes/90068682/

• Scuba diver finds wedding ring lost at sea for 37 years off Benidorm
  • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3788278/Scuba-diver-finds-wedding-ring-lost-sea-37-years-Benidorm-tracks-couple-lost-it.html

• National Geographic Footage Lost at Sea for 3 Years Has Returned Home
  • http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/15/national-geographic-footage-lost-at-sea-for-3-years-has-returned-home/

• Why haven't invasive zebra and quagga mussels overtaken Lake Superior?
  • http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/09/why_havent_zebra_and_quagga_mu.html

• "Looking at a time capsule": Underwater video shows HMS Terror shipwreck
  • http://globalnews.ca/news/2941416/looking-at-a-time-capsule-underwater-video-shows-hms-terror-shipwreck/

• Arctic Shipwreck May Be Doomed 19th-Century HMS Terror
  • http://www.livescience.com/56110-doomed-shipwreck-hms-terror-possibly-found.html

• Remarkably intact 1897 shipwreck discovered in Lake Superior
  • http://www.twincities.com/2016/09/14/remarkably-intact-1897-shipwreck-discovered-in-lake-superior/

• Missing 1800s shipwreck found at the bottom of Lake Superior
  • http://www.startribune.com/missing-1800s-shipwreck-found-at-the-bottom-of-lake-superior/393489211/

Potentially Cool New Gear

• Boatsetter helps scuba divers reach their favorite underwater locations Miami's Community News
  • http://communitynewspapers.com/featured/boatsetter-helps-scuba-divers-reach-favorite-underwater-locations/