On May 20, 2010, at 12:37 PM, Martin, Jack wrote: > > And then there are the strange and unexplainable exceptions --- > > Just on the TV noon news -- three fishermen capsized somewhere off northern Florida, lost their boat and life vests, and held on to a cooler for three days before being rescued this morning? Shorts and tee shirts, of course. > > They were able to walk off the rescue boat -- with a little help -- and had sores and jellyfish stings. And a lot of luck. One said that he wouldn't have made it another day. Some of those details may be questionable -- so let's hold for more complete reports. (For what it's worth, they all looked liked they had body mass indeces favorable to prolonged submersion.) I told my wife and daughter about the two deaths. My 14 yr old daughter didn't seem to get it so I filled a glass with ice water and had her stick her hand in for about 30 seconds. She said it really hurt after about ten seconds. I seem to have made an impression. I had good reason to try and help her understand. She is going sea kayaking this summer in the PNW with the Adventure Treks group. Its sorta like NOLS for kids. Jim et al *************************************************************************** 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 Thu May 20 2010 - 09:46:42 PDT
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