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Welcome home Ike

2008 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Darwin says, "Thanks for the submission, but although foolhardy, this is what one might consider a garden variety stupidity, not monumentally astounding, so I'm leaving it in the Slush Pile."
ORIGINAL SUBMISSION:

A 19 year old man/boy/idiot and 3 of his friends decided to walk out to the end of a narrow 100 foot jetty to welcome in Hurricane Ike which was, at that time, 1 mile per hour less than a Category 3. The U.S. Coast Guard says Michael Moxley was with three other people on North Padre Island when a 6- to 8-foot wave hit the jetty and knocked him off his feet. Supprisingly (sarcasm) Michael was not able to swim back to the jetty due to the turbulent water caused by the HURRICANE. Michael secured the title of first Hurricane Ike casualty and a nomination for a Darwin Award. Unfortunately, Michael's 3 friends escaped Hurricane Ike and remain in the gene pool, but lets be honest, it's only a matter of time before they engineer their own demise through sheer stupidity.

Submitted on 09/14/2008

Submitted by: Blake LeBlanc
Reference: associated press

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Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Hotels and bars are one thing, but walking out to the end of a jetty is something else again! Talk about uping the ante for a Darwin!

James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
One could argue that this sort of thing is too common, but given all the press and advance warning of Ike's destructive nature (not to mention things like mandatory evacuation orders), I am truly dumbfounded! Thanks, Blake!

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