Sherrod said the waivers addressed only publicity issues and made no mention of health or safety concerns. If it weren't, then this would be a non story. If there's a wall climbing contest, we assume that there will be safety harnesses, and that they'll have been properly tested. There would clearly be a point where a reasonable person would recognize at least some danger and woould be comparatively negligent in agreeing to a specific stunt. It's as simple as that. I cannot believe the lack of consideration many of you have in blaming her for this awful and sad accident! The radio station, on the other hand, should have done their homework or had a doc around. You're saying, essentially, "How were they supposed to know? Morgan, according to the Bee, from whence the wire story originated, she never made it to work but called her supervisor after leaving the radio station. Much better to invest money in sound science and logical thinking. It's not stupidity, it's ignorance. If water enters the body faster than it can be removed (and in the case, they weren't allow to pee!) The only difference between the station and her is that the station was holding a contest, neither of them thought there was anything wrong with it. January 25, 2007 / 5:42 PM / AP. 1. The risks should have been explained to the contestants. For everyone's information, I knew this girl and she was very smart! Her death came just hours after Strange participated in a radio station KDND 107.9 The End contest, testing contestants to drank as much water as they could without going to the bathroom. These stories are the present day equivalents of folk lore and myth. It was the last day of shooting a bobsled chase for the film when the sled flipped and 23 year old Paolo Rignon was pinned under it, killing him instantly. The family of a woman who died after drinking seven litres of water in a radio contest have won £10million compensation. There is a huge and important difference between: A woman who competed in a radio station's contest to see how much water she could drink without going to the bathroom died of water intoxication, the coroner's office said Saturday. The station did act quickly -- by firing the morning hosts who had organized the contest. 'Come down now,' they'll say. IGNORANT - which is cureable - and this woman was undoubtedly ignorant of the water intoxication problem. The woman's family is indeed taking legal action against the station, though they're not just seeking money: their lawyer is petitioning the FCC to have the station's license pulled. If it turns out in court that the answer to all three is yes, then the radio station will (and should) be sued. No report as to whether any health professional monitored the contest or advised it, but seems unlikely. As far as the lady being stupid or not. These giant clusters of galaxies contain over 1,000 galaxies…, "They will see us waving from such great heights Then, at nightfall, I threw up, in much the same way a drunk throws up after having too much alcohol. Gina Sherrod, who competed with Strange in the contest, said her family listened to the radio show, and told her that a nurse was on air warning that drinking too much water is dangerous. Pressure might build up and you would conceivably get a backflow and if not, urine would stay in the kidney. -The Postal Service Pedro Ruiz, 22, died moments after a video was made last summer in northwestern Minnesota. They were being actively encouraged to drink an unsafe amount of water in order to win the contest. I would like to end with stating how truly sad I am for the surviving members of her family and friends. If I die from doing one of them, yes. A few weeks ago, the NYT published a horrifying account by Nicholas Kristof of the pervasive sexual violence left over from Liberia's civil war. The judge could intervene with a summary judgment or judgment n.o.v. Click here to send me email. Please go over to LGF and stay there. 4. We are part of Science 2.0, a science education nonprofit operating under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Click here for comic strips. (Actually, that pee-rule should have provided a safety limit on the amount of water to drink.). So there is a system that acts like valves would do, but there are no real physically visible valves. However, the station probably did not inform her about water intoxication, nor had any medical staff on hand to treat any possible injuries. "She said to one of our supervisors that she was on her way home and her head was hurting her real bad," said Laura Rios, one of Strange's co-workers at Radiological Associates of Sacramento. This one's a tad more obvious than the obscure water intoxication. Private Censorship is the next entry in this blog. A friend of mine won a Harley Davidson from a local Sacramento radio station, so according to Levine, if she ever (PRAY THAT IT DOESN'T!!) I will miss her and will never forget her!! A 28-year-old participant in the contest died of water intoxication, resulting in Entercom being sued for wrongful death by the participant's family. But we all have to honestly address reality as we see it. She was found unresponsive at her home. Given the precedent, the station should have known better. Lets just say there's been a lot of long hours in the basement with the confocal microscope, and I've also been in charge of organizing the U of M Neuroscience Spring Symposium, which is next week. The radio station disc jockeys who hosted an on-air water-drinking contest knew that consuming too much water … "There is a huge and important difference between: The DJ’s laughed about her condition even saying her distended abdomen made her look pregnant. Stream live CNN, FOX News Radio, and MSNBC. It's apparently not very well known!" 