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redeye
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Initially Posted - 06/22/2010 :  04:09:18  Show Profile
http://www.ajc.com/news/teen-girl-critically-injured-554161.html

The rescue divers, where we would get air on Lanier usta say they pulled a body every major weekend. I try not to go out during such high use days.

They are crazy out there...
Ray in Atlanta, Ga.
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 06/22/2010 :  06:40:57  Show Profile
The boat swerved to miss one and hit the other, huh? I'm not ready to buy that the driver isn't at fault. You need to be watching what's happening in front of you and stay the hell away from anything/anyone being towed. Also, the throttle on most powerboats is a startlingly effective brake.

I spent many weekend days on Midwestern inland lakes... was on my Sunfish when a drag-boat went over the top of a nearby runabout full of people--some terrible sounds--breaking fiberglass, screams,... Then helicopters...

I sure like these wide-open coastal waters!
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Response Posted - 06/22/2010 :  07:06:51  Show Profile
<< drag-boat went >>

Yepper.. when I hear ones of these, to me it is the sound of death...

But hey.. don't let me bring y'all down..

Awake, for the hunter of the East hast flung the stone which has set the stars to flight... and the wind in my sails.
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