Weather Underground
I have ALMOST completed the summer scuba staff hiring. I have just one or two spots left and now a whole new wave of applications are pouring in. I guess that’s a good problem to have. But it is very stressful having to tell young people who really want to be of service to other youth that I don’t have a spot for them. I am mentally exhausted. Capt. Kelly, Capt. Alex and I got most of the supplies ordered for the new Eco Adventure program. Since we haven’t conducted the program yet, we are trying to get what we think we need without getting stuff that we won’t use. The crew arriving on the 13th will be our guineas pigs.
Make time to read this blog from Dr. Jeff Masters of Weather Underground, http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1444. It does NOT say that 2010 is going to be a bad hurricane season, but it does give us some information to follow-up on. The bad news is the water off Africa is already hot and potentially ripe for spawning hurricanes. The good news is El Niño effects are lingering longer than expected and the higher Atlantic temperatures do not statistically guarantee an active hurricane season. We will see.