Year: 2012
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Standoff evacuates highschool swim meet
Nagara County Sheriff’s Office responded to a mental health call in the Town of Lockport Friday night. According to a woman, her 33-year-old husband, who had access to several firearms, made threats to harm himself. Due to the incident being so close to the Lockport Highschool that happened to be hosting a swim meet, the…
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Stricken Sidmouth Boxing Day swimmers thank rescuers
A stricken swimmer has praised rescuers who pulled him from choppy seas as he battled to save his niece during Sidmouth’s traditional Boxing Day dip. Barry Curwen, 53, described how a “freak†tide pulled him and his young relative 100 feet across the beach and swept them onto rocks. Read more here on the Sidmouth…
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True facts about the Anglerfish
“Aside from learning that female anglerfish don’t really appreciate males latching on and transmuting into an obnoxious pair of gonads, shrimp, apparently, can be done in by their own overwhelming vanity. To tell the truth, we never saw shrimp as the kind of animal that would take pride in its appearance.” Read Geekosystem
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Cool Way To Put Out A Boat Fire
MacGyver to the rescue – “A boat caught on fire at Lake Lyndon in New Zealand with no fire extinguisher anywhere near. Then suddenly, out of nowhere….”
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Rescue workers save man and dog trapped on icy lake
Read Nothing To Do With Arbroath With his waders on, Eicher stepped out onto the ice, taking a chance on every step. “I just wasn’t thinking. I just wanted to try to rescue the friend of the family,” he said. “It broke and I fell in, and I was probably about 3 and 1/2 feet…
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Behold the Iglu-Dorf outdoor jacuzzi (and other magnificent photos on Twisted Sifter)
This outdoor jacuzzi is part of the Igloo Village, ‘Iglu-Dorf‘, in Zermatt. Guests sleep at an altitude of 2,727 meters (8.946 ft) at the Gornergrat, right next to Switzerland’s most famous mountain, the mighty Matterhorn. The Igloo village typically opens up in December with accommodations for up to 40 overnight guests (although it can handle…
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Best pool fails of 2012
“So you discovered treadmills weren’t too chummy and thought swimming might be more up your street. Caution: surfaces become slippery when wet.” http://youtu.be/C5aTaPIBsqQ
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Year In Review: Lochte leads list of top 10 Daytona Beach sports stories
Read The Daytona Beach News-Journal 1. Lochte wins five Olympic medals Swimmer Ryan Lochte had a somewhat disappointing London Olympics based on his high expectations. But the Spruce Creek product still enhanced his reputation as one of the sport’s all-time greats, winning five medals, including two gold — in the grueling 400 individual medley and…