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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]9 people also died doing water sports over the holiday weekend (and that's just the major headline news) - respectively 3 parasailing in FL, [b]5 went over a waterfall in VA[/b], 1 motorboating somewhere.

I consider all risky propositions stupid.

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I heard about the 2 who were lost going over a dam in Virginia (out of a group of 12) - are you referring to them or others?[/quote]

Oh you're right - the 10 others were recovered/made it to shore after going over this.

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I don’t get it. They were boating/tubing in the reservoir created by the dam, but the water level was higher then normal so was essentially flooding over?

Wouldn’t there be warning about that?[/quote]

It's a low head dam. That's a known danger. Don't play around dams seems like common sense.[/quote]

the outfitting company that probably rented them the gear is to blame. [/quote]

You need to read the articles referenced above by Mike Row. When people accept responsibility for their own safety, everyone stays much safer. There were many rescues on the water that day but they had a plan to stick to... There is another book about how people in groups make the worst decisions. Groups of people can be dangerous because the lowest iq individual who is assertive often rules. Suspension of disbelief causes people to see a dangerous situation in front of them and ignore it. There was a famous fire in the London tube and people were coming up out of the station on fire and smoke was billowing out, but people proceeded to head down in to the station into the fire because they had some place to be. [/quote]

I agree. The outfitter is in no way to blame. They were thinking that the customers would use common sense and be aware of the risks. [/quote]

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