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Two fire technicians at the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station in Antarctica have been pronounced dead following an incident at a generator building that powers a radio transmitter near the station.
The incident, which still is under investigation, occurred on Dec. 12 local time (McMurdo Station keeps New Zealand time).
NSF is not releasing any personal information about the deceased at this time. Their next of kin have been notified.
The workers were performing preventative maintenance on the building's fire suppression system. They were found unconscious on the building's floor by a helicopter pilot, who landed after seeing what appeared to be smoke coming from the structure. They were removed from the building and CPR was administered. One person was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel who arrived from the McMurdo clinic. The other was flown to the McMurdo clinic and pronounced dead there a short time later.
Two contract employees die in Antarctica
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 13 2018, @04:01PM (3 children)
It was in Antarctica, which we know is a hub for aliens (real ones).
The two were found lying on the ground and there was no evidence of a struggle. This means their breathing system was stopped by aliens using microwave weaponry. Or their brains were made to think they could not breathe. Microwave weapons are dangerous and leave no evidence and they are used by almost all governments to target certain citizens.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 13 2018, @04:16PM (2 children)
I hope you just have a weird sense of humor and aren't delusional.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 13 2018, @10:33PM (1 child)
Do you ever hear voices? Do you get thoughts that are not your own? Do they make you (encourage you) to do things not good for you? Do you get tinnitus? Do you get sudden headaches that can't be explained? Are you skipped for promotion when you definitely deserved and expected it? Are you paid much less than you're worth? Do your pets get poisoned? Do you get drugged without your knowledge? Do you suddenly get sexual urges for no reason (abnormal)? Do you get mobbed? Do you get gaslighted? Are you followed whereever you go? Do you hear people talking loudly about things you've been thinking about? Do you get backstabbed by family and friends? Are you isolated?
Congratulations. You might be a target.
By the way, modern weapons are copied/reverse engineered from alien technology.
(Score: 1) by YttriumOxide on Friday December 14 2018, @07:56AM
Yes, when people talk near me, or when their voices are played back by a speaker near me (often in near realtime, such as with telephony).
This is definitionally impossible. All thoughts in my head are my own. I may occasionally find myself surprised by my own thoughts or have difficulty determining the source of intrusive thoughts, but that doesn't mean they're not mine.
Sure, I occasionally fantasise about doing things that would ultimately be a bad idea. This is normal. Everyone does.
The vast majority of the time, I do not do what those thoughts suggest.
Yes, this is very common. Around 1 in 3 people according to most sources I've seen.
I used to... and then I got an explanation for them (mild swelling in the nasal mucosa from a persistent but non-serious bacterial infection).
Just because a symptom is currently unexplained, it doesn't mean it has no explanation.
To both of these: Not recently. I had both these situation exactly once and at the same time. My boss was a dick. I don't work there anymore.
Ummm... what?! No, never.
If it's without my knowledge, then definitionally, I can't answer that question with anything other than "I don't know". However if you mean something more like "Do you sometimes feel like you're drugged even though you didn't take anything yourself?" then the answer is no, unless you count not getting enough sleep sometimes and being really groggy.
I'm not sure if you're saying it's abnormal to get random sexual urges, or if you're asking about abnormal sexual urges. If the former: Yes, I do, but it's not abnormal. If the latter: You'd need to define "abnormal" better for me to answer this. Things that spark sexual desire amongst people can be pretty diverse, so what seems "normal" to one person may seem "abnormal" to another.
No.
No.
No.
Occasionally, but rarely. My thoughts don't make good conversation topics most of the time. When it does happen it's usually because my thoughts were about some current events or other newsworthy topic that is likely to also be on other people's minds.
Not regularly, but if my friends do that and don't have a damned good explanation along with an apology, they probably won't stay my friends for long.
As for family, I don't see my family all that much, but a similar rule applies as with friends (they'd remain family of course, but I'd drop contact).
Not as much as I'd like to be sometimes!
Of what? By whom? This sounds exciting...
Well, that was a pretty out of the blue statement. Do you have any evidence for this revelation?