posted Aug 30th, 2004 - The NSL office is now fully operational again. Computers are fixed, internet connections and networks are functional - time to catch up. There is a lot of new information that has been waiting for delivery to the valued NSL audience.

Unfortunately, the same successful recovery did not happen at the Florida Skydiving Center in Lake Wales where the drama continues. The last NSL News story of August 24 explained the devastating damage Hurricane Charley caused in Lake Wales. The Florida Skydiving League had scheduled a make-up and support meet for last weekend.

Even though the Florida Skydiving Center had improvised and set up a manifest and boarding area to continue the jump operation a few days after Charley had left, things changed again Friday evening. The drop zone management had received notice from the City of Lake Wales on Friday that the jump operation could not be permitted any longer.

Representatives of the insurance company that covers the airport for the City of Lake Wales had visited the area and the airport and decided that the damage was too large to secure a safe plane and skydiving operation. The insurance coverage for the City's airport would be halted until the airport would be cleaned up and safe again. Without the insurance coverage the City would not allow the skydiving operation. The whole Florida Skydiving Center was grounded once again.

DZ owner Betty Kabellar-Hill tried to inform as many skydivers as possible and also left a message for the FSL management Friday evening that the meet could not take place. The FSL forwarded this message to as many skydivers as the short time frame allowed. However, even the make-up meet did not take place, and the Florida Skydiving Center still struggles to get back to normal operation.

Bad news still from Lake Wales, good news now from the NSL headquarters. The recovered functionality allowed the NSL-TV to upload the next round of NSL-TV, which features once again the teams of the Texas Skydiving League at their last meet in July. Other news stories will follow later today.