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In a message dated 3/23/00 6:37:54 AM, lacasse@ca*.ca* writes: << We had a similar case in a power plant up here in Quebec a few years back. The differences are that the guy used ice diving techniques and he was asked to inspect the exit pipe instead of the intake. Safer you would think... The power plant was shut off but as small residual flow was going through it. Therefore the turbines were turning ever so slowly. This was enough to create a current similar to an under toe close to the turbine. Because of the shape of the tunnel, the tender had difficulty "feeling" the diver at the end of the rope he kept giving him slack. Eventually, the rope got caught by the turbine, the diver got reeled in, knocked unconscious and drowned. He is now part of the coroner's second thematic report on scuba diving deaths in Quebec. Thanks but no thanks! I will leave the commercial stuff to the commercial divers. >> Sorry to hear your story. I had decided not to go near the turbine blades and in fact we stayed quite a distance away. You see I am basically a wimp and have this wide yellow streak running down the center of my back whenever I'm diving in unfamiliar conditions. You know the old story; there are old cave divers and bold cave divers but there are no old bold cave divers. I'm old. Take care and safe diving, Scott -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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