Thursday, February 16, 2006

Hot Tuna


NE WIND 15 TO 20 KT...RISING TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 35 KT NEAR GAPS. COMBINED SEAS 9 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 13 SECONDS.
My dad worked as a biologist at Scripps Institute of Oceanography in San Diego in the 60's and 70's. He brought his father-in-law on alot of the trips as a working guest. This isn't one of his pics, but it is a classic...pretty shapely. My grandfather took many pictures on these expeditions. His collection of slides was unceremoniously taken to the city landfill by one of my less farsighted relatives. Fortunately, an employee at the dump, a landfill technician (?), happened to come across the contanier and rescued it. He contacted Scripps, they sent out a representative who retrieved the images. The slides recorded people, boats and images that there was no other record of...a veritable treasure trove. How many like things have been lost in a similar way throughout the years?

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