(Of Topic): They Build Roads into the lake... Don't they

Perry_3

Do they need to do a "ice safety" report after this? The story has been widely distributed by the other news outlets.

But what I can't stop thinking of... Imagine, you turn on the local news and find a reporter that does not know that when you pass the pier that you are on the ice (and not on a road)... doing another news story.

How much credibility will you give them? It will all depend on how they act over the next several days...

Perry

Perry_3

Of Topic): They Build Roads into the lake... Don't they...

Let's see... You are assigned to do a story about "ice safety" (i.e.; the dangers of "Thin Ice"). Every other station is doing such a story arround here...

So you drive on down to the local lake, and pull past the pier after driving down the boat ramp... and still believe that you are on the road...

Truth, my folks are stranger than fiction... as the following article indicates. Oh, and enjoy the picture too.

Perry



MONDAY, Jan. 29, 2007, 2:43 p.m.
By Jacqueline Seibel

TV truck damage could hit $250,000
A WDJT-TV (Channel 58) engineer told Muskego police that the loss of the live transmitting van that broke through an iced-over channel on Big Muskego Lake would be up to $250,000.

Crews chipped away ice Monday from the submerged news van, which broke into the channel while the station was preparing a segment on ice safety.

Chief Engineer Dan Dyer said Monday the station will not comment on the incident, but the station issued a statement on its Web site.

Dyer estimated the loss of the live transmitting van to be between $200,000 and $250,000, according to police.

Kem Water Recovery of Muskego dug out a 7-foot wide and 150-yard long trench so a large tow truck could drag the 5,000-pound van back out of the water.

The van went into the channel about 4:15 p.m. Sunday, but the subzero temperatures overnight caused the water to freeze around and inside the van, making the job more difficult.

The driver, Susan Wronsky, 27, told police that she thought she was still on the road when the ice gave way and the van went down into 5 feet of water and muck, Lt. John LaTour said. She passed the pier and boat launch off Durham Drive and traveled 150 yards on the channel. She escaped without injury.

David Sutton_6

My sides hurt!!

Wow, wonder if there still going to to the segment about ice safty ??


David

jp_2

Is she

a blonde by chance?

Mark Hunt

Reminds me


of those "Snickers" commercials.

"Not going anywhere for a while?"

Glad no-one was hurt(physically).

So did they do the story or not?

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

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Unknown

its in Wisc

What did ya expect? Its Wisc and Packers are out of the playoff for the next century.... Everybody ( except Perry) there are moldy cheesheads...

Perry_3

Yes, they now have a story


You cannot get to it directly - but you can get to it through their homepage - at least for now.

http://www.cbs58.com/


Here is the text, and they have lots more pictures and a cool vidoe of the ice being cut to create the channel to pull the truck out. Maybee someone else can download and post some of the other pictures. I'm off to a copy machine, Fed-Ex, and then the post office.

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Milwaukee: - The irony is not lost on us, but here's hoping our mistake helps to prevent a future tragedy. As you've no doubt heard by now, Sunday one of our employees mistook a frozen channel for a road and wound up crashing a live truck through the ice at Big Muskego Lake. Thankfully, nobody was hurt, but it may be at least tomorrow before we're able to get that truck removed. Crews spent much of the day Monday cutting through ice to clear a path to pull out the truck. The D.N.R. says the signage in that area is adequate, but that it's easy to see how somebody could make that mistake. They are warning people to be cautious on or around the ice, especially after a snowfall.

CBS58 GRATEFUL EMPLOYEE WAS NOT INJURED

Milwaukee: ­ WDJT CBS 58 would like to release the following statement regarding the accident in Big Muskego Lake involving an employee and the station¹s news vehicle:

" Trucks can be replaced, human life cannot," said Jim Hall, General Manager of WDJT. "If there¹s anything good that can come of this unfortunate incident we hope it heightens awareness about the dangers of thin ice in and around lakes and can prevent a future tragedy."Hall added, "As Wisconsin residents we are all very aware that a number of people get injured or killed in these types of accidents every year and we are very grateful our employee escaped unharmed. We hope all of the news
coverage surrounding this incident serves as a reminder that not all lake access areas are well marked and drivers should always be very cautious."









Perry

Brad White

Now this becomes the lead

in a story touting "proof" of global warming..."Back in my day, you could drive clear across Lake Michigan, by cracky!"....

Knowing the press spin on things, I am reminded of the Nazareth Times article written by a skeptic in AD 30 or so. The reporter observed Jesus walking on the water. The next day the headline read: "JESUS CAN'T SWIM"