Hypothetical Accident Game

[fndmylove]

Even though I'm calling it a game, I prefer to keep it in the basic section, as I would like for folks to provide serious answers. I'm going to let this be a thread for people wanting to know what others would do in a specific accident scenario. I'm a daydreamer and i have a tendency to think of interesting hypotheticals.

So, here's the name of the game. In bold, describe a specific accident scenario to our fellow scubaboardians and let them respond with a descriptive solution. This is intended to be a learning exercise, if not for others than at least for me. If you don't like the idea or think that the scenarios are highly unlikely, which they may be, then don't play. This game is not, what should you have done before the dive? This game is, what are you going to do now? Here we go, I'll start with a problem that I consider has a rather simple and generic solution, but we can progress into problems that may have more complicated solutions:

Important Note: If you feel as if not enough information about the problem is given to describe your solution, then respond in this form "If blank, then I would".

I'll be using the following format:
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Dive has begun, you and your buddy drop to sea floor (80 ft.). At the moment you hit the bottom, a small amount (enough) of lead slips out of your integrated weight pouch and you begin to ascend rapidly

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[Brewone0to]

I'll bite Swim downward and retreive weight,with buddy's assistance if needed.

[JohnW]

Dive has begun, you and your buddy drop to sea floor (80 ft.). At the moment you hit the bottom, a small amount (enough) of lead slips out of your integrated weight pouch and you begin to ascend rapidly

Yes...what Brewone0to said. Since it's the begining of the Dive and I should be overweight by about 5 lbs. I have a 6lb BP.....and only carry about 8 lbs of lead. So I should be at worst 3lbs positive after I vent the Air from my wing
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[String]

Cant happen to me - im not dull enough to use anything with integrated weights

If somehow i did lose lead it'd depend how much, a certain amount you could swim down to get it, especially at the start of the dive with a full tank, even more so if buddy helps.

If its a bigger amount you're going up no matter what so dump, flare, exhale,pray.

[H2Andy]

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1:

Dive has begun, you and your buddy drop to sea floor (80 ft.). At the moment you hit the bottom, a small amount (enough) of lead slips out of your integrated weight pouch and you begin to ascend rapidly

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hmmm... well ... it's the beginning of the dive, so i'll be overweight with the tank nice and full ... even if i drop all my weight, i should be able to start swimming towards the dropped weight while venting all the air out of my BC (using the rear dump valve)

also, wetsuit will be nice and crushed by the pressure, so will have lost bouyancy

shouldn't be a big deal

[Brewone0to]

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You are a team of 4 divers in a wreck,over 100' and several compartments and turns from entry point. Your exhaust just caused Fire/Bristle worms to drop onto you and your teams necks, One member freaks out and bolts for surface only to knock himself out on the ceiling and cause a total silt out.
And to add to your problems the guide reel line is pulled tight while struggling with frantic diver causing line to be severed(noted by gross slackness)
What do you and your team do?
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Sorry but I type real slow guys/gals, and
this was the only way I know how
to move it forward in the thread.

PS: Nobody gets left behind on this one.

[H2Andy]

i tie a safety reel to where i am and go looking for an exit

if i don't find it, i return to my original point of departure and try again in a different direction

hopefully i'll find the severed line or an exit before air runs out

[JohnW]

What Andy said....I'd wait a bit first to see if the silt settled.

[Brewone0to]

Good answer, There is at least one survivor amongst us,
Your turn Andy

oops, "2" survivors
I told y'all I was slow

[H2Andy]

you are diving with an old, good buddy, when you realize your air is very low.

you are at 100 feet, and now have less than 500 psi left. you're not sure what happened, but you see your buddy below you, heading deeper.

you look back at your gauge and realize you are at 120 feet, not 100 like you thought.

your gauge now reads 1,500 psi

things are not making sense

what do you do?