Won't stir up CPAKayaker again with an update on this incident 'cause it's not something a lot of you want to hear about, apparently. But I did talk to the officer in charge again, and he asked me to pass on the following information. Since he and I last talked --- maybe five days ago? --- he said that - a jetskier who departed his craft was saved by Rangers and DNR personnel, at some real risk to their own lives, just before he went down Great Falls on the upper Potomac; his jetski was not so fortunate; the jetskier was not wearing any significant amount of cold water protection, and was hospitalized for hypothermia; had the rescue personnel not made the save where they did, it was felt that he would not have survived the ride down the Falls. - a fisherman wearing conventional street clothes fell out of his skiff at Chain Bridge on the Potomac; he was rescued by DNR personnel after a short time in the water, was severely hypothermic, and was also hospitalized. - and another pleasure boater overturned in Herring Creek; same story as the Chain Bridge incident --- DNR rescued him, severly hypothermic, hospitalized, yadda, yadda, yadda. It's going to be in the 70s on Saturday and maybe 80 on Sunday. Guess what: the water doesn't know that! It's still below 50 just about everywhere in this area. That's "cold water" folks --- be careful out there! Jack Martin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Apr 06 2001 - 06:36:35 PDT
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