Hello, ...yup daytime occupation would have been a definite no,no....anyway I watched a video that Ric had made and in it he said he thought that the electra was only on the reef for 5 minutes until it was swept over the edge, guess that would explain why there aren't too many artifacts on the island , how much could one grab given a few minutes? I was under the assumption that the landing was on dry reef,and later when the tides came in, is when the plane was swept off , however if so that would have taken longer than 5 minutes to happen. In the photo taken of the ( could be landing wheel) it is understandable that it would be upside down, floating like a bobber, with the inflated tire serving as a buoy. Did one of her landing wheels break off upon landing???, possibly , in my opinion that could be one reason she couldn't try to power the plane onto higher ground. I don't know what credence tighar gives to the proported distress calls lasting for several days ( I am not sure where ric comes up with the 5 minute time period). I believe in one person's recalling the transmissons she proported hearing , that she said it sounded like earhart said she was STUCK on a reef.