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It wasn’t until about noon on Tuesday ― more than 20 hours after the boat struck the power lines ― that they were rescued by members of the Texas Department of Public Safety. By then, the three men had suffered frostbite to their hands and toes, and required antibiotics after spending so long in the filthy water, Connellan said.
In addition to suffering electrical burns, Butterfield wrote of suffering a fractured toe, a gashed knee that required stitches, and a black eye.
You are not going to get frostbite in a subtropical location in August. And you don't treat frostbite with antibiotics. They have something else.
Erik,
It appears you and I are both shocked that the news media is inaccurate. Shocked I say. Imagine how inaccurate they are about (insert subject you are not knowledgeable about).
It wasn’t until about noon on Tuesday ― more than 20 hours after the boat struck the power lines ― that they were rescued by members of the Texas Department of Public Safety. By then, the three men had suffered frostbite to their hands and toes, and required antibiotics after spending so long in the filthy water, Connellan said.
In addition to suffering electrical burns, Butterfield wrote of suffering a fractured toe, a gashed knee that required stitches, and a black eye.
READ then you can see how this "could" happen. Most of it is common sense, particularly if they were exposed for long periods of time as night falls.
It appears you and I are both shocked that the news media is inaccurate. Shocked I say. Imagine how inaccurate they are about (insert subject you are not knowledgeable about).
Frostbite is caused by ice crystals forming inside blood vessels which requires prolonged exposure to temperatures below -4C (25F). It was simply nowhere near that cold.
The person who mentioned frostbite was one of the victims, not a doctor. He probably meant hypothermia which is very probable under those conditions and does result in numbness of extremities due to blood being drawn to the body's core.
Sorry, but NO, there is no way frostbite "could" happen in Southern Texas in August! Hypothermia, yes, especially when immersed in cold water for several hours. But, real frostbite? Not a chance!
Sadly, true "Journalists" are a nearly extinct species today. Silly and/or stupid mistakes and misstatements have become the norm. For example the "journalist" who was talking about the "mobile homes" damaged by Harvey. When the camera panned the area, it was obvious that what he was blathering about, but had no knowledge of, was an RV park full of travel trailers, both bumper pull and fifth wheel hitches. There was not a real "mobile home" in sight. Yes, there IS a difference, and a "real" news reporter would have familiarized himself with the subject.
Sadly, reporters and journalists of the Walter Cronkite/Chet Huntley/David Brinkley/Paul Harvey stripe are long gone.
My husband and I watched the news conference with the spokesman from that Arkama chemical plant that's on fire - we've watched every one of the press conferences, I believe because we are very interested in that topic. Anyway, long story short, a reporter yesterday was discussing the press conference from the day before and he kept saying that the SPOKESPERSON said the fumes were toxic. This is absolutely untrue. In fact, when asked directly if the fumes were toxic, he repeatedly said, "They are irritants. They are noxious."
Noxious and toxic have two distinctly different meanings, but less than 24 hours later this so called reporter was already twisting it and reporting erroneous information. Now - the fumes might be toxic - I don't know - but that is NOT what the spokesperson said, and that's the significant difference. Reporter making up news and reporting it as factual. Grrrr.
Erik,
It appears you and I are both shocked that the news media is inaccurate. Shocked I say. Imagine how inaccurate they are about (insert subject you are not knowledgeable about).
Crickets....
I have observed that talking news heads seem to know nothing about areas of special knowledge they discuss on air. Sports is one exception, but the commentators need to be specialized. Eg, local talking heads discussing winter sports are able only to parrot network script handouts.
In this case the original report was gathered by someone who did not know the word "hypothermia" but did vaguely remember hearing "frostbite."
"At least, that's my guess, and I'm sticking to it"
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