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Camil e had either been the world’s most powerful hurricane or
the largest tornado in history. Certainly it had done the job to
this oil rig, Kel y thought, donning his tanks for his last dive into
the Gulf. The super-structure was wrecked, and al four of the
massive legs weakened – twisted like the ruined toy of a
gigantic child. Everything that could safely be removed had
already been torched off and lowered by crane onto the barge
they were using as their dive base. What remained was a
skeletal platform which would soon make a fine home for local
game fish, he thought, entering the launch that would take him
alongside. The two divers would be working with him, but Kel y
was in charge. They went over procedures on the way over
while a safety boat circled nervously to keep the local fishermen
away. It was foolish of them to be here – the fishing wouldn’t be
very good for the next few hours – but events like this attracted
the curious. And it would be quite a show, Kel y thought with a
grin as he rol ed backwards off the dive boat.
It was eerie underneath. It always was, but comfortable, too. The
sunlight wavered under the rippled surface, making variable
curtains of light that trained across the legs of the platform. It
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