Brian Powell

The cruise has turned quite somber (and I think most of us want to get back to the states soon) since the hurricane that devastated Louisiana and Mississippi. We do not get video or pictures here on the ship, and we can only imagine what is happening through short summary articles we get thanks to the New York Times. The ship is owned and operated by Edison-Chouest, a company based near New Orleans, and many of the crew have family, friends, etc. in the region. As for the scientists, we all know and work with people at Stennis (a NRL and NASA facility) at Bay St. Louis, Miss. We hope that they are all doing well. We've heard that Stennis suffered very minor damage; however, the homes in the area are all destroyed. We will be leaving to get back on Monday, the 5th of Sept; however, it will take another 17-20 days before we get back to the US. It is rather surreal in this day and age to be out-of-touch with the happenings in the world other than to simply know the basics.

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