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Yes, you better watch out!! I guess I got pretty burned on that message about the fire bucket. Gheez... -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Bentley <jeffbentley@mi*.co*> To: Bill Lais <billlais@mp*.ne*> Cc: cavers@cavers.com <cavers@cavers.com> Date: Friday, April 09, 1999 9:49 AM Subject: Fire diving virus...Re: Can anyone verify this?? >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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