Great news, I finally went back to work! After 36 days of staying at home and reading I was itching to be working with my hands again. We’ve started dismantling Alvin. This week, the ET’s pulled off implodable volumes, which is anything that has air inside of it and has the potential to collapse with depth. These items are important; they are tracked by serial number and each one has a thick stack of paperwork to certify the depth they can go to. If one were to implode, there would be a pressure wave radiating outward that could damage the sub. Before we take anything off the sub, we have to find its location. Everything needs to be verified to check the weight balance of the sub. In the middle of the sphere is an x, y, z origin point; we measure from an item’s center of gravity to find its location. Once we have a location, I would take the item and measure the air and water weight. With those two measurements, the item’s volume can be calculated. After that everything gets cleaned up and put away. Throughout all of this, I’m recording all of the measurements and reporting them. It was busy work but it felt so good to be doing.
