Oy.

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Dammit.

I had part of a post about playing with dyestuffs and it went away. Feh.

Anyway.

The stupidity death of the week is the three teenagers who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in one of the caves in St. Paul. These caves were dug in the sandstone bluffs some 100-odd years ago to work as natural refrigerators, storing mostly beer and cheese. Recently some kids found rather a lot of gunpowder in one. Anyway. There were five kids, one is recovering, one managed to make it out and stumble a block to a local health clinic, and three are dead. To get to the cave, they had to pass by a sign memorializing two girls who died in the very same cave system, and a sign warning of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning. One of the survivors admitted this.

The city has tried to keep people out of the caves every way they know how, and short of having the police actively patrol 11 miles of cave-filled bluffs, 24/7, they've done everything they can. I have given up wondering how people can be so stupid, because, apparently, it's not terribly difficult.

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[falcongirl.livejournal.com]

I used to go exploring the cave system, also the giant old sewers under the Cathedral - but we always had some sort of safety gear with.

And those caves that were mentioned: You don't go play in those. Darwin award candidates, for sure.
-T

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

Clearly I missed something growing up. I never got to do that!

As for the kids, well, hell. It was stupid beyond words.