Lamont Weekly Report – February 20, 2004

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W Palisades, New York 10964

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– Letter from the Director –
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<> LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

The highlight of this week was unquestionably a day spent in Norfolk VA (of all places), visiting EWING before she sails today to begin her operations for the year. Apart from the joy of getting out of the office and spending a gorgeous sunny day surrounded by ships and the sea, it was great to see the ship alive again carrying out all the preparations, drills and training preparatory to another year of hard work. The day was not without its comical moments - I found myself in a small meeting in one of the interior labs, as the Coast Guard was observing a fire fighting exercise (for the vessel's officers and crew) - which required all the power to be shut down and smoke bombs to be deployed. The young Coast Guard Inspector, checking out the labs with his flashlight was taken aback to find me, amid all the (simulated) mayhem, complete with jacket and tie, earnestly discussing logistics and scheduling issues with a small group in total darkness.

I will have yet another trip to NSF next week, and I hope we will make major progress with determining the details of the outcome to our proposal to replace EWING.

Rumor is that it will be warm this weekend - have a good one,

– Mike
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