Posted on 05/22/2017 5:21:43 PM PDT by SMGFan
The Saturday before Easter, two colleagues, Shelly Darling, 34, and Elizabeth Whipple, 41, visited Lake Tuscaloosa to soak up the sun on a family dock. A few hours later, family members discovered the women's possessions, but saw no sign of the Alabama sunbathers. They called the police and after a search, their bodies were found in the lake. When recovering them, a rescuer felt a jolt of electricity. According to AL.com, the autopsies revealed the two women died of electric shock drowning, a lesser known cause of drowning.
Electric shock drowning happens when electricity from a dock, boat, pool, hot tub or marina seeps into the water and electrifies it. As swimmers enter the water the electricity paralyzes their muscles, causing them to drown. What's more, trying to rescue someone experiencing electric shock drowning remains difficult because anyone entering the water receives a disabling stun.
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Thank you, and the same to you!
We (3rd Bn, 26th Marines, pulled a joint op with Americal on Batangan Peninsula in Jan 1969. Were you there?
"Bold Mariner", IIRC
Semper Fi!
I sure was. We were ferried there (1/1 Armored Cavalry) aboard USS Ogden (LPD 5). I’d bet we even saw you guys on the beach when we came ashore.
Don’t know if you remember “68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub” (RIP).
He was on a destroyer off Batangan that provided fire support. It was he that told me “Operation Bold Mariner”!
He was a great guy.
Wouldn’t advise a hit from sonar either.
Yes, I remember him on FR.
The first day of the operation we had the USS New Jersey providing fire support. 'Danger Close' was one kilometer! Later we had a cruiser with 8" guns, plus the destroyers with 5" guns.
Still got real nasty inland.
I went back there in 2000 with my daughter. In fact, we went all over I Corps. I’d always thought it was a beautiful country. A lot more so without having to worry about being shot at. Though still wise to stay on well beaten paths.
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