the 0.680. we wanted to take a kasten core at a site cored back in
'02. since the 9/16 cable has a hock in it (knotted with wire breaks)
womewhere around 3600 feet and the water depth is 3400 here, we had to
use a different wire. things combined to help the wire jump the
sheave, so the ship's crew have been working the last 12 hours to fix
this problem (which revealed some other problems with the sheave). so,
the wire is just about fixed now and after the wire is re-terminated,
we will attempt this again.
luckily the day shift spent their time moving stuff around in
preparation for wrapping up outr cruise. lucky as there are about
twice as many people on that shift, much better for moving our kasten
cores around, at about 800 lbs each. on our shift, we will continue to
clean up the lab and stow things that are not tied down. we have 16 ft
seas ahead as this storm front comes in. gonna be rough.
good morning y'all and Sunshine!
back to the grind i call my wonderful life, jay
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I have been worried about:
1. that cable/wire... wondering if it would hold, and if you would lose equipment, or worse, someone would get hurt.
2. How your lack of sleep was affecting your need to get well.
3. If the storm headed our way had hit you already.
Now, I am wondering about the little birds!
Hope you have enough ginger to get you thru!
Love, Mom and Matt who has been watching the weather channel on your behalf.
Boy, has there been lots of news!
Glad you are enjoying the work.
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