Lost hikers were found by rescuers only to drive into the ocean.

http://www.pressherald.com/news/maine-hikers-lost-car-accident-roque-bluffs-state-park-amy-stiner-melissa-moyer.html

Women drivers

You're in a car... underwater.... which is filling up with water.. and your immediate reaction is to call 911?

GTFO didn't occur?

I feel bad for their families. Prayers sent for them to find peace in this.

That is the most unnecessarily depressing story I have read in a long time.  This is what happens when helpless people venture out into the world.  How do two adults and a dog get lost on an afternoon hike after obviously not checking the weather?  How do two adults manage to then get lost leaving the area they've just driven to that they live near?  How do two adults drive fast enough in poor visibility to not realize or have time to react to driving into the water?  How do two adults waste time calling for help in a fucking sinking car and then manage not to get themselves out?  I just want to throw up at the outstanding lack of common sense and personal responsibility and how much they made their families suffer for it.

Holy Moly, what a clusterfuck of a day! Darn Flatlanders...  

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2376834/Amy-Stiner-dies-Pregnant-woman-friend-accidentally-drive-boat-ramp-ocean-DROWN-minutes-rescued-hiking-mountaintop.html?ito=feeds-newsxml



Left was the vehicle owner/Organic Farmer.  Right was pregnant.

Hmm, if I had to guess, judging from the pictures, I would say the answer to all your questions is weed.

I would have to disagree. I meet all kinds of people in the backcountry and most of them are capable and can teach me some shit, probably 75% are 420 engaged and getting by just fine.

THAT is some final destination shit, right there.

Yeah really.

Exactly what I was going to post.



It seems like something was going to get them no matter what.







 

First recorded death from weed?

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1512346_Maine_hikers_drive_to_ocean_deaths.html

If only they drove a VW bug

Odd    

That Darwin dude might be on to something...






John

Im sorry but.........Darwinism.

Well, DAMN!

But, it does happen, one way or the other, from time to time. Ie, Jessica Savitch, softball in North Dakota, Port Isabel causeway (in a moment on that one).

A car or a space flooding is probably one of the most terrifying, unknown things to most people, especially in knowing what to do, getting out.....ESPECIALLY with the dependence most have on technology these days. Probably didn't help with how the dog was reacting.

The causeway at Port Isabel would be even worse because an elevated road way just suddenly disappeared and one drove off into blackness. It is similar to this in that all the electronics that we depend on would be gone upon hitting the water. In the boat ramp case, it's because of the flooding; with the causeway, because the impact destroyed them.

The causeway had an additional factor though; the impact triggered the airbags (I attended a DPS briefing on that disaster).

Other factors to complicate the issue. One can't open doors against external water pressure (until the inside equalizes). It probably could be pitch black (their cell phone might have been the only light).

Finally, remember that people in that situation are in a PANIC and probably can't think of one or two thoughts. Ie, on a side point, I was told that some firing a pistol in defense won't be able to think about doing more than one or two actions, so if you are using a 1911, have it cocked and on safety or not cocked, but not uncocked and on safety because in that moment of panic, one can't think about doing two things to arm it.

Tragic.

Nope, just stupidity.

This happened quite near my AO. Although I wasn't acquainted with the ladies I did work for some time at the farm where they were employed.
Knowing the area and how dense the fog can get here in eastern Maine I can see how this happened.
That particular road ends at a boat ramp. A rather steep boat ramp.
Covered with mud & slime and in wet conditions its VERY slick.
There's been many occasions where someone had to be towed up the ramp for lack of traction.
I'm guessing that by the time they realized they were in trouble, it was too late & they slid / skidded into the water.
Depending on the tidal flow at that time the car could have been carried quite some distance.
Sad
Here's an aerial view of where it happened.
Linkie

GPS FTFW

This and the post above yours sum things up quite well.