CSI & diver in a tree

[Lawman]

Anybody have any thoughts about the CSI program about the scuba diver
who gets caught in a forest fire, tank blows and he winds up in a tree?
If the plug didn't blow I guess it could happen, but what are the odds?

 

[RonFrank]

Anybody have any thoughts about the CSI program about the scuba diver
who gets caught in a forest fire, tank blows and he winds up in a tree?
If the plug didn't blow I guess it could happen, but what are the odds?

I can truely not comment on the diver in the tree, but I can say this... CSI tries hard to make the show believable, but there are SOOOO many things they pull off that just can NOT happen in the real world, especially in the time frame they suggest.

I'm NOT a scientist, but if I can point out a few holes in the storyline every week, I'd imagine someone closer to the biz would be laughing too hard to find the breath to point out the errors...

Ron

 

[Gary D.]

Anybody have any thoughts about the CSI program about the scuba diver
who gets caught in a forest fire, tank blows and he winds up in a tree?
If the plug didn't blow I guess it could happen, but what are the odds?

They were just playing on the "Fire Diver" myth.

Should a tank blow on a divers back I don't think they would stay in one piece or fly very far if at all.

Gary D.

 

[Lawman]

I can truely not comment on the diver in the tree, but I can say this... CSI tries hard to make the show believable, but there are SOOOO many things they pull off that just can NOT happen in the real world, especially in the time frame they suggest.

I'm NOT a scientist, but if I can point out a few holes in the storyline every week, I'd imagine someone closer to the biz would be laughing too hard to find the breath to point out the errors...

Ron

Oh sure Ron! Next you'll tell me you don't have headless gorillas fall out of the sky in Colorado! CSI is real I tell you! As real as...as....WWF!!

 

[Parrothead_Diver]

The biggest inconsistancy that I noticed in this episode was that they specifically pointed out that the SPG had a reading of 3000 psi and that the burst valve was still intact. Yet the tank supposedly exploded from overpressurization due to heat exposure?

 

[Quarrior]

Gee, don't you guys watch Mythbusters? lol This one has been busted.

 

[rab]

MythBusters dealt with the possibility of a diver being sucked up by a fire-fighting water scoop. They didn't talk about heating a scuba cylinder to the point of failure.

I don't think it could happen as depicted in the show either.

(with regard to the "every show" problem -- you don't get same-day DNA results either!)

-Rob

 

[emtdan]

I know CSI and CBS work very had to make sure that their shows are acurate. Worg and Stokes have been seen diving on the show, and i think they are avid divers themselves.

 

[Dive-aholic]

We can always get a bonfire going, throw a full tank in, and see what happens. Any volunteers?

By the way, was this an aluminum or steel tank? Need to make sure the details are correct.

 

[roakey]

Oh sure Ron! Next you'll tell me you don't have headless gorillas fall out of the sky in Colorado!

I don't know where you got this gorilla stuff, but we do have Black Helicopters. Everyone knows they're hidden in Manitou Springs and they're responsible for all our cattle mutilations.

Roak