477 - Secret Mission

Welcome to a new season of Scuba Obsessed. We are starting our 12 year of the podcast and are thankful that you have chosen to come along. We have new projects in the works and this first episode of 2021 is part of it. Thank you to the Band Winterfaran for the cool intro and outro music. We are also adding timestamps to the show to make it easier to revisit your favorite moments. **Introduction** (0:37) **Scuba in the News** (2:42) Part of Golden Ray heads to Louisiana as crews start cutting stern of ship (2:47) https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2020/12/25/part-of-golden-ray-heads-to-louisiana/  Responders cut away the stern from the Golden Ray shipwreck https://www.savannahnow.com/story/new **Squirrel moment** - Drones (4:29). Three people are rescued after their yacht drifted dangerously close to shipwreck of SS Richard Montgomery (6:19) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9108669/Three-people-rescued-yacht-drifted-dangerously-close-shipwreck-packed-explosives.html  Jerry Summers: Nickajack Cave No. 2 - Scuba Disaster? (9:22) https://www.chattanoogan.com/2021/1/7/420727/Jerry-Summers-Nickajack-Cave-No.-2.aspx  Brad Pitt and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea scuba dive on tropical getaway (16:07) https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/13659746/brad-pitt-tropical-getaway-battle-angelina-jolie/  Ice Diving Might Be Colorado's Chilliest Sport (17:43) https://www.5280.com/2021/01/ice-diving-might-be-colorados-chilliest-sport/  Mack’s Local Ice Predictions and Observations (19:35) Upcoming Dive plans and missing Zebras (20:42) Shipwreck Park Adds Pirates’ Treasure Chest Sculpture (23:00) https://jitneybooks.com/shipwreck-park-pirates-treasure-chest/  The secret Cold War mission that helped America find the Titanic (26:24) https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/cold-war-mission-found-titanic/  **End of Scuba in the News** (27:17) **More Diving Plans** (27:18) **Why is Darrin in Kentucky?** (32:55) **Mack’s Dive Safety Store for the Week - Damned if you Do** (38:35) **Show Wrap up** (50:27) 52:49 - **Bad Joke **(with a Mack kicker- Bootlegger) 55:53 - **Bonus Post Show** Fin - 56:48 **Intro & Outro Music** Music “Tornado" by Wintergatan This track can be downloaded for free at www.wintergatan.net Free License to use this track in your video can be downloaded at www.wintergatan.net