jeff

Great to talk again last night! I was just telling Jess Dubow, one of the other Sheffield people involved in the project, about our plans. Her boyfriend (partner? significant other?), Jeff, is American and lives in Florida. He's ex-US army and is now an academic geographer working on climate (which, given the focus on flooding, might be useful in itself). He's also a lovely guy - I met him last time he was over here and I really like him.

Anyway, Jeff is a southerner (from Mississippi, I *think*, although don't quote me on that) and, because of his military training and his work in physical geography, has a lot of experience of expeditions like ours. Jess reckons that he knows some parts of the Mississippi pretty well too.

She suggested that, at the very least, we might talk to him about some of the practical (and, maybe, climatological) aspects of the trip, but she also suspects that, once he hears about it, he might well want to come along (which, because he's very practical and capable, might be quite a good thing?)

Anyway, Jess is out of town for a few days now, so I'll talk to her about it further on Friday.