These winds can be strong enough to sandblast paint off ships in near-coastal waters. Operation Sandblast gathered extensive oceanographic, hydrographic, gravimetric, and geophysical data. They oversee events like Mudbash (VIC), Sandblast (SA), Banana Bash (QLD), and Bush Baja (WA). Some 144 hydrographic bottles to track ocean currents were released during Operation Sandblast. Paradigm Entertainment, Mass Media Inc., Helixe, Locomotive Games, and Sandblast Games. In all, the storm caused $750,000 in damages, mainly due to the sandblast shelter. On November 8, 2007 Tiris released the album "Sandtracks" on British label Sandblast Records. SandBlast Festival of the Arts, third weekend in July. "Around the World Under the Sea", dramatized globe-circling submerged voyages similar to Operation Sandblast.