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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Empress of Ireland (was: Forbes story)



On Friday, Mar 21, 2003, at 00:07 America/Indianapolis, Steven Mills 
wrote:
>> From: E.L. King <crusader-x@comcast.net>
>> The most I'd ever want to do is take pictures and/or video.  While I
>> don't protest the recovery of artifacts from wreck sites, it isn't
>> something I'd do.  I'm not a professional, and the recovery of
>> artifacts and their preservation is most definitely the realm of
>> professionals.  In my opinion.
> Right. I concur. I hope you didn't think I was implying that you
> would be careless. With our litigious and overly regulated society
> one has to be mindful. I've had a few confrontations with over
> exhuberant park rangers for just picking up a fossil from the roadside.
> The pressures created from a thruster could be enough to upset the
> integrity of a site or artifact.
>
> One thing that I thought would be interesting to explore with a 
> submesible
> are man-made lakes and deep reservoirs; like parts of the Ozarks,
> the TVA system, etc.  Many small towns and farms fell under 
> public-domain
> for these dam projects dating back to the turn of the century. There's
> got to be old tractors, cars, appliances, old toys...heck, maybe 
> someone's
> mattress stuffed with gold coins or silver certificates under all that
> water.
> --Steve

Steve, I never thought any such thing.  I'm a complete novice at this, 
and am trying to be an attentive sponge.  I'll leave my views on 
frivolous lawsuits and the American legal system for a different forum.

I think some of those lakes in the south might indeed be very 
interesting.  Personally, from my own experiences boating on lakes like 
Dale Hollow, some may be too murky to see much.  Also, wouldn't Silver 
Certificates be so much mush by now?  :)

There are things that I've dreamt of seeing from my little Seaview...   
:)    The Great Barrier Reef, the Andrea Doria, the Bimini Wall, the 
pyramid formation off the coast of Japan...  Call them flights (or 
perhaps Dives) of fancy, but that's my dream.

Erick