Galapagos Operations Report 
From: Steve Esbensen 
Date: 07 September 2001, 1752LT

Overall: jpeg sounding images now on Field Data Catalog

Aerosondes

     Awaiting first freight shipment being handled by Danzas en route to San
Cristobal via Miami and Guayaquil. Gonzalo Onteneda is assisting with customs
clearances; Mario Agama queried Shannan Thorpe of Aerosonde, Ltd regarding
second shipment, if any, and how it will be sent.

Soundings

     Sent jpeg images of 0000GMT soundings to date to the Field Data Catalog.

Operations Center

     LAN is now 90% of full expected function. OSU team can initiate dial-up
telnet and ftp sessions automatically from desktops. External session response
has been improved, although still slow. Nic Thum will configure the Ops Center
LAN for ftp between the Ops Center computers. This will complete the setup.

     Note that the Ops Center phone cannot be used for voice communication while
there are any external computer sessions going on. There is only one phone
line into the Ops Center. If the Ops Center phone is busy, it may be possible
to reach us through INAMHI personnel at the INAMHI met station, just a few
meters from the Ops Center.

IP addresses (note that LAN is a dial-up system between Galapagos and Quito)

     INAMHI dns server       64.46.71.130  ns.inamhi.gov.ec
     Steve Esbensen's laptop 192.168.0.3
     Nic Thum's laptop       192.168.0.2 
     LAN server              192.168.0.1

Health report 

     Nic Thum was back at work today, and feeling quite well, although still
on antibiotics.  His symptoms were all consistent with dysentary. Three
similar cases were reported to the doctor treating Nic on the same day, with
one of the persons being hospitalized. Mario Agama and his family have gone
above and beyond in assisting with Nic's care, arranging visits to the
physician, and providing the special diet required for his recovery. Mario's
sister-in-law is an RN with 25 years experience, who has been assisting the
physician with Nic's treatment. We are feeling very grateful to these folks
and confident that Nic will fully recover in a few days.