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I've heard that bill is responsible for this new selfpropagating fire diving virus... Jeff Bill Lais wrote: > > Subject: Tough luck stories > > SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE HAVING A BAD DAY > (this was an article in the CALIFORNIA EXAMINER, March 20, 1998): > > Fire Authorities in California found a corpse in a burnt out section of > fores while assessing the damage done by a forest fire. The deceased male > was > dressed in a full wet suit, complete with a dive tank, flippers, and > facemask. > > A post-mortem examination revealed that the person died not from burns > but from massive internal injuries. Dental records provided a positive > identification. Investigators then set about determining how a fully > clad diver ended up in the middle of a forest fire. It was revealed that, > on > the day of the fire, the person went for a diving trip off the coast--some > 20 miles away from the forest. The firefighters, seeking to control the > fire as quickly as possible, called in a fleet of helicopters with very > large > buckets. The buckets were dropped into the ocean for rapid filling, then > flown > to > the forest fire and emptied. You guessed it. One minute our diver was > making like Flipper in the Pacific, the next the was doing a breaststroke > in a > fire bucket 300 feet in the air. Apparently, he extinguished exactly 5'10" > of the fire. -- Jeff Bentley jeffbentley@mi*.co* http://www.mindspring.com/~jeffbentley
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