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2008-08-19 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Bob 2008-08-19 01:05|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Takes a 'special' kind of idiot to do that in a storm.

Posted by Mad Eye 2008-08-19 04:23|| 2008-08-19 04:23|| Front Page Top

#2 He's in Florida, there he is just a garden variety idiot.

Posted by Harry Glereling1378 2008-08-19 07:42|| 2008-08-19 07:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, he's a dumbass, but who would have expected a water spout?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-08-19 10:32|| 2008-08-19 10:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Woah! That's gotta hurt!

Posted by tu3031 2008-08-19 10:56|| 2008-08-19 10:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Next thing you know, some guy will try to fly a lawn chair with helium balloons; using a pellet gun for 'altitude control.'

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-08-19 14:23|| 2008-08-19 14:23|| Front Page Top

#6 What an idiot. Kitesurfing is dangerous enough, but doing it in near-hurricane force winds...idiot. Kitesurfing is dangerous for the very reason that it is too easy to get "launched" and too hard to quickly depower your kite. You can't just drop your sail like you can on a windsurfer.

My nephew was seriously injured last September near Tampa when a front went over where he was kiting and he got dragged then launched. He hit a powerline, was electrocuted and dropped 30' onto a barrier. That either the electrocution or the fall didn't kill him is a miracle. That both didn't kill him is a real miracle. He is pretty much back to full strength now.

I've windsurfed for 25 years. Not going to go kiting any time soon.

Posted by remoteman 2008-08-19 15:07|| 2008-08-19 15:07|| Front Page Top

#7 This is a good reason to put razor wire on top of your fences; to keep these transients out.

Posted by lollypop 2008-08-19 17:09|| 2008-08-19 17:09|| Front Page Top

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