Mission Journal 5 — John Parker: Mission Day 3: Wednesday, November 10th, 2004
Well, today is a weather day and we are all safely ensconced in the habitat. Apparently it’s pretty windy on the surface today, as all the fishes are having a tough time staying in one place here on the bottom. In fact it’s so windy that the sea state will not allow the fast boat to come out and get us in case of emergency, thus, we cannot dive. Bummer.
We mainly feel the surge in our ears as the inside pressure changes slightly with the passing waves. It’s kind of weird, sort of like the feeling when a plane takes off. Couple that with the ominous whoosh of the surge sucking air out of the habitat, each time followed by a rushing surge of water spilling into the wetporch, and it feels and sounds like we’re in a hurricane, only 50ft below the surface, surrounded by water. It’s very cool.
We all got to catch up on sleep today, but we’re starting to get really antsy to get out in the water. In our off time we are eating, and sleeping. I think we’re starting to scare Jay and Thor, we are all wondering who will be the first one cannibalized if we run out of food.