Making the news today....

[Khriss]

Nail..... Head, Kev ( pack yr escape pack and dodgey ID)  k

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

14 minutes ago, Khriss said:

Nail..... Head, Kev ( pack yr escape pack and dodgey ID)  k

The local lodge black ops team will have been put on immediate readiness - I may be off line for a while.....

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Holy crap!

 

Never jumped static line so not sure what the cut away / reserve drills are on a combat jump but I have had a main chute failure from free fall and successfully deployed reserve and landed safely....

 

This guy was lucky to survive!

 

British parachutist plunges 15,000 feet before crashing through roof of California home in 'miracle' landing

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'It's amazing, he missed the counters, appliances, everything,' says witness after soldier on training exercise survives fall

 

[Stubby]

4 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Holy crap!

 

Never jumped static line so not sure what the cut away / reserve drills are on a combat jump but I have had a main chute failure from free fall and successfully deployed reserve and landed safely....

 

This guy was lucky to survive!

 

British parachutist plunges 15,000 feet before crashing through roof of California home in 'miracle' landing

WWW.GOOGLE.CO.UK

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'It's amazing, he missed the counters, appliances, everything,' says witness after soldier on training exercise survives fall

 

Phew !

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

4 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Holy crap!

 

Never jumped static line so not sure what the cut away / reserve drills are on a combat jump but I have had a main chute failure from free fall and successfully deployed reserve and landed safely....

 

This guy was lucky to survive!

 

British parachutist plunges 15,000 feet before crashing through roof of California home in 'miracle' landing

WWW.GOOGLE.CO.UK

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'It's amazing, he missed the counters, appliances, everything,' says witness after soldier on training exercise survives fall

 

 

[Khriss]

Bit of a Richard Kiel moment there! But well done that man. K

[Dan Maynard]

 

Has he landed next to the fridge to see if there's a beer in it?

[eggsarascal]

3 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

 

That's a bit like what I looked like when Bolam was teaching me to climb.

[Steve Bullman]

So the emirates created a fake storm this week to combat 50 degree temparatures. 

 

Heavy artificial rains are caused in the United Arab Emirates

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A heat wave of almost 50 degrees is controlled with a new technology that causes artificial rain.

 

Bit of digging though and it doesn't appear its anything new. They did the same thing back in 2011.

 

Scientists Create 52 Artificial Rain Storms in Abu Dhabi Desert | TIME.com

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Hail, lightning and gales came through the state’s eastern region this summer thanks to scientist-puppetmasters. As part of a secret program to control the weather in the...

 

[sime42]

Seatbelts and traffic lights to be 'personal responsibility' from next week | The Daily Mash

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THE government will lift all obligations to observe red lights or wear seat belts as of Monday, no matter the consequences.