JonDLundyn Parker 2 13/4
February 25th 2007 22:33
Cheers went up from the nation’s lounge rooms as the fate of the crew and passenger of the little Beechcraft was realised. Men pumped their closed fist up and down into the air in a salute of victory. The Prime Minister and his immediate advisers had watched in cold clinical silence as the drama unfolded.
“It should really have been one of our F –18 Hornets that did that but at least Australia will not be blamed” said the Prime Minister.
“Ramid has sent a message” the man from ASIO reported as he looked at his own mobile phone screen. “He is activating the fuses on the chemical drums to poison the water.”
The Army general who had so far been very quiet during all the meetings, coughed quietly into his closed fist and offered, “we don’t think much harm will come of that. We have found what we think to be the entire missing truckload of those chemicals and deactivated the charges. If we missed any the explosions will at least tell us where to look.”
The Prime Minister smiled and rubbed his hands together. “Yes that has been incredible how people went searching for those drums. We could not have done it with out the volunteers. Now what is happening about the Ocean King?” This question was directed at the Admiral who was standing pouring tea from the service at the coffee bar.
The admiral turned his deep blue eyes to the Prime Minister and replied, “sir, we have the R.A.N. clearance divers learning every nook and cranny of the boat from plans we have from the owners. The owners have sent ten smaller tankers into the vicinity to stand by to take away any crude that escapes. We are expecting, anticipating if you like that we will not be able to contain the oil from spilling from the ship.” He took a sip of tea and continued. “It is a worst case scenario that we have looked at. Oil spill teams from Asia and the Pacific Rim are standing by with booms, pump ships and foams.”
“So it is up to our men in the frog suits now? Well lets hope that their training is up to the task,” with that the Prime Minister rose and that indicated the meeting was over.
The future of the Great Barrier Reef, one of the seven natural wonders of the world was up to about twenty men in body hugging neoprene suits wearing long fins, dive masks and compressed air. They were approaching the Ocean King in small rubber kayaks. Two miles from their target they would abandon the kayaks and swim to their destination.
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