Holy Whale!

Today on the dive boat between the two morning dives we were sitting on the bow as we're cruising along and off the port side of the boat we see something break the water. It was a very calm day with the water like glass so we were able to spot it quickly. There were two pilot whales swimming along! We slowed the boat in time to take a few pictures...

Then I was lucky enough to see possibly the same ones on the afternoon snorkeling trip. These were a bit further away from the boat so the pictures didn't come out well, but there were whales!!

My Visit to the Port St. Lucie Medcial Center

So while I was in Port St. Lucie, FL as part of a voluntary evacuation from the Bahamas I had a brief 2 day stay in the hospital. I hadn't had lunch or dinner and at about 5 pm on Sunday I went on the trapeze at the Club Med in Port St Lucie where we were staying and on the first swing I let go and fell onto the net. After about a half hour I went to the nurse to get my minor skin abrasions cleaned and while in the infirmary I blacked out and hit my head on 2 oxygen tanks and the ground and then blacked out again once horizontal on the table. So on the way to the hospital in the ambulance my heart rate dropped to 40 bpm and then 30 bpm. So I had a CT scan, 12-lead EKG, ultrasound of my heart and nothing was found to be wrong. So now I am back in the Bahamas and feeling fine. The scuba doctor has examined me and nothing appears to be wrong so I will go back to diving in a few days.
Thank you to everyone for their concern and best wishes.
For pictures from my time at Club Med Sandpiper and my visit to the hospital click on the link below...
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2054065&l=7301e&id=44801562

Update from Columbus Isle

Last night we had our storm update meeting at 6 and it was decided to cancel the evening "show" and to just do dinner and send everyone to their rooms. So by 11pm everyone was to be in their rooms and to not come out until further notice. So we had our bag breakfasts(that I helped to make- about 450 of them to be exact) delivered at 8 pm as well as flashlights and water. I spent the night with 3 other people in 2 adjoining rooms and we had a relaxing evening. There was alot of wind and some rain but no major damage to the village. I slept most of the day as there wasn't much else to do so it was an unofficial day off after my official day off. :-) I finally ventured out to see how things were around 7 and things were fine. Some palm leaves down and the like but nothing major. I took a shower and just at dinner at the main restaurant. We have another meeting momentarily to update us on the storm and what's next. It looks like 4:15 am tomorrow we will be collecting bags for the 200 or so people leaving on the flight to Paris.
So in summary all is well here and I'll post as I know more.

More on Hanna

Well, currently Hanna is a tropical storm and will pass us soon and fairly closely. As of now we are watching and will get another update in about an hour and a half. My guess is that we will be in lock down after our early dinner(6:30-9) until some time tomorrow. I will be staying in a room with a few other people to ride out the storm. We'll probably be watching movies and playing games.
I'm not sure about internet access or phone so it will probably be a day or two before I let you know how I did.
Check out some pictures of our preparations for the storm. All water sports were shut down Sunday afternoon and we have since taken apart the dock as well as taken all the tanks of the dive boats and secured them and all out other gear.
The pictures can be found at....
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2053586&l=e84c0&id=44801562