Scuba diver sues after getting sucked into nuclear power plant in Florida

upi. ^ | March 7, 2016 | Ben Hooper

[JoeProBono]

[Ouderkirk]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Who in their right mind goes scuba diving near a power plant intake pipe?

[FatherofFive]

What are the damages? it sounds like an excellent adventure.

But they need a grate on that pipe.

[a fool in paradise]

Isn’t this how the Incredible Shrinking Man became Tidy Bowl Man?

[liberalh8ter]

C’mon. Everyone in this area knows what that is. This is beyond stupid.

[Gaffer]

The diver intentionally swam into one of the intake pipes after bypassing a piece of equipment to minimize the entry of objects," FPL said in a statement.

IF THIS IS TRUE, that pretty much settles it for me. He can describe the horror and dread all he wants but in the end, he went somewhere he should have known he wasn't supposed to be.

[mazda77]

Having friends named Robert Blake seems to be a hazard. Just kidding!

[Larry Lucido]

with friend Robert Blake

[chimera]

Sounds like a candidate for this year’s Darwin Award, only in this case he survived.

[IYAS9YAS]

Okay, this guy's utter stupidity aside, why the hell was he able to do this to begin with.

Thanks, Dept. of Energy and Hutchison nuke facility, for announcing to the world that any Jihadi with a bomb can go SCUBA diving here and get inside the facility, and there's nothing you've done about it in the 14-and-a-half years since 9/11.

[The_Media_never_lie]

With a grate on the pipe, the diver would not have been able to get off grate. Can’t fix stupid.

[2banana]

Give him $100,000 for discovering a HUGE security gap in the nuclear power plant’s defenses...

[Smokin' Joe]

But they need a grate on that pipe.

If the suction was that strong there, a grate would only guarantee the next person to dive too close would get sucked against the grate--and possibly be there long enough to run out of air.

If the guy got pulled through and survived that unhurt, the design is good.

[Mr. K]

But the most important question is...

DID HE DEVELOP ANY SUPER POWERS????

[left that other site]

In spite of “Globull warming”, the oceans around that area got viciously cold a few years ago.

Some very smart manatees were able to survive by hanging around the OUTFLOW pipe, which was warmer.

Smart Manatees.

The place to hang out is where the current goes AWAY from the Nuclear Power Plant.

[JoeProBono]

[VTenigma]

I call BS. What created the current? If it was pumped water he would have gone through a pump and have been ground up. If you look at the picture on the left you can clearly see that is an outfall letting water back out of the plant

[Opinionated Blowhard]

He’ll get some money. Because in America, no matter how stupid you are, no matter how reckless you are, if a big corporation is involved, they are at fault.

[Mr. K]

ITs hard to guarantee against the stupidity of people

They need a grate, but it must be far enough away that the current is NOT strong enough to suck you against it.

This IS a huge security breach- and there should be a grate

[PUGACHEV]

I’m going to guess that FL is a contributory negligence state. That’s how he gets money.