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Woman drinks so much water she dies
CNN/AP ^ | 01-13-07

Posted on 01/14/2007 6:05:25 AM PST by mfnorman

SACRAMENTO, California (AP) -- 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.

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.

"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. "She was crying, and that was the last that anyone had heard from her."

It was not immediately known how much water Strange consumed.

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To: dfwgator
Absolutely. Her kids should own the radio station after the trial.

Really? So, IOW, she bears absolutely no responsibility for her own conduct? Jeez.....and some folks wonder why people are winning $200 million lawsuits for spilling coffee on themselves....how utterly sad it is that we have slipped this far away from personal responsibility.

61 posted on 01/14/2007 7:50:22 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Just the facts, ma'am)
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To: Thermalseeker

Normally I don't support lawsuits, but the radio station showed incredible negligence in having a contest without knowing the potential consequences of drinking too much water.

You would never see a radio station holding a contest for the person who can drink the most alcohol, as it is common knowlege that drinking too much alcohol is potentially deadly. But there is enough information out there about the consequences of drinking too much water, that limited due diligence should have been able to discover.


62 posted on 01/14/2007 7:54:54 AM PST by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Championship U)
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To: L98Fiero

Hmmmmm OMGoodness! Years ago while still in the Navy, we had just left Jamaica where pot was good, cheap, and everywhere the Captain gave a surprise urine test to EVERYONE.

For those, including myself who indulged in the Jamaican culture were told to pass the test we should consume water like there wasn't going to be any tomorrow.

Drink water, GO, drink water, GO, drink water, GO till you really were'nt passing anything into the little cup except water. I swear I must have drank 5 gallons within a 2 hour time.


63 posted on 01/14/2007 7:55:12 AM PST by diverteach
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To: aruanan
The same thing can happen by drinking water that is too pure. This is why it's dangerous to drink distilled water and why, in research institutions, there are "not safe for human consumption" on milli-Q water dispensers.

I find it difficult to believe that drinking water that is "too pure" is in any way dangerous. I understand that one can drink a toxic amount, of water, but the level of purity can't hurt you.

64 posted on 01/14/2007 7:57:48 AM PST by SALChamps03
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

Because you drank too much...water?


65 posted on 01/14/2007 8:00:38 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (Tell Tom Vilsack to WEAR THE BEAR!)
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To: Graybeard58
Reminds me of the Indian who drank a hundred gallons of tea one night, they found him drowned the next morning in his tee pee.

I'm glad I was not drinking coffee when I read this.

66 posted on 01/14/2007 8:01:42 AM PST by SALChamps03
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To: Paradox

I'm taking a shipboard medical course right now- the other day the instructor said that sports drinks should be diluted 3:1 water to gatorade- the sugar in those drinks prevents rapid uptake of electrolytes in cases of moderate to severe dehydration.


67 posted on 01/14/2007 8:04:18 AM PST by capt.P (Hold Fast! Strong Hand Uppermost!)
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To: dfwgator
Normally I don't support lawsuits, but the radio station showed incredible negligence in having a contest without knowing the potential consequences of drinking too much water.

Okay, lets assume for a moment that the radio station is negligent, even grossly negligent. Wouldn't this same negligence also apply to the woman? After all, she was not forced to consume a fatal amount of dihydromonoxide, she did so of her own free will. She voluntarily entered the contest and no one forced her to participate.

I see these sorts of frivolous law suits and their consequences everywhere I look. They are killing the general aviation industry, the medical industry, and business as a whole because businesses are having to cover themselves for every conceivable circumstance where some dipwad will misuse their product, like trying to use a hair dryer in the bathtub. It has gotten to the point where you simply cannot buy sufficient insurance coverage to protect yourself against this sort of crap.

Support this if you want, but ultimately you will pay the price in higher insurance premiums and higher cost for products. Ultimately, the only ones who really win are the lawyers.....and that is no accident.

68 posted on 01/14/2007 8:05:58 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Just the facts, ma'am)
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To: catfish1957

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!!!"



69 posted on 01/14/2007 8:07:18 AM PST by fleagle
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To: Buddy B

We were also given salt tablets when I was in VN, at the start of
the chow line.

Alongside the salt tablets was an experimental (we didn`t know it) malaria
tablet. The Gov later found out their was health risks with that if I
remember correctly


70 posted on 01/14/2007 8:07:57 AM PST by 31M20RedDevil ( Jimmy Carter : the sorriest President of them all)
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To: brivette

Not really. Like everything else, to much is bad for you


71 posted on 01/14/2007 8:08:52 AM PST by Kaslin (In war, there are two exit strategies. One is called victory. The other is called defeat.)
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To: Kaslin

It was a play on words. The women's last name is Strange.


72 posted on 01/14/2007 8:10:30 AM PST by brivette
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To: mfnorman

water intoxication? never in my life have i heard of that"

Water in excess amounts washes out your electrolytes. If your metabolism gets all out of whack, you can die.

Having said that- I nominate her for a 2007 finalist for the Darwin awards. She died for an electronic toy. Something she didn't NEED to live her daily life.


73 posted on 01/14/2007 8:12:49 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: brivette

Oh I thought you meant it was strange that she died because she drank to much water. I didn't read what her name was


74 posted on 01/14/2007 8:13:01 AM PST by Kaslin (In war, there are two exit strategies. One is called victory. The other is called defeat.)
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To: mfnorman
Where her last words "Ne frustra vixisse videar"?
75 posted on 01/14/2007 8:15:02 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Peace will come when the Palestinians love their children more than they hate Israel)
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To: ridesthemiles
I nominate her for a 2007 finalist for the Darwin awards. She died for an electronic toy.

She had three kids. You have to die without passing on genes to qualify.

76 posted on 01/14/2007 8:16:15 AM PST by Spirochete
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To: Alouette
Just another one of the horrors of Dihydrogen Monoxide

You're not kidding. Go check out the horrors of this chemical here: DHMO.org. Our rivers, streams and oceans are full of the stuff!

77 posted on 01/14/2007 8:17:01 AM PST by Doohickey (I am not unappeasable. YOU are just too easily appeased.)
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To: SpringheelJack
a woman committed suicide by drinking too much water from a hose...."

of all the ways to commit suicide and thats how you choose to do it

78 posted on 01/14/2007 8:18:37 AM PST by mfnorman
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To: Thermalseeker

My guess is all the contestants had to sign some sort of contract indicating the radio station would not beheld liable in case of accident/injury.


79 posted on 01/14/2007 8:19:28 AM PST by Mrs.Liberty
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To: SpringheelJack

what's the radio station saying about this?


80 posted on 01/14/2007 8:19:36 AM PST by mfnorman
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