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2009/09/28 20:33:50
Subject: And you thought you were having a bad day?
Swarms of Bees Attack Crash Victims in Turkey
Monday, September 28, 2009
Print ShareThisANKARA, Turkey — A van carrying beehives crashed into a truck on Monday, and huge swarms of bees broke free and stung the injured and rescue workers at the scene.
In the end, about 20 people were taken to hospitals, six of them injured in the crash and the rest the rescue workers who were stung by the bees, said the state-run Anatolia news agency.
One of the crash victims later died, but it was not immediately known if he had been killed by the impact of the accident or the insect attacks, said local Gov. Ahmet Altinparmak.
The rescue workers — including local beekeepers summoned to the scene — used hoses, blankets and rags to try to ward off the bees. But it took about an hour for them to remove the crash victims from the chaotic scene, Anatolia said.
The van hit the stationary truck on a road near the Mediterranean resort of Marmaris in southwestern Turkey, injuring four people in the van and two in the truck, Anatolia said. The impact burst open the bee hives in the van.
The bees swarmed over the injured and police, medics and firefighters who responded to the accident, forcing authorities to seek the help of about 50 beekeepers in the area.
As the crash victims waited for help, bees swarmed over them, Anatolia said.
The news agency's video footage showed men in beekeeping clothing placing an injured man — also in protective gear — onto a stretcher in a swarm of bees and broken beehives, and carrying him down a hillside.
Another person was seen hosing down the area to keep the bees away.
Anatolia showed rescuers in orange-colored overalls inside a vehicle, trying to kill the bees by squashing them against windows, using a blanket and rags.
Gov. Atlinparmak said some of the injured were in serious condition.
In a similar accident in 2006, bees repeatedly stung the two drivers of a truck that carried beehives and overturned on a road in central Turkey. Police, firefighters and journalists who rushed to the scene also were attacked.
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2009/09/28 20:35:08
Subject: And you thought you were having a bad day?
Anuvver fing - when they do sumfing, they try to make it look like somfink else to confuse everybody. When one of them wants to lord it over the uvvers, 'e says "I'm very speshul so'z you gotta worship me", or "I know summink wot you lot don't know, so yer better lissen good". Da funny fing is, arf of 'em believe it and da over arf don't, so 'e 'as to hit 'em all anyway or run fer it.
2009/09/28 20:39:25
Subject: And you thought you were having a bad day?
The alligators are under water, so the bees probably couldn't get them.
Anuvver fing - when they do sumfing, they try to make it look like somfink else to confuse everybody. When one of them wants to lord it over the uvvers, 'e says "I'm very speshul so'z you gotta worship me", or "I know summink wot you lot don't know, so yer better lissen good". Da funny fing is, arf of 'em believe it and da over arf don't, so 'e 'as to hit 'em all anyway or run fer it.
2009/09/28 21:44:32
Subject: And you thought you were having a bad day?
Gators have proven they are resistant to ponsy bees and laugh at them (if they could laugh). But Killer Anaconda/python mixed breed snakes are a completely separate matter. Yikes!
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2009/09/29 00:52:13
Subject: Re:And you thought you were having a bad day?
have those firefighters not heard of High Expansion foam and a Deck Gun?
Works around here against bee swarms...sticks to the wings and the damn things cant fly.
I prefer HE rounds myself, vaporizes the little buggers real quick
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"Balance, playtesting - a casual gamer craves not these things!" - Yoda, a casual gamer.
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location, location, location
MagickalMemories wrote:How about making another fist?
One can be, "Da Fist uv Mork" and the second can be, "Da Uvver Fist uv Mork."
Make a third, and it can be, "Da Uvver Uvver Fist uv Mork"
Eric
2009/09/29 05:57:51
Subject: Re:And you thought you were having a bad day?
I once set fire to my shoes when I was trying to light a campfire in the dark.
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People are like dice, a certain Frenchman said that. You throw yourself in the direction of your own choosing. People are free because they can do that. Everyone's circumstances are different, but no matter how small the choice, at the very least, you can throw yourself. It's not chance or fate. It's the choice you made.
2009/09/30 13:49:08
Subject: And you thought you were having a bad day?
