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Accident analysis is the business of identifying mishap causes and recommending actions to prevent a repeat mishap. Who's to blame doesn't matter. The laying of blame, extraction of justice, punishment, liability, etc - all these are the business of the courts (and to satisfy our inner need for...

2019/10/22 Edit... New Rules here=> PLEASE READ FIRST: Special Forum Rules Special Rules for the Accidents & Incidents Forum The purpose of this forum is the promotion of safe diving through the examination and discussion of accidents and incidents; to find lessons we can apply to our own...

I pulled this quote from another thread where a diver was relating how he got himself into an hour & a half float waiting for the dive boat to come get him after he'd gotten separated while the boat still had other divers in the water. An interesting thread... I have a tale of when some divers...

Yesterday I was taking pictures on the Black Bart out of Panama City, FL. Conditions were *perfect* - calm seas, warm water, great vis, nearly no current. I was trying to capture the perfect blenny picture, and I reached over and gently grabbed an apparently empty railing with my ungloved left...

It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Ray Owens, one of the nicest guys I've ever met. This is the note from his wife: Prayers are aloft for Ray's family. Sadly, Rick

This just in from the wife of one of "my" divers, Ray Owens... Ray was about 65, in apparent excellent health. He was a fairly new diver (I think about 30 dives so far) but meticulous with safe practices like monitoring his gas supply and rate of ascent & such. I have no other info at this time...

Peter Duffin was apparently lost on the Oriskany Saturday October 22nd 2011. Rick

Mark your calendars... Vortoberfest VIII will be held at Vortex Spring, FL 12-14 October, 2012. See y'all there! Rick

Tommy fell yesterday - just right - and broke his hip! Surgery successful, prognosis good, but he won't be totin' any tanks for a few weeks. Please join me in keeping him in your prayers for a swift successful and pain-free recovery. Rick

Please note that the Gabe Watson case is not an A&I subject. The discussion of that case is in this thread. Please do not start any more Gabe Watson threads... use the one we have. Thanks. Rick

UPDATE: Scuba Incident Being Investigated 10/23/10 - 05:55 PM United States Coast Guard RSS Feed Bay County, Fla: The U.S. Coast Guard is releasing the name of the victim involved in a scuba diving incident. It happened around 10:45 Saturday morning. The...

Mark your calendars NOW! Vortoberfest VII October 7 - 9 2011 Rick

In a recent thread on acceptable deviations from stop depths, I got interested in exploring and discussing strategies for handling deviations of all sorts from the planned deco schedule. In the real world deviations from the planned schedule occur on every dive. Usually those deviations fall...

In a recent thread on acceptable deviations from stop depths, I got interested in exploring and discussing strategies for handling deviations of all sorts from the planned deco schedule. In the real world deviations from the planned schedule occur on every dive. Usually those deviations fall...

Vortoberfest VI will be held October 8-10, 2010! Y'all Come! Rick

This one was taken by boljakool & posted over in the Philippine Paradise Divers photo thread... Leslie... Help! :) Rick

In order to put another weekend between Vortoberfest and DEMA, we've moved the date for 2009 back to the second weekend in October, so, mark your calendars now! Vortoberfest V will be held October 9-11, 2009 Y'all Come! Rick

http://www.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/...ccident/37379/ Texas man drowns in Marianna diving accident By Debbie Ingram Published: September 20, 2008 A Texas man diving with a friend, drowned Friday in a diving accident at the caves at Blue Springs Recreational Park in Marianna, Fla., according...

The following article was written as an introduction to an Advanced Nitrox course a few years ago, but it's a pretty good introduction into this "grey area" between recreational and technical diving... some food for thought :) Rick -- Beyond the Basics – Safely Handling Increased Risk © 2002...

ATTENTION! ... ATTENTION! ... ATTENTION! I have just learned that Tom Smedley has been inducted into one of diving's most elite groups, the Platinum Pro 5000 Divers! He will be formally presented at DEMA :D Way to go Tommy! Yew done real good! Rick