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Search continues for body of Welsh man in Lake Sutherland
July 16. 2016 6:00PM PORT ANGELES — Dive teams today will continue searching Lake Sutherland for the body of 61-year-old Wales resident Stephen Thomas Turner of the United Kingdom. Until Thomas is found, the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office is asking recreational users...
Crews recover truck, body of DOT worker who drove off Hood Canal Bridge
May 26, 2016. POULSBO, Wash. - A truck and the body of a missing Department of Transportation worker were recovered from the deep waters below the Hood Canal Bridge early Thursday morning. Video from Air 4 showed crews recovering what appeared to be a body first, then...
DIVERS DESERVE THE TRUTH ABOUT REBREATHERS
by Jon Kieren with contributions from Training Advisory Panel members Mathew Partridge and Randy Thornton: Whether you are just starting to investigate the world of rebreathers or are already an experienced rebreather diver it’s likely you’ve heard a lot of very...
Survive Your Dive – A U.S. Coast Guard perspective
By Petty Officer Henry Dunphy and Lieutenant John Downing "Nobody understands the allure of the sea more than the U.S. Coast Guard, but we also see the tragic results when people underestimate the hazards. The adventure and thrill of diving are appealing to many, but...
Navy using Kitsap public parks for training
For more than a year, elite Navy commandos have quietly used three waterfront parks in Kitsap County for nighttime combat trainings. The Navy in late 2014 obtained special permission for small SEAL teams to stage water-based trainings from Illahee State Park in...
Need to survive 16 hours in open water? It helps to be a fullback
By Lenny Bernstein January 14, 2015 The tale was almost beyond belief. A former pro football player, ex-Miami Dolphin fullback Rob Konrad, said he fell from his boat nine miles off the coast of Miami last week, swam all night and washed up in Palm Beach after covering...
Drowning is quick and silent. A child can drown in less than one minute in as little as one inch of water.
There is usually no warning, such as screams or splashing. We recommend having multiple layers of water safety protection: Make sure there is an isolation fence around the pool, separating the pool from the house and the surrounding yard. It should be at least 4 feet...
Vancouver man dies in Hood Canal scuba diving incident
By The Associated Press 6:18 a.m. PST, Tue January 5, SHELTON, Wash. — Authorities say a man has died while scuba diving in the Hood Canal near Shelton. The victim, 56-year-old Todd Randall MacDonald, of Vancouver, had been diving with a group near Hoodsport when he...
Body of man who drowned at Kitsap County lake recovered
KING 5 News, KING5.com 8:56 a.m. PDT July 19, 2011 KITSAP COUNTY, Wash. - Dive teams from the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office recovered the body of a 20-year-old man who drowned in Island Lake. Deputies say they received a report that a20-year-oldswimmer drowned in...