Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA25024; Fri, 17 Jun 1994 21:31:16 -0700 Return-Path: <ShreddinEd@aol.com-DeleteThis> Received: from mail02.prod.aol.net by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.36.108.4/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA17443; Fri, 17 Jun 1994 21:33:15 -0700 Received: by mail02.prod.aol.net (1.38.193.5/16.2) id AA14078; Sat, 18 Jun 1994 00:27:38 -0400 From: ShreddinEd@aol.com-DeleteThis X-Mailer: America Online Mailer Sender: "ShreddinEd" <ShreddinEd@aol.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <9406180027.tn77746@aol.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Date: Sat, 18 Jun 94 00:27:36 EDT Subject: Re: re:inflatable PFD
rich@helios.mptp.varian.com-DeleteThis (Rich Schumacher)writes:
>>Repugnant as it seems, a PFD looks like the best solution to these
>>kinds of problems. Is there an inflatable PFD, so I wouldn't have to
>>wear it, but just carry it in an emergency kit?
>it's called a 'waterbelt' the ad claims are "jerk to inflate" and
>"fit's like a belt, not a pfd"
>I've only seen the advertisement
>by NSI, Hood River OR 503-386-1980
"60 minutes" (or Dateline or one of those other expose shows) had a story on
one of those inflatable life-belts and stated that not only was the thing
*not* approved by the Coast Guard, but the claims to be an effective PFD were
wrong, and that the thing failed regularly, posing a hazard for those who
can't swim at all (I don't think this applies to you boardheads out there).
I don't know whether this is the same (or a similar) device.
On related notes, did anyone notice during the recent D-Day anniversary the
archive footage of the soldiers being dragged out of the surf at Omaha beach
gasping for breath with inflatable belts around their waists? How effective
are these things anyway? Also, there were the news reports sometime back
that the inflatable PFD's under the seats on airplanes were regularly
disappearing (attributable to boaters), causing headaches and expense to the
airlines. Not that I'm suggesting anything!
-shrEd
Ed Scott
ShreddinEd@aol.com-DeleteThis
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