#203913 - 06/25/10 01:03 AM
Pass out on pool float, wake up a mile offshore...
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http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/a31991.htmlWell, here's a survival situation I haven't really planned for. "BELLEAIR BEACH, Fla. - A man who apparently passed out on a pool float at a Tampa area beach ended up drifting about a mile from Florida's shore in the Gulf of Mexico." I assume he's taken the pledge now? 
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#203918 - 06/25/10 02:14 AM
Re: Pass out on pool float, wake up a mile offshore...
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 04/01/10
Posts: 1629
Loc: Northern California
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Weird... I'd like to see a video recreation. I'm having a hard time visualizing this incident.
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#203929 - 06/25/10 02:14 PM
Re: Pass out on pool float, wake up a mile offshore...
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Enthusiast
Registered: 08/09/09
Posts: 392
Loc: San Diego, CA
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Belleair Beach ( Google Map ) is on the west coast of Florida. The only direction to go from there is into the Gulf. So, "Don't Drink and Float"?
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#203934 - 06/25/10 05:38 PM
Re: Pass out on pool float, wake up a mile offshore...
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Loc: Canada
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#203941 - 06/25/10 08:55 PM
Re: Pass out on pool float, wake up a mile offshore...
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Stranger
Registered: 03/16/07
Posts: 22
Loc: Fl, Gulf Coast
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Actually from Bellear Beach the next stop would be Mexico
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#203945 - 06/26/10 03:12 AM
Re: Pass out on pool float, wake up a mile offshore...
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Geezer
Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
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"Well, here's a survival situation I haven't really planned for."
I'm dead certain-sure that you're not nearly stupid enough to have to plan for it.
Sue
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#203948 - 06/26/10 03:28 AM
Re: Pass out on pool float, wake up a mile offshore...
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 03/13/05
Posts: 2322
Loc: Colorado
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"BELLEAIR BEACH, Fla. - A man who apparently passed out on a pool float at a Tampa area beach ended up drifting about a mile from Florida's shore in the Gulf of Mexico." I hope he didn't wake up and light up a smoke absentmindedly. He could have burned down the whole Gulf of Mexico.
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#203949 - 06/26/10 03:54 AM
Re: Pass out on pool float, wake up a mile offshore...
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Veteran
Registered: 07/23/08
Posts: 1502
Loc: Mesa, AZ
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Not as uncommon as you'd think. Living on Guam we'd see this often. Tourists fall asleep in some type of float, current takes them out of the bay and pushes them out. It's pretty scary. Heck I've swam a mile out from shore and it's scary.
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#203966 - 06/26/10 08:01 PM
Re: Pass out on pool float, wake up a mile offshore...
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Registered: 12/06/01
Posts: 601
Loc: Orlando, FL
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Years ago i know someone that fell asleep at the beach and when she woke up her car was gone. This was also back when a volkswagon beatle would float, tide came in and took the car out with it. Was only a 100 yards offshore or so. The bug was never quite right after that.
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