Re: DON'T DO STUPID THINGS!

[Cory Smith <smith () stopddos org>]

Darwin awards my friend.  Darwin awards.

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon &
Hannah <rMslade () shaw ca> wrote:

> I live near a deep canyon with a river.  Every summer we wonder, every time
> we
> hear the sirens, whether it is yet another kid who decided to jump off the
> cliffs
> into the river.  There are big signs warning of the danger, and a number of
> memorial plaques to those who have died.  (Maybe it would be more effective
> if all
> the plaques were replaced and reworded, to say "Sacred to the memory of X,
> WHO
> WAS REALLY STUPID!!")
>
> So, we have a hurricane winding down, and what do people do?  Decide to run
> out
> to the rocks and look at the big waves.  Sometimes from underneath.
>
> "A 7-year-old girl died in Maine after she, her father, and a 12-year-old
> girl were
> swept into the water on August 23 off Acadia National Park’s Thunder Hole,
> where tourists often gather to watch waves crash into a crevasse and make a
> thundering sound while splashing high in the air. Park officials at Acadia
> National
> Park, about 110 miles northeast of Portland, said an estimated 10,000
> people,
> lured by the wild ocean, converged on the park’s loop road trying to get a
> good
> view of waves more than 15 feet high crashing against the rocky shore. “The
> problem was there were thousands and thousands of people to try to keep an
> eye
> on,” said the chief ranger. The U.S. Coast Guard reported that the waves
> swept
> over 20 people. The chief ranger said 11 people were taken to the hospital,
> mainly for broken bones after being slammed onto the rocks. A Thunder Hole
> viewing platform was closed, and they were among hundreds of people
> watching
> the waves from nearby rocks. Many people did not even move when the waves
> splashed them and instead seemed to laugh it off, the chief ranger said."
>
> http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gVWjsPEiqe1tEu2mhBIRax
> xGi8owD9A93BK02<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gVWjsPEiqe1tEu2mhBIRax%0AxGi8owD9A93BK02>
>
> Also:
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/08/25/ns-boaters-hurricane-
> bill.html<http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/08/25/ns-boaters-hurricane-%0Abill.html>
>
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