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Las Vegas Boy Dies After Getting Stranded in Death Valley
Las Vegas Now ^
| Aug 7, 2009
| AP
Posted on 08/07/2009 6:59:42 PM PDT by driftdiver
Edited on 08/07/2009 7:03:19 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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An 11-year-old Las Vegas boy died after his mother's car got stuck in sand for five days on their way to Death Valley for a camping trip, officials said Friday.
Carlos Sanchez and his 28-year-old mother set out for an overnight trip to the area Aug. 1, but were stranded when their car got stuck about 20 miles east of Trona. The mother's name has not been released.
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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: deathvalley; desert; nationalparks; survival; vegas
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They had "24 16-oz. bottles of water," I know water needs go up significantly but that seems like plenty for 5 days in the desert if you were in survival mode.
A tragedy but it sounds like lack of knowledge killed him and not so much lack of water.
To: driftdiver
Sounds like an alleged killing. alleged.
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posted on
08/07/2009 7:02:16 PM PDT
by
omega4179
((/) Happened)
To: driftdiver
No right-minded person goes to Death Valley in August. I am sorry she lost her son but this was avoidable.
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posted on
08/07/2009 7:04:37 PM PDT
by
pbear8
(Praying for my beloved)
To: pbear8
It’s called “Death Valley” for a reason.
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posted on
08/07/2009 7:05:18 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: driftdiver
Death Valley in August.
Death Valley.
In August.
Sheesh.
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posted on
08/07/2009 7:05:44 PM PDT
by
LearsFool
("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
To: driftdiver
Tragic.
Desert is well outside my realm of experience. Drop me in the woods and I’ll likely be OK for a few days but desert is a whole different story.
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posted on
08/07/2009 7:05:45 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: pbear8
My reaction as well. Muy stupido.
To: pbear8
“No right-minded person goes to Death Valley in August. I am sorry she lost her son but this was avoidable.”
thats kinda what i was thinking. mom’s ignorance killed this child. not intentionally but certainly thru poor decisions.
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posted on
08/07/2009 7:09:26 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: pbear8
never been in Death Valley, never really spent any time in the desert. jungle, mountain, ice, swamp, yes but not the desert.
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posted on
08/07/2009 7:10:49 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
I've been in Death Valley in August and will be in Death Valley again in a couple of weeks. BUT, I have a new rental car and I stay on the main roads. Driving through there in August sure sends one a message.
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posted on
08/07/2009 7:11:17 PM PDT
by
GOP_Lady
To: cripplecreek
Being a Northeasterner, I never new the meaning of thirst until I was outside for a day in Southern Arizona.
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posted on
08/07/2009 7:11:31 PM PDT
by
Stentor
To: driftdiver
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posted on
08/07/2009 7:12:07 PM PDT
by
GOP_Lady
To: Stentor
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posted on
08/07/2009 7:12:30 PM PDT
by
GOP_Lady
To: LearsFool
Welcome to the 21st cent.They call 911 when MCD runs out of nuggets.
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posted on
08/07/2009 7:12:32 PM PDT
by
omega4179
((/) Happened)
To: GOP_Lady
I’d like to try it in January. Right now I’ll stick to the florida beaches.
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posted on
08/07/2009 7:13:39 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Stentor
I guess she either didn’t have a cell phone or couldn’t get a signal out there.
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posted on
08/07/2009 7:13:42 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: driftdiver
I love the desert and the lack of humidity.
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posted on
08/07/2009 7:14:56 PM PDT
by
GOP_Lady
To: pbear8
Maybe I’m a looneytoon, but I’ve been in DV in August. Hotter’n Hell, of course ... bring lots of water. Conserve it. Be damn careful where you drive.
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posted on
08/07/2009 7:15:20 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: GOP_Lady
the florida humidity in august is enough to kill you
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posted on
08/07/2009 7:16:32 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: LearsFool
They probably would have been better off if they walked the twenty miles on the first night. The mother should have known not to consume the watter supply so fast. For some reason I can't help seeing a picture of her pouring the water all over her head.
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posted on
08/07/2009 7:16:45 PM PDT
by
peeps36
( Going To Grammar School Overseas Counts As Foreign Policy Experience If You're A Democrat)
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