3. Here in the Sacramento area a couple of years ago, there was a hazing incident at Chico State where a pledge died from drinking too much water. “Radio News” magazine, December 1922: “The First Airplane Broadcasting Station” “Radio” magazine, May 1922: “Married by Radio” “Popular Radio” magazine, August 1924: “How it Feels to be Married by Radio” “Brooklyn Daily Eagle”, Dec. 8, 1930, pg. It means exactly that, and I expect those that are left after to look upon me in the same light that I have looked upon others. The thirty five year old stunt performer was immediately rushed to the hospital after the event. Well, not to be rude, but who among us have not done something at least as stupid as this young Mum. Three ended up in hospital for weeks needing extensive skin grafts, and the station was fined a mere £15,000. We are the only ones responsible for our actions and choices, no one else!! It's an absolute mystery and disgrace as to how this could happen. Considering the amount of death-defying stunts in every James Bond film, in some ways it’s lucky that tragedy hadn’t struck any earlier. Oh well, who cares about the physiology, it is just so sad, stupid and insane -- I hope it gets a lot of media exposure so that people learn of it. I feel the responsibility shouldn't be with the radio station, the contestants themselves are the ones responsible for the entering the contest, no one held a gun to their heads and forced them to play. That is perhaps the most demented and despicable statement that I've seen on any of the ScienceBlogs. Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content. People participate in contests everyday and it is all in good fun. I think that the fact she wasn't allow to pee has nothing to do with it; if the water is in the bladder it has technically left the system unless the pressure results in reflux, i.e. Born in Greenville, Texas, Locklear was brought up in Fort Worth, and trained as a carpenter. How does the application of a dollar amount to this foolish tragedy ameliorate pain and loss or justly punish a culprit, if such might be shown to exist? You can also shop using Amazon Smile and though you pay nothing more we get a tiny something. This page contains a single entry by hb published on January 25, 2007 8:27 PM. the body's fluids become diluted to dangerous levels. © 2006-2020 Science 2.0. Could having them there have changed the outcome (Yes - note I didn't say WOULD)? IGNORANT - which is cureable - and this woman was undoubtedly ignorant of the water intoxication problem. If you keep drinking and drinking, at some point you're gonna exceed your kidneys' capacity to filter it and excrete it, and it can take a long time for it to correct itself. This incident made news for months in the local paper, the local TV news and most of the radio stations, most probably including the radio station in question (although I can't say for sure since I don't listen to it). She told the radio personalities that her head hurt. I'm super-excited about the three visiting…, "It doesn't matter what temperature the room is, it's always room temperature." Her workplace may not have known that she had been doing anything potentially dangerous, and thus had less cause for concern when she reported feeling unwell. STUPID - which is knowing about soething, and carrying on anyway. Why would anyone think that something as simple as drinking water would cause such extreme damage? Witnesses yesterday described the moment when a daredevil motorcycle stunt went horribly wrong, leaving a 59-year-old compere dead. If heartlessness is what I express, it's only because that is what I see. A lawsuit alleging the owner of a Sacramento radio station is liable for a woman’s death after a water-drinking contest goes to trial this week with the defense planning to argue that Jennifer Strange was aware of the contest’s dangers. Jennifer Strange, 28, was found dead Friday in her suburban Rancho Cordova home hours after taking part in the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest in which KDND 107.9 promised a Nintendo Wii video game system for the winner. Apparently an African Grey parrot in Japan, a Mr. Yosuke Nakamura, recited his name and address to a vet after he was…, Cristiana Senni from World Parrots Trust just let me know that their organization has uploaded several movies to YouTube of African Grey parrots in the wild.
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