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----- Original Message ----- From: <christi5@ix*.ne*.co*> To: "Chris Elmore" <chelmore@be*.ne*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 10:05 AM Subject: Re: Re: Inspirational > Hi Chris, > Just curious, what is the accident rate in these things? Christina, I knew I'd be hearing from you on this. How ya doing? Long time, no argue! :-) Although the accident rate is not the most comforting thing, the *cause* of the accidents are what really bothers me. It seems that most of them fall under "mysterious" (or the ubiquitous "heart attack") circumstances. It's also strange how there is never a buddy around to tell us what happened when one of these things go south. When one coroner put the death down to drowning brought on by either hypercapnea or hyperoxia the manufacturer was very vocal for the hypercapnea explaination. Why? because hypercapnea is stupidity and hyperoxia is a malfunction (In general- don't get convoluted on me). Interesting position since the victim was seen convulsing prior to a botched rescue. > Also, don't you think you play the odds whenever you leave your house in the morning? Yup, and I do whatever I can to improve them in my favor. I like to fly aircraft with two engines at night and over inhospitable terrain (and there ain't a single computer controlling any flight critical operation). I suppose if you're a Calvinist (your fate is predetermined) it doesn't matter how much you walk to the edge and laugh at death, but some of us that feel we have some control over living and dying and work towards risk minimization. Of course, I don't look so cool on the boat and website, but I can live with that. C. Chris Elmore 34°02'28"N, 80°58'49"W (803) 348-3055 mobile -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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