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Southern California skydiver killed in weather-related mishap
KTLA ^ | 07/05/2024 | Marc Sterfeld

Posted on 08/05/2024 5:03:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Devrey LaRiccia Chase, 28, and her student were descending toward the ground during a routine jump in Perris last Tuesday when they ran into a pair of “dust devils,” Devrey’s husband, Freddy Chase, told KTLA 5 News.... At that point, she was about 25 to 30 feet in the air… It sent her canopy in a downward spiral.”

With no time to react, Devrey and her student slammed into the ground. Both were rushed to a local hospital, where Devrey succumbed to her injuries.

“She was beautiful in the sport and in her passion for skydiving,” Freddy recalled. “It was what she talked about every day. She loved doing what she did.”

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1 posted on 08/05/2024 5:03:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Here in New Mexico dust devils are no joke. I got hit by one while riding a relatively heavy motorcycle, and I was lucky to stay upright. One other time I saw one loft a 45 gallon plastic trash can 60 feet. One upended a wooden shed at a ranch where I worked.


2 posted on 08/05/2024 5:07:03 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: BenLurkin

My rotorcraft solo began with a dust devil as I was awaiting clearance for takeoff.


3 posted on 08/05/2024 5:07:25 PM PDT by xoxox
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To: BenLurkin

A sad ending to some very risky recreation. That’s not meant as a criticism. I would love to drop from a (Tandem-guided) parachute, but most such schools understandably have a weight limit. I believe the weight limit for men is 220lb.
My boat has long since sailed past that point of 220lb.
Sometimes, I’m in the mood for a little danger.


4 posted on 08/05/2024 5:08:23 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: BenLurkin

Wow, what are the odds of coming down into a dust devil?


5 posted on 08/05/2024 5:09:24 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: All
Someone is always playing dust devil advocate.


6 posted on 08/05/2024 5:10:35 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Depressed? Do what I did, replace your mirrors with "You Look Great!" signs.)
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To: BipolarBob

Darn my dyslexia, that’s a dirt devil not a dust devil.


7 posted on 08/05/2024 5:11:23 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Depressed? Do what I did, replace your mirrors with "You Look Great!" signs.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Those dust devils toss kids playing in those inflatable castles and such way up into the air and kill many more kids than one would expect. Those things are dangerous especially if there is any wind at all. A five year old got killed in Maryland and a 2 year old got killed in Arizona recently.


8 posted on 08/05/2024 5:16:51 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (My Pronouns are : He Be, She Be, We Be, and HeBeJeebees.)
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To: lee martell

Sometimes I think I wouldn’t mind trying another parachute jump, but I’ve never wanted to do the tandem thing. In any case, I’m certain that no jump center would let a 69-year-old man jump solo whose last time was 45 years ago. Probably just as well, since I’d bet that even a really good landing would do some damage these days.


9 posted on 08/05/2024 5:26:57 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Did you ever also think how crazy it was that Lou Gehrig died of Lou Gehrig’s disease? I mean, come on man, what are those odds?


10 posted on 08/05/2024 5:27:51 PM PDT by desertsolitaire (Perhaps the Great Ape Lawgiver in the series Planet of the Apes was correct in his view of humans?)
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To: BipolarBob

Satan tried to take my soul one night.
I chased him off by hitting him with my vacuum cleaner. Was I Dyson with the devil?


11 posted on 08/05/2024 5:30:11 PM PDT by desertsolitaire (Perhaps the Great Ape Lawgiver in the series Planet of the Apes was correct in his view of humans?)
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To: BipolarBob

I used to blame my dyslexia for things that didn’t go quite right. I realize now that has been incorrect.

I will now blame your dyslexia.


12 posted on 08/05/2024 5:30:42 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Here in New Mexico dust devils are no joke. I got hit by one while riding a relatively heavy motorcycle, and I was lucky to stay upright.

You aren't kidding. About two weeks ago, a guy sitting on his motorcycle behind my wife at a traffic light was knocked off his bike by one of them. A second guy in a car right behind him jumped out to help him pick it up. My wife said the motorcyclist looked stunned.

13 posted on 08/05/2024 5:33:14 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: BipolarBob

I was going to comment on my skydiving experience at the skydiving center in Aurora Oregon, which had some of the most deaths and injuries of any skydive organization. But your dyslexia distracted me.


14 posted on 08/05/2024 5:35:17 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: HartleyMBaldwin
I’ve never wanted to do the tandem thing... it looks rather gay, doesn't it?
15 posted on 08/05/2024 5:39:34 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

Not if it’s a female instructor, I suppose, but it’s just that I’d have a hard time trusting my life to anyone. If I go splat, I’d rather it was because I screwed up.


16 posted on 08/05/2024 5:44:18 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: BenLurkin

Weather forecast is for continuing gravity!


17 posted on 08/05/2024 5:44:24 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: BenLurkin

No mention of global warming, or climate change?


18 posted on 08/05/2024 5:44:40 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I did a lot of training at Perris, including skysurfing. The dust devils could be quite bad. It wasn’t the best wind conditions for jumping. I still have a touchy knee from catching an updraft on a landing in 2000. Being over 40, it was a good time to retire. I lost an number of acquaintances from that dz. It’s like the adage- there’s old pilots and bold pilots, but no old, bold pilots. Blue skies, black death.


19 posted on 08/05/2024 6:08:17 PM PDT by pops88 ( Helping usher the glory of God into Las Vegas)
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To: Cold Heart

I used to go to the skydiving place in Sheridan, OR, way back when. I don’t think they’re still there.

No serious incidents during that time, though I remember a guy who used to like to open his chute as low as possible. One day I was able to see the individual fingers on his outstretched hand as he pulled the ripcord with the other. He had to have been well under 300 feet. I was sure that I was about to see a fatality, but the parachute opened with about two seconds to spare. The staff met him as he landed and told him not to come back. Maybe he went to Aurora after that.


20 posted on 08/05/2024 6:11:06 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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