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Shark filmmaker disappears during a dive off the Florida Keys
http://www.miamiherald.com ^ | 2/1/17 | DAVID GOODHUE

Posted on 02/02/2017 3:17:13 PM PST by BBell

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I don't dive and I knew nothing about closed-circulation rebreathing dive equipment so I looked it up.

Anyone have any experience with these closed-circulation rebreathing devices?

1 posted on 02/02/2017 3:17:13 PM PST by BBell
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To: BBell; Travis McGee

I don’t know jack about any of it except that sounds kinda deep to me...


2 posted on 02/02/2017 3:20:32 PM PST by OKSooner (If they're wearing masks, shoot them in the knee and then waterboard them.)
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To: BBell

Prayers that they find him.


3 posted on 02/02/2017 3:20:45 PM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: BBell

Burp!


4 posted on 02/02/2017 3:23:25 PM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: BBell

Gee. Who knew breathing in Carbon Dioxide would be bad?


5 posted on 02/02/2017 3:23:30 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (It's Donald Trump's America and we're just living in it.)
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To: BBell
He had to know that his was a dangerous occupation...or obsession (conservationist?).
6 posted on 02/02/2017 3:23:55 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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I’m guessing he’s only half the man he used to be, by now.


7 posted on 02/02/2017 3:24:06 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Females DESTROYED America.)
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To: BBell

Looks like the sharks invited him over for dinner.


8 posted on 02/02/2017 3:24:38 PM PST by Timpanagos1
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I was buying gas masks and they had similar systems for firemen working forest fires. They last longer but I suppose it is technical.

The issue I guess is that once
you start running
out, the tank
is
cold and always has a little bit
of oxygen left.

My friend once
ran out and he slowed down his breathing so the tank would defreeze some more
oxygen


9 posted on 02/02/2017 3:25:23 PM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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Ah, yes, those “Conservationists” who always use Conservation
Easement lands but never monitor them
or carry the owner’s responsbility for
the upkeep the law
obliges and then blames him as an animal murderer
for trying to break even
with a couple
hunts


10 posted on 02/02/2017 3:27:52 PM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Saw a series on BUD training years ago. While training on those apparatuses several of the guys got serious headaches and nose bleeds.
11 posted on 02/02/2017 3:31:02 PM PST by mware (RETIRED)
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I was looking up chainmail for knife protection in Europe and fell on chainmail shark suits for divers. It costs 20k to have the suit. Some divers cannot afford it so they only get the half top of it and end up killed


12 posted on 02/02/2017 3:31:23 PM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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13 posted on 02/02/2017 3:32:08 PM PST by Snickering Hound
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If you want my body...

No, wait. That would be Rod Stewart.


14 posted on 02/02/2017 3:32:26 PM PST by unlearner (11/8/2016 - a new beginning.)
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To: BBell

I’m guessing the sharks are conserving part of his carcass for later consumption.


15 posted on 02/02/2017 3:32:34 PM PST by dowcaet
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To: Responsibility2nd

Mike Nelson did fer sure.
One of my favorite shows as a kid.
Sea Hunt


16 posted on 02/02/2017 3:34:59 PM PST by CGASMIA68
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Too bad he wasn’t a lawyer...professional courtesy and all.


17 posted on 02/02/2017 3:41:29 PM PST by xp38
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They’re more suitable for very long dives. Modern rebreathers, which remove exhaled CO2 and replace it with a suitable amount of oxygen, can allow dives of up to six hours duration. The military uses them for that reason and because they do not produce bubbles that give away the presence of divers. The lack of bubbles also has advantages for nature study and photography. Bubbles and the noise from regular tank dives (sounds in your ears like Darth Vader gargling) can frightening off the subjects they’re studying. Very sophisticated and much more complex equipment so there’s more that can go wrong. And at a depth of 225 feet when something goes wrong you’re likely pretty well f’ed.


18 posted on 02/02/2017 3:45:13 PM PST by katana
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These kond of rebreathing devices were developed during WW II by the “frog men” or UDT units; now called Seals. Gave out no bubbles so the divers couldn’t be easily detected. I’m sure they are far better now but then you can always stay under too lons or have a malfunction. 22 feet isn’t deep so nitrogen isn’t likely the problem.


19 posted on 02/02/2017 3:47:22 PM PST by JeanLM (Obama proves melanin is just enough to win elections)
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According to the Sea Shepherd email, the boat crew members think Stewart passed out as well and floated off.

Sea Shepherd? Isn't that the crew of greenie pirates who attacked the Jap whalers?

I'm not in favor of whaling, but I'm even less in favor of violent leftist greens!

20 posted on 02/02/2017 3:52:39 PM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Building the Wall, NOW!)
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