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| Midway in the grey of the morning |
We've spent the last 10 hours sitting off of Midway, waiting for the morning light so we could launch small boats, taking our Laysan evacuees to land. The grey light of the morning turned from dark to lighter grey, the neon orange boat touched down in the steel blue waters with its sights on the distant, misty tree tops of Midway, and the evacuees were sent on their way. Now we expected the ship to turn its bow southwest and begin steaming the 4.5 days to Wake Atoll so we could finally begin our work. But no sooner had the small, orange boat been returned to its cradle and tied down in preparation for the long transit, then we were informed that another - yes - another - evacuation was required.
We are now transiting to Kure, an island even farther north than Midway, in order to evacuate five more scientific personnel and return them to Midway. The reason given was that there is concern that the radiation plume will reach the island and there are no other evacuation options.
We're thinking about adding a 'Taxi' light to the top of the ship.
That's all for now as we bob through stormy seas to our next set of refugees.
Take care and someone - anyone - send me an e-mail!!!
Cristi
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