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Julia has become a tropical storm again. It is lingering off of South Carlina and it looks like it is bringing some northeast winds to parts of North Carolina, South Carolina an North Florida.
That is the kind of thing I'd like to see happen off the Treasure Coast - a storm that sits off shore and churns for a while.
We now have three tropical storms, two depressions, but no partridge in a pear tree.
Karl is expected to become a hurricane, but is expected at this point to move to the north before long. I've made the observation before that when they get strong that far away they tend to move north into the Atlantic.
Another depression is about to come off of Africa.
It is pretty busy out there.
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You might enjoy this fossil slideshow. Just some very neat fossils.
http://animalmozo.com/2016/09/03/24-insane-fossil-discoveries
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I found a paper on the Padre Island and Emanuel Point shipwrecks. Simplified, the hypothesis is that the pattern of ceramics on a wreck site can help you determine something about the type of ship was involved. There were however some other details that you might find interesting, for example the following illustrations on early salvage techniques.
I suspect that there will be differences between deep and shallow water wrecks and some other factors.
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| Dragging for a Wreck. Source: Arnold, 1979. |
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| Salvage Divers Following Chain Down To Wreck. Source: Arnold, 1979 |
Arnold III, J. Barto, 1979. Documentary Sources for the Wreck of the New Spain Fleet of 1554, David McDonald, translator. Texas Antiquities Committee Publication, No. 8, Austin.
You might find the study of the wreck sites, ceramics, etc. interesting.
Here is the link.
http://etd.fcla.edu/WF/WFE0000406/Sorset_Scott_Ryan_201306_MA.pdf
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The World Health Organization found that the United States ranks third (behind India and China) in most depression, anxiety and drug and alcohol abuse.
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Promoting interest in Florida archaeology.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net