Early applicant for the 2011 Darwin award?

Platapus · 03-11-11, 06:09 PM

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article...on-North-Coast

Quote:

Surging waves swept three men out to sea Friday morning near the mouth of the Klamath River in Del Norte County [California], where Coast Guard personnel were still searching for one of the men after his two friends got safely to shore, authorities said.

The missing man would be the first fatality on the North Coast as a tsunami generated by a huge earthquake in Japan continued its assault on the California coast.

The U.S. Coast Guard said he and his friends came to the coast to photograph the tsunami despite warnings from authorities across the state to avoid the area.

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Moral of the story: Tsunamis created 7,000 miles away can still kill you

Glad two of them escaped.

Betonov · 03-11-11, 06:27 PM

the camera lowers people's IQ, trust me, almost won a Darwin award myself to get that perfect shot on a couple of occasions

Platapus · 03-11-11, 06:29 PM

As an amateur photographer, I can understand. But that shot to die for is not worth dying for.

bookworm_020 · 03-12-11, 02:55 AM

The person who tries and fails to surf the wafe will beat him to the award!

nikimcbee · 03-14-11, 01:38 PM

How did I miss this thread! To quote the local news...
The only tsunami that hit ore-gone was the tsunami of people driving out to the coast to see the tsunami.

God people here are stupid.

Northwesterners crack me up.

03-11-11, 06:29 PM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	As an amateur photographer, I can understand. But that shot to die for is not worth dying for. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

03-12-11, 02:55 AM	#4
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	The person who tries and fails to surf the wafe will beat him to the award! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

03-14-11, 01:38 PM	#5
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	How did I miss this thread! To quote the local news... The only tsunami that hit ore-gone was the tsunami of people driving out to the coast to see the tsunami. God people here are stupid. Northwesterners crack me up. __________________

03-11-11, 06:27 PM	#2
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	the camera lowers people's IQ, trust me, almost won a Darwin award myself to get that perfect shot on a couple of occasions