Re: [Paddlewise] Tsunamis

> It strikes me that several years ago we had a Paddlewiser by the name of
> Dave (last name unsure) that was involved in a sea kayaking business in
> Phuket, Thailand.
>
> I've found myself thinking about him several times in the last couple
> days.
>
> -- Wes

Me, too. I sent a message about him and John Gray this morning, but I
might not have replied to "all." I haven't heard anything about either.

John "Caveman" Gray was a member of Paddlewise's predecessor Wavelength
who had an ecotour kayaking business in Phuket a few years ago. Dave
Williams was his assistant who, I think, later started or joined a rival
ecotour kayaking business in Phuket. He was still there and a member of
Paddlewise on 9/11. Gray was pretty upset with the competition in Phuket
last I heard, and might have moved on, but I don't really know.

I hope they are all right, but the tsunami struck at a time when they
might have been on the beach organizing their tour groups or even already
on the water.

I wonder if there is a warning system in the Atlantic? Some scientists
have worried that a large chunk of volcano in the Canaries (I think) could
catastrophically slide into the ocean, creating a similar or even greater
tsunami around the Atlantic.

Chuck Holst
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