08-11-2011, 11:34 AM
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#41
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jar_e
CFD Dive teams have access to STARS to be transported to sites.
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Stars helicopters can carry a boat and a bunch of dive equipment? Plus divers? Funny they don't look that big on my calendar.
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08-11-2011, 11:37 AM
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#42
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JD
Now THAT is a grisly task!
I get grossed out if a weed so much as brushes my foot.... Can't imagine searching amongst the weeds for a corpse!
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Better than NOT looking for a corpse and finding one amongst the weeds...
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08-11-2011, 11:41 AM
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#43
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
How have they not found the body yet, the lake isn't that big.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Yasa
It's because firefighters are lazy.
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I told you so.
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08-11-2011, 11:48 AM
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#44
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shermanator
Touche. I think my main anger over the issue is a man didn't take any responsibility and now his 7 kids don't have a father.
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Damn straight. Any one with kids should live in a protective bubble and not leave the house.
People make mistakes, get over yourself.
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08-11-2011, 11:54 AM
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#45
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
How have they not found the body yet, the lake isn't that big.
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Searching for missing people/objects is actually quite difficult in the best of circumstances, much worse underwater. Have you ever tried to search for something which you have no idea where it went? Not as easy as it sounds. Anyone who has lost a golf ball in knee deep bent grass could understand the difficulty.
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08-11-2011, 11:55 AM
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#46
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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I dont get what the big deal is, Chestermere is not part of Calgary, I assume they utilize the RCMP for policing so what if Calgary Firefighters feel snubbed - how is this a story in a newspaper.
As a taxpayer in the City of Calgary I would hope the services if offered would not be for free as Chestermere doesnt contribute to the City of Calgary tax fund. If need be they could undercut the RCMP fee so long as its not operating at a deficit position to do so.
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08-11-2011, 12:05 PM
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#47
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: CP House of Ill Repute
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Quote:
Originally Posted by speede5
Damn straight. Any one with kids should live in a protective bubble and not leave the house.
People make mistakes, get over yourself.
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And in this case he's up for a Darwin award because of his mistakes.
Not wearing a PFD while tubing is stupid. Not wearing a PFD while tubing and not being able to swim is beyond stupid. What happened was completely predictable.
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08-11-2011, 12:05 PM
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#48
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by speede5
Searching for missing people/objects is actually quite difficult in the best of circumstances, much worse underwater. Have you ever tried to search for something which you have no idea where it went? Not as easy as it sounds. Anyone who has lost a golf ball in knee deep bent grass could understand the difficulty.
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But they would have a pretty good idea of where he went under, which should give them a pretty good area to look in. Correct me if I am wrong but the lake can't have much of a current to take the body far away from the actual area he drown at.
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08-11-2011, 12:17 PM
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#49
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by speede5
Damn straight. Any one with kids should live in a protective bubble and not leave the house.
People make mistakes, get over yourself.
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Not wearing a lifejacket in water when you can't swim is just sheer stupidity, not just a simple mistake.
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08-11-2011, 12:19 PM
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What kind of idiot would go in that water period. It stinks - and I live in Chestermere.
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08-11-2011, 12:39 PM
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#51
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Edmonton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp
And in this case he's up for a Darwin award because of his mistakes.
Not wearing a PFD while tubing is stupid. Not wearing a PFD while tubing and not being able to swim is beyond stupid. What happened was completely predictable.
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I don't think you qualify for a Darwin Award if you have 7 kids. The award is for removing yourself from the gene pool. At this point his genes are out there.
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08-11-2011, 12:47 PM
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#52
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Where ever I'm told to be
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
But they would have a pretty good idea of where he went under, which should give them a pretty good area to look in. Correct me if I am wrong but the lake can't have much of a current to take the body far away from the actual area he drown at.
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A couple of years ago a co-workers son fell over while running on the path alongside a lake very similar, the boy hit his head on the concrete and fell into the lake. Even though they knew where abouts he fell it still took 12 hours to recover the body. The weeds held the body down and almost concealed it.
Why someone who can't swim would go tubing is beyond me.....
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08-11-2011, 12:53 PM
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#53
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben_in_Canada
Why someone who can't swim would go tubing is beyond me.....
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I don't think it was a case of not knowing how to swim; just being a poor swimmer. So it could be a case that his friends saw him hanging out in the deep end of a poor somewhere; and it didn't even dawn on them that he was a poor swimmer.
I'm not excusing the lack of a PFD; just trying to figure how it could happen.
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08-11-2011, 01:03 PM
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#54
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mykalberta
As a taxpayer in the City of Calgary I would hope the services if offered would not be for free as Chestermere doesnt contribute to the City of Calgary tax fund. If need be they could undercut the RCMP fee so long as its not operating at a deficit position to do so.
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Chestermere may have a joint-services agreement with Calgary, which they may pay for. If there is an agreement, Calgary would come out at no cost. It may have an agreement to share services with no payment.
I scuba dive and I don't think this life would have been saved. to get out there, get suited up and find that guy alive...well, the chances are very, very slim. I suppose you try despite the slight chance, but that would almost certainly be a recovery operation, not a rescue.
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08-11-2011, 02:33 PM
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Franchise Player
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I think the firefighter that said this owes the family a huge apology as it is hard to imagine any mere mortal being able to be in Calgary and then get called out to Chestermere to save this guy.
I suppose if the justice league had been located in clagary, then aqua man could have gotten supper man to fly him out there......
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08-11-2011, 02:36 PM
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#56
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Had an idea!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flameswin
They would have been arguably the best boat in the water.
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After 20 min the guy would have been dead anyways.
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08-11-2011, 08:17 PM
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The guy was pretty much asking to die if he couldn't swim and then proceeded to go tubing without a lifejacket.
Where does one make darwin nominations?
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08-12-2011, 07:30 AM
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#59
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Northendzone
I think the firefighter that said this owes the family a huge apology as it is hard to imagine any mere mortal being able to be in Calgary and then get called out to Chestermere to save this guy.
I suppose if the justice league had been located in clagary, then aqua man could have gotten supper man to fly him out there......
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08-12-2011, 07:42 AM
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#60
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Franchise Player
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So they brought in divers from BC to help look...Does that even make any sense?
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