Public meeting opening Wakulla: Thurs,Jan19th 7pm

[pink arrows]

I'm here now. It's a room full of people.

Wish I coulda made it. Give 'em hell boys : )

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[JamesK]

Good luck guys. Thanks.

[tflaris]

A snippet of video of shown on the 11 o'clock news. Channels 11 Tallahassee.


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[DogHouseDiver]

WCDC, Sorry I couldn't be there, I'm 5hrs away on workdays.
Thanks for the efforts to all that attended.
News Story posted:

http://www.tallahassee.com/article/2...diving-Wakulla

[Benderr]

"allowing scuba divers into Wakulla would be like building a gas station over the spring" - Casey McKinlay

[Lamar English]

I was there, and honestly, I'm still trying to wrap my brain around what just happened. (I'm kind of at a loss for words.) To say the least, this was "unexpected."
Ed Ball, former owner & developer of Wakulla Spirings, had a saying, "Confusion to the enemy." Well, our opponents took notice: They played the Manatee card! (HUH?)
Yes, the first (and the next appx. forty speakers) went off on a tangent about Manatees! (Some even had little gray blow-up manatees...) After that it got "wierd." Excuse me but, WTF!!!

I have been to Tijuana, San Francisco, Ripley's Museum and the Alabama State Fair, but this took the prize.
I want a drink & I'm going to bed.

[RN]

It was different. 114 speakers. There were a few that just went up and stated, "I oppose scuba diving at Wakulla." and then sat down. Most of those for diving got up and presented good arguments as difficult as that was to do in 90 seconds. This is only the first step of many. I believe they stated there are about six steps in this process. I think that's an understatement. Be prepared to attend more meetings.

[cwick]

The Forum last night went very well! Thanks to all of people who spoke up in favor of opening Wakulla!

[gasdiver]

So if you had to guess, what was the percentage for and against diving (out of the 114 who spoke)?

[DogHouseDiver]

My next letters will include 8X10 glossy photos of the wkpp habitat crudely anchored to this pristene bottom, photos of their tons of gear and people being hauled about, and then photos of the average cave diver conservatively navigating cave. If the.wkpp only wanted science and not EOL glory, they would carefully plan and execute a short dive to drop water sampling gear, maybe one mapping effort. According to their own logic there is no reason for them to ever go back and push passage. If they do come back, will the opponents be rallied? The manatee protectors be protesting?

Write letters, address the arguments, and as a community we should draft a sample management plan and/or impact analysis that addresses each point of community concern as a single representational voice publicly and also many voices from private addresses.... But the.message should be.unified and address concerns of theirs.

Thanks again to everyone and to Wakulla Dive Center for their local media efforts.

This isn't a pay my $100 & get my I survived wakulla bungee jump style T shirt dive, we have those in other locations. This is spend a half decade or more training and earning the right and training and investing ten thousand dolllars in training and gear working your way up the experience chain to some day carefully dive there.