Mt Storm Lake West Virginia.

This is a cooling lake for a power plant.  We went there in the dead of
winter.  Air temp was about 20-25 deg F.  Wind was blowing about
25-30mph. Heavy snow was hitting my car sideways and at times the wind
would actually rock the car. I did the dive in a 3mm wetsuit and was
comfortable (in the water).  With the water temperature so warm (low
70's) and the air temperature so cold, steam was rolling off the surface
of the water making it look like it was boiling.  Looked like something
out of a Sci Fi movie.

I defintely paid the price getting out of the water going to the car.

Underwater pumpkin carving is always weird.

The Glory Hole in Skookumchuck Narrows.

Recovering a 9 year old kid that fell off the boat and rattled between the
boat and dock (while mom was busy on the cell phone) and drowned.

Exploring Lake Cushman;

It is man made, and there was a lodge and small town there before they
flooded it, but all the structures were burned by the owners before the
water got to them. Foundations and signs of fire are still there, but no
structures. We heard stories from LSD driven divers claiming to have been in
the lodge, and that there are still shot glasses on the bar, pans on the
kitchen stoves, etc.

As if.

Nothing but foundations left.

However, as the level of the lake rose, the powers that be decided to top
thousands of old growth trees in order to make the lake safe for the
recreational users that would be sure to follow in years to come, so in some
place you dive there and at about 120 feet you are presented with a forest
that is all flattened off at the top at the same level (they topped the
timber from boats), and below that it is jumbled like Lincoln Logs.

Weird to be kneeling on the top of a 24" diameter Doug Fir at 120 ffw, with
another 100 ffw below you to the bottom.

*Nothing* moving or alive. No fish, no crawdads, no plants, nothing.
Sterile. You can wipe the top of the log and see the tool marks from the
chainsaw.

"sweir toronto canada" <sweir5492@rogers.com> pounded away at his
keyboard resulting in:

They weren't bored when I did it.  Weren't you doing any tricks?

One of the years I did that dive, (it's in a display tank) we hooked
up with the energy drink vendor across the aisle and demonstrated
underwater drinking, with his drink.

Dan Bracuk
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.