Any word on how Diego Garcia (the island, not Jerry's cousin) survived the tsunami?

Hello everybody, my name is Christian StClaire former owner of
StClaire Diving Products, Nitrox Technologies Inc. & StClaire USA .
I just joined this group today and was wondering if anybody out there
remembers me.

As most of you already know, Barry Miller recently split the sheets with
Halcyon, and started his own thing: http://www.salvodiving.com/home was
recently arrested, 10 days later, for a number of charges, including theft,
and is in the Alachua County Jail now. Charges were brought by ...

The outlawed separatist Pattani United Liberation Organisation
yesterday warned tourists to stay away from Phuket, Krabi and Bangkok,
as it promised a new wave of violence in retaliation for Monday's
'massacre'.

Looked out my window earlier and wonders never cease -- IT'S SNOWING... Ok,
for some of ya'll, this is not a big deal, but I'm in the New Orleans area
these days and that just doesn't happen much around here (not that it
happened much back in Houston either)... I checked the NOAA ...

I am just getting to the point where I have time to dive a few times a month
again. Now that I'm bumping into divers again, I ran into Jim Abernethy the
other day. He's actually shooting video for National Geographic these days,
but still keeps up a nice local dive biz, and he ...

Hi guys (and gals),
Just heard the news from Asia. Are all regulars OK?
AFAIK there's still no news from most of the islands in the Maledives.
Anyone with more info?

Notice I didn't say Merry Christmas. That's purely in the interests of
protecting the tender sensibilities of the many fragile egos hanging
out here.  8)
I haven't been around much lately so I've sorta lost touch with who's

I guess I'm just kind of old-fashioned...

I am going to Staniel Cay next week and have been unable to find any
information regarding the diving there. Anyone done any diving there?
Any help would be much appreciated.

I'm planning a 2 weeks vacation in Jamaica for next may in "Beaches Sandy
Bay Negril". I'm wondering if someone could tell me more about the
destination and the resort.
What about the diving equipment lent by the scuba diving club? Is it well

We are just thinking about booking a holiday for early next year and are
toying with the idea of either St Lucia or Malaysia.
Ideally I would like to be able to dive in the morning (so just a short
distance from a hotel) and then we would play golf or laze on the beach in

I'm looking to get padi certified and some of the guys in my dorm got
certified last year taking a week long course on the GBR. This sounds good
because I've never been to Australia and heard you can travel pretty cheap
once you get there, but is this the best way to go to get ...

Possible new Florida cave site developing in Deltona?
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/19/florida.sinkhole.ap/index.html
It mentions the sinkhole that developed in Winter Park in 1981... I was
stationed in Orlando at that time and saw it... Quite impressive... Anyone