Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 03:38:30 GMT From: Nutmegger<Nutmeggernopsamunkmail.com> Subject: Re: Exploding screen!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In article <3c11160c$0$43566$272ea4a1nopsam.execpc.com>, davehinznopsamcop.net says... >>>Dave Hinz >>>(firefighter/EMT, who has cut up an awful lot of cars over the years). > >> Using the jaws of life? >> Boy - that machine is LOUD! > >And *FUN*. Practice night when we do cars is a blast. I bet! I would enjoy that myself. > I take it from your >comment that you've been the recipient of that service? No, I just lived on "accident corner" and saw first hand the damage done to people from: airbags no seatbelts bad tires and speeding I'm usually the >EMT that's inside the car with the patient, under a blanket (to protect >from flying stuff), explaining things like... "OK, so what you're hearing >now is them cutting through your windshield. Now, they're removing the >doors...ok, now they're cutting the front pillars of your roof, ... OK, now >they're taking the roof off of your car...", that sort of thing. I'm the one calling '911' and running out to the victim with a washcloth for their forehead. > >But yes, it's very loud. I think the sounds get amplified by the shell of >the car or something. It must be scarey as hell to have to listen to that while you are stuck in a car and in pain. ~J~ Remove "Junk" to reply