A 15 year old boy drowned in a 4.5 acre pond while fishing yesterday in Fuquay-Varina. Yes, that is the name of a town just south of Raleigh, NC. 8-) The boy was fishing with his cousin around the pond when they decided to paddle a small boat into the pond. They would put their feet over the side of the boat at which point the boat would take on water and they would then pull their feet back in. They did this several times before deciding that the boat was going to sink and they had better swim to shore. One boy made it and the other did not. The boat was found floating in the pond. We have had a heat wave over the last five days or so with the temps in the high 80s almost getting to 90. Prior to this heat wave the temps have been usually below 60 for a high with lows in the 30s-40s. The pond's water temp was 58 degrees. http://www.newsobserver.com/wednesday/news/triangle/Story/420170p-415741c.html Later... Dan McCarty *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Apr 11 2001 - 05:49:08 PDT
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