Snowmobile race overwhelms hospital emergency room - initiates its disaster plan..

[Analog]

There it was, compressed into the first 3 seconds of Saturday's Soo International 500 snowmobile race: the breathtaking highs of this homegrown sport, considered Michigan's ice-bound answer to NASCAR, and the gut-twisting lows when it goes wrong.

That driver limped off the track, but his injury was the start of a relentless pattern as the 500-mile endurance race went on. In addition to speed, laps and leaders, there was this grim tally: one bystander's death, one fractured ankle, one fractured leg, one bone chip in the elbow, one torn hamstring, and one leg torn up by a sled engine.

The casualties so overwhelmed the emergency room of Sault Ste. Marie's small hospital that it activated its disaster drill and warned race organizers of its full capacity. The event could not continue. The 2004 I500 became the shortest in the race's 36-year history: 174 of 500 laps driven.


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[MAME]

that's because racing doesn't really provide anything worthwhile to anyone


EDIT:
I posted that right before I went to bed last night so perhaps I was being a bit too cranky...but at the same time the whole point of a forum is to state your opinion. In my opinion, all these racing injuries and deaths are not justified by having fun while racing. Think about it...someone stabs you in your house, you struggle to dial 911. They are so tied up, you end up having more complications than normal.

Wouldn't that suck? They put people's lives in danger by choice, and as a result they are open to criticism.

I just feel bad for those who were hurt


And I'm sorry to have not presented my ideas clearly in my previous post. I will attempt to refrain from pissing anyone off until the first of March! (except for anyone who thinks .999...!=1. As those people deserve to be called names)

Have a good one!

 

[Eli]

Damn. You would think snowmobiles would be less dangerous than something like a motorcycle.

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: MAME
that's because racing doesn't really provide anything worthwhile to anyone

Do you just go around posting negative crap in every thread? Do you EVER post something positive? Cant you get banned already?

 

[JoeMomma]

Originally posted by: MAME
that's because racing doesn't really provide anything worthwhile to anyone

Gotta love this asshat - he can never understand why anyone would possibly be interested in anything that doesn't interest him! Do a search, you'll see...

 

[Ogg]

Ban MAME!
Ban MAME!
Ban MAME!
Ban MAME!
Ban MAME!

 

[Harvey]

Originally posted by: JoeMomma
Gotta love this asshat - he can never understand why anyone would possibly be interested in anything that doesn't interest him! Do a search, you'll see...

And why would a loud mouth n00b of one day with a whopping five posts know all of this, let alone care?

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Harvey

Originally posted by: JoeMomma
Gotta love this asshat - he can never understand why anyone would possibly be interested in anything that doesn't interest him! Do a search, you'll see...

And why would a loud mouth n00b of one day with a whopping five posts know all of this, let alone care?

postcount != computer knowledge

 

[deerslayer]

Originally posted by: Harvey

Originally posted by: JoeMomma
Gotta love this asshat - he can never understand why anyone would possibly be interested in anything that doesn't interest him! Do a search, you'll see...

And why would a loud mouth n00b of one day with a whopping five posts know all of this, let alone care?

He's probably been lurking.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Eli
Damn. You would think snowmobiles would be less dangerous than something like a motorcycle.

Not at 100mph they aren't.

- M4H

 

[Harvey]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
postcount != computer knowledge

For all I know, he may actually know something about computers. At least, he figured out what the "On" switch and quote tags do. But what kind of doofus n00b does a search on someone else just to call him an asshat and slam what he posts?

JoeMomma -- Welcome to ATOT. Now, get some manners, or get lost! :disgust:

 

[Bulldozer]

Originally posted by: Eli
Damn. You would think snowmobiles would be less dangerous than something like a motorcycle.

I snowmobile, jetski, and ride a motorcycle regularly. Snowmobiling is the most dangerous. They are very fast and traction is always changing.

On a side note, I finally crossed open water on a snowmobile this weekend ~35'

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: Harvey

Originally posted by: ElFenix
postcount != computer knowledge

For all I know, he may actually know something about computers. At least, he figured out what the "On" switch and quote tags do. But what kind of doofus n00b does a search on someone else just to call him an asshat and slam what he posts?

