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Woman Drowns In Rain Barrel Rescuing Kitten
KOAT TV7, Albuquerque ^ | January 7, 2008 | KOAT News

Posted on 01/08/2008 9:33:23 AM PST by CedarDave

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Strange story. Sad for the lady and her family.
1 posted on 01/08/2008 9:33:24 AM PST by CedarDave
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To: Slings and Arrows

Kitty ping. Poor lady!


2 posted on 01/08/2008 9:36:54 AM PST by To Hell With Poverty (For evil to win, it is only necessary for Jimmy Carter to be considered a role model.)
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To: CedarDave

Sad and stupid. I feel very bad for her husband who no doubt has a tremendous amount of guilt over this.


3 posted on 01/08/2008 9:38:00 AM PST by PeterFinn (A muslim in the White House would be an Obamination.)
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To: CedarDave

strange and disturbing


4 posted on 01/08/2008 9:38:12 AM PST by RDTF
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To: Slings and Arrows

Oops, you already got me with this one. My bad! Guess it never hurts to check “New Posts to You” before sending out a ping...


5 posted on 01/08/2008 9:39:11 AM PST by To Hell With Poverty (For evil to win, it is only necessary for Jimmy Carter to be considered a role model.)
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To: To Hell With Poverty

No worries. Please keep pinging me!


6 posted on 01/08/2008 9:40:58 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (When Ehud Olmert had his bris, they threw away the baby and saved the foreskin.)
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To: CedarDave
I can just imagine my wife doing the same thing.

All logic and safety go right out the window when it comes to animals, any animal, not just our pets.

7 posted on 01/08/2008 9:41:01 AM PST by TexasCajun
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“The barrel, which Solano said was tied to a door so it wouldn’t tip”

WHY WOULD IT TIP?


8 posted on 01/08/2008 9:44:25 AM PST by Mr. K (Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
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WHY WOULD IT TIP?

Excellent question!

9 posted on 01/08/2008 9:45:43 AM PST by CedarDave (The only access Hillary-care will bring is access to a waiting list.)
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Rainbarrel Death: We looked up news articles of folks who had died in a Pioneer cemetery we were restoring.

The woman was normally locked in her room...obviously for alzheimers or the like. Someone forgot to lock the door and lo and behold..she committed rain barrel suicide.

Clue: She was very wealthy.

Grandpa had one. I'd say it's really pretty hard to fall into a rainbarrel.

10 posted on 01/08/2008 9:46:18 AM PST by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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WHY WOULD IT TIP?

Because his wife fell in it.

11 posted on 01/08/2008 9:48:12 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Mr. K

Good thinking, Sherlock!! Who tied it to the door.


12 posted on 01/08/2008 9:48:29 AM PST by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: CedarDave

She was obviously a democrat.


13 posted on 01/08/2008 9:49:29 AM PST by proudpapa (Trust Thompson!)
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She must have hit her head on the bottom of the pool when she dived in....


14 posted on 01/08/2008 9:51:22 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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Wouldn't ice form at the top of the barrel first?

So you bring a barrel in...out of public view...wife falls in and dies.....while you're away and there's a wet cat running around.

Can someone explain how hubbie knew the cat was in the barrel and that's why wifie was in the barrel?

Why not just stick a broom, a coat..or anything in the barrel so the cat could latch on.

This really doesn't pass the smell test.

15 posted on 01/08/2008 9:57:59 AM PST by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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55 gallon barrel big enough for a person to fall into... 1/3 full of ice, about 20 gallons... how warped did the bottom of that barrel have to be to worry about it tipping?

Why worry about ice in a barrel?

Wait! Come back! I have lots more questions!

-Joan

16 posted on 01/08/2008 9:58:19 AM PST by JoanVarga ("¿Por qué no te callas?")
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To: dead

Because his wife fell in it.


Yeah, exactly.

Even were it a steel 55 gallon drum, only being a third full her weight probably would have been enough to tip it. Why would they worry that a plastic barrel tip, especially when it was going to just sit there and thaw? It wouldn’t, unless he was worried his wife’s body was going to tip it before she drowned.


17 posted on 01/08/2008 9:58:25 AM PST by kenth
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“why would it tip?”

go to the video link and it is easy to see why it would tip, it has a rounded bottom. She may also have had a medical condition according to authorities.


18 posted on 01/08/2008 9:58:55 AM PST by Howie
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To: JoanVarga

Yep, that’s the other big question. Ice in a barrel? So what? Why was it so important to get this barrel into the house to “thaw”?


19 posted on 01/08/2008 9:59:58 AM PST by kenth
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To: CedarDave
Already posted (yesterday).
20 posted on 01/08/2008 10:07:20 AM PST by MotleyGirl70 (Dear GOP, Conservatism works every time it’s tried. Sincerely, MotleyGirl70~~~Go Packers!~~~)
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