INC NEWS - Woman Drowns In Rain Barrel

[RW Pickle]

I guess this saving water issue has it's down side. Just be careful.

RWP
27 Beverly
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from CNN.com:

7 January, 2008

SANTA FE, N.M. -- A woman drowned when she apparently tried to retrieve a
kitten from a 55-gallon rain barrel at her home southeast of Santa Fe.

Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano said 48-year-old Deborah Hill was
found by her husband Sunday afternoon after he returned home from running
errands. Solano said the couple had dragged the plastic barrel inside
their home because they wanted to thaw ice that had formed in the barrel.

The barrel, which Solano said was tied to a door so it wouldn't tip, was
about one-third full of water when the kitten fell in. Solano said Hill
apparently was standing on something to reach down for the kitten when she
slid in.

Detectives said the kitten is alive, and most likely climbed out over Hill.