JoeMomma -- Welcome to ATOT. Now, get some manners, or get lost! :disgust:

WFT is your problem, he was bashing a basher. But would you be able to comprehend that with your head up your ass? I guess not.

KK

 

[JoeMomma]

Originally posted by: Harvey

Originally posted by: ElFenix
postcount != computer knowledge

For all I know, he may actually know something about computers. At least, he figured out what the "On" switch and quote tags do. But what kind of doofus n00b does a search on someone else just to call him an asshat and slam what he posts?

JoeMomma -- Welcome to ATOT. Now, get some manners, or get lost! :disgust:

I didn't do a search - I never said I did - I said you (in the third-person sense) should do a search. Just because today is the first day I chose to post here doesn't mean it is the first day I've ever read any posts here. Please (see, that's using manners) ask your mommy what the difference is if you don't understand.

edit: for bolding/clarity

 

[MAME]

Originally posted by: Shockwave

Originally posted by: MAME
that's because racing doesn't really provide anything worthwhile to anyone

Do you just go around posting negative crap in every thread? Do you EVER post something positive? Cant you get banned already?

I posted that right before I went to bed last night so perhaps I was being a bit too cranky...but at the same time the whole point of a forum is to state your opinion. In my opinion, all these racing injuries and deaths are not justified by having fun while racing. Think about it...someone stabs you in your house, you struggle to dial 911. They are so tied up, you end up having more complications than normal.

Wouldn't that suck? They put people's lives in danger by choice, and as a result they are open to criticism.

I just feel bad for those who were hurt


And I'm sorry to have not presented my ideas clearly in my previous post. I will attempt to refrain from pissing anyone off until the first of March! (except for anyone who thinks .999...!=1. As those people deserve to be called names)

Have a good one!

 

[MAME]

Originally posted by: JoeMomma

Originally posted by: MAME
that's because racing doesn't really provide anything worthwhile to anyone

Gotta love this asshat - he can never understand why anyone would possibly be interested in anything that doesn't interest him! Do a search, you'll see...

Who were you before you were banned? (you can email me if you don't want the mods to see...forthemame@yahoo.com)

 

[JoeMomma]

Originally posted by: MAME
Who were you before you were banned?

Never banned. Never imitated. I'm brand new! And I couldn't care less what some kids on the internet think of me.

But it seems you have lots of friends. Not.

 

[JoeMomma]

P.S. - sorry for wrecking your thread, yellowfiero.

 

[tk149]

Back on topic:

 

[Tom]

Originally posted by: MAME
that's because racing doesn't really provide anything worthwhile to anyone

more people make a living in racing than do selling MAME machines.

And what safety innovations have been developed by MAME aficianados ?

 

[spaceman]

cmon over, the fire is ready!:evil:

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: MAME
that's because racing doesn't really provide anything worthwhile to anyone

odd. i enjoy racing.

I not only enjoy watching (Tour De France, my sisters in track etc) but i was used to race motocross, go cart and sprint cars.

so it provided something worthwhile to me.

 

[MAME]

Originally posted by: JoeMomma

Originally posted by: MAME
Who were you before you were banned?

Never banned. Never imitated. I'm brand new! And I couldn't care less what some kids on the internet think of me.

But it seems you have lots of friends. Not.

Nice, first day of posting and already attacking someone. Try and lighten up please

 

[MAME]

Originally posted by: Dead Parrot Sketch

Originally posted by: MAME
that's because racing doesn't really provide anything worthwhile to anyone

more people make a living in racing than do selling MAME machines.

And what safety innovations have been developed by MAME aficianados ?

?? That's hardly a fair comparison by any means. I can turn it back around just as easily: how many people have died or been injured by a MAME?

I restated my point a few posts back, so I won't bother going in to it again. Have a good day though!

 

[MAME]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: MAME
that's because racing doesn't really provide anything worthwhile to anyone

odd. i enjoy racing.

I not only enjoy watching (Tour De France, my sisters in track etc) but i was used to race motocross, go cart and sprint cars.

so it provided something worthwhile to me.

Haha, clever clever. Obviously I was referring to machine-based racing involving engines and danger to those racing as well as the spectators. I'm not again all form of racing, such as who can finish a MAME in the shortest amount of time!


I'm sure all forms of racing have benifits, but to those who have died or been hurt, it may not be justified.