We just switched from shore power to ship power, and we've have cast off from the dock. Most of the science party and crew have already crashed for the night. It's been a long day, and tomorrow will be very busy. After about 8 hours of steaming, we should be at our first station off the mouth of the Mississippi River. Then we will steam upriver, through Southwest Pass. The river is at a very high flow right now, because of flooding upriver in the Ohio River Valley.
Logistically, things are going pretty well, with just a few glitches. The biggest problem is that one of our controllers for the RaDeCC counters is malfunctioning, so we only have two counters instead of four. We'll fiddle with it more tomorrow, but even if it does not come back we should be in good shape.
Time to get a little rest while we can...
G'night
3 comments:
Sorry to hear that "one of our controllers for the RaDeCC counters is malfunctioning...".
Do you need any help? If so, please email me with a bit more description.
Good luck!
Bob
Thanks Bob, but there's not too much we can do. We'll have the electronics tech look at the RaDeCC controller when he has a chance, but I think it's a lost cause for this trip. We still have the second one, so our sample processing won't be compromised too much.
-Jim Krest
Great to hear that!
Bob
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