[Dawn Lessoway]

My heart sank when I heard about this on the radio this morning.  I have never doubted the power of the wind and see and our lives are so safe (generally) that we’ve forgotten to respect mother nature.

I was wondering if they were wearing pfd’s  – and yes, proper immersion clothing! I had a great cousin that died at the early age of 20 in the ’50s after a full day of farming in hot weather and jumped into a lake. The temperature difference caused such a shock to their system that they had (suspected) heart attack.

Doubles might be more stable but they are unweildy.  I can’t imagine trying to flip one.

And what about all those stand-up paddlers with no .pfds on? Drives me crazy how dangerous that could be.