On this dive I blazed past Titanic depth at 12,000 ft and was only a third of the way down, and the numbers keep going up and up and up on the depth gauge. You just kind of look at them with a sense of disbelief, and you wonder if the bottom is ever going to be there..
Ocala Chert. Ocala Chert (also known as Coastal Plain Chert), is a beige to cream-colored rock that occurs as float across much of southeastern Alabama (e.g., Houston and Henry Counties). It was the lithic material of choice for people living in southeast Alabama for the manufacture of chipped-stone tools such as spear points and knives.
General Interest Site. The climate of the Coastal Plain is mild, with hot summers and cool winters with few hard freezes. Precipitation is high, particularly along the coast, and seasonal. Average annual high temperature is about 77 degrees, although highs in the upper 90s are not unusual during the height of summer. Although the Coastal Plain experiences temperatures below freezing each winter, temperatures average in the 50s.