Of course, if the current level is high enough, you can also have the body literally cooked to death. Id have to say its plausible, but only if (1) the GFCI was busted (as previously mentioned) and (2) the guy dove in fairly close to the busted light. In reparation and out of sympathy for the loss of his son, Prince Nasir, the Emir's older son, grants Woodman's company oil interests worth $75 million. Gaghan changed the names of entities currently operating in the Middle East, while retaining their place in the story. "[8] A few weeks after 9/11, Steven Soderbergh sent Gaghan a copy of ex-CIA officer Robert Baer's memoir, See No Evil. In this case the dimensions and resistance of the electrode/water interface completely swamps consideration of the pool dimensions. 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If your points are true, unSane, how do you explain this? To compensate for its decreased production capacity, Connex initiates a shady merger with Killen, a smaller oil company that recently won the drilling rights to Kazakhstan's Tengiz Field. "[32], Ebert named it the second-best film of 2005, behind Crash. Bennett Holiday is assigned to promote the impression of due diligence to the DOJ, deflecting any allegations of corruption. Woodman's supervisor directs him to attend a private party hosted by the Emir at his private estate in Marbella, Spain, to offer his company's services. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. [24], Time magazine's Richard Corliss wrote, "Gaghan relies on Clooney's agnostic heroism to lure viewers into his maze. It's entirely possible and fairly common. Barnes, however, learns from Goff that Whiting, working on behalf of a group of businessmen calling themselves "The Committee to Liberate Iran", is responsible for Barnes's blackballing and the assassination, and threatens Whiting and his family unless he halts the investigation and releases Barnes's passports. The film makes a point of showing that the lighting circuit is energized, although none of the other lights is working. When this doesnt help, try changing the lamp. I wonder how small of a body of water it would have to be. You can also use 12V DC for pool LEDs, which are more energy efficient. Depending what you mean by short circuited, yes. [24] The audience confusion mimics the confusion of the characters, who are enmeshed in the events around them without a clear understanding of what precisely is going on. A drunken man is shown passed out at a bar table. Provide a current path through your body on the way out different story. That was it. Danny vents, Corruption charges? As he arrives, a guided bomb from a circling Predator drone strikes the automobile of Nasir and his family, killing them and Barnes instantly. WebThe electrical currents in the Intex pool can reach the power lines on overhead power lines and cause an electrical shock. Join 8,033 readers in helping fund MetaFilter. Perhaps I should take up smoking again. Usually, it will be a slow, painful death. As soon as a the cracked light became flooded, it would trip the circuit breaker (or blow the fuse), rendering the circuit dead. Its entirely plausible that a damaged GFCI could fail to protect the user of a pool while the current flow would still be too low to activate a fuse or breaker. Someone would need to perform CPR until the paramedics arrived and gave him a good shock with a defibrulator. If they had made it look like Q.E.D. The potentially lifesaving ways to help include: (1) NOT ENTERING THE WATER TO RESCUE A SWIMMER; (2) * There were 23 deaths from electrocutions in pools and spas from 2002-2014. electric pool equipment -- pumps, filters, vacuum, etc. There is no description of what actually caused the electrical fault other than "faulty wiring.". In the case of the light, the pools transformer was miswired, and the ground wire for the lamp carried 120 volts. The primary intent of this program is to provide interested users with access to the full text of hundreds of fatality investigation Pool lighting in properly constructed/inspected pools is 12 Volt. A young boy named Calder Sloan was shocked to death last year when a light in his swimming pool malfunctioned. About 10 other milder profanities are spoken and/or seen in subtitles. WebBryan's son was electrocuted because one of the lights that illuminated the pool underwater had a crack in the lens covering it, exposing the wiring of the light to the A victim will not be able to move, and will likely be motionless in the water. Source: Data from CPSCs Consumer Product Safety Risk Management System (CPSRMS) database and compiled by CPSCs Office of Epidemiology. So much for running an incandescent lamp underwater with a cracked bulb. Holiday gives up Dalton, but Farish says this is not enough. It wasnt a sudden shock but instead a logarithmic increase relative to the distance. Barnes returns to the Middle East and approaches Prince Nasir's convoy to warn him of the assassination plan. Contacts/Activities: State officials notified DSR of this fatality and requested technical assistance. The S-word is used four times. There are some exceptions, such as those in New York and California. [7] Soderbergh bought the rights to See No Evil and negotiated the deal with Warner Bros.[10], Gaghan met Baer for lunch and then, for six weeks in 2002, the two men traveled from Washington to Geneva to the French Riviera to Lebanon, Syria and Dubai, meeting with lobbyists, arms dealers, oil traders, Arab officials and the spiritual leader of Hezbollah. lights are on when they should not be on, lights flickering), the pool operator or lifeguard received earlier complaints of tingling or other odd sensations. 96,910 views May 22, 2014 Surveillance video shows young children electrocuted in a swimming pool. You note that in such a scenario, the animal has not even touched the earth electrode, it has just formed a conducting path parallel to the ground plane. Ask MetaFilter is where thousands of life's little questions are answered. The purer the water is, the wider is the spread of potential and hence the more dangerous, the more contaminated, or perhaps even salty, the smaller is the spread of electrical potential, and also it is much more likely to be a better conductor than the human body. There are some types that dont produce any odor at all. As of April 20, 2006, the film had grossed a total of $50.82 million at the U.S. box office and $43.2 million overseas, for a total of $94 million. And the electricity would take the path of least resistance. Holiday acknowledges that if the name were big enough, the DOJ would stop the investigation and allow the merger. If the leak is inside the lens, you should replace the fixture and the gasket. 12V is used in cars and outdoor landscape lighting, while 120V is required in areas with heavy traffic. A wireless light fixture is a great option for illuminating your pool. A victim may also have a hard time breathing or speaking, and may lose consciousness completely. (imagine contours of voltages around the electrode). Electrocution is death by an electrical shock. Even worse, they may not be able to find the means to swim or tread water to safety. Please stop using the phrase "path of least resistance." Prince Nasir envisions revolutionary changes for his country, including a democratic parliament and increased freedom for women. Most critics stated that it was almost impossible to follow the plot, though some, notably Roger Ebert, praised precisely that quality of the film and offered an interesting hidden story possibility (a covert deal between the U.S. and China involving oil being shipped through Kazakhstan and passed off as coming from a different source). When lightning strikes a lake, all the fish aren't killed (I think). :). Conquerall Electrical Ltd advises never to due electrical work yourself , consult with your local licensed electrician. It went into wide release on December 9, 2005 in 1,752 theaters grossing $11.7 million on that weekend. He decided to grant the writer an audience even though he had not requested one. The link you selected is for a destination outside of the Federal Government. This should serve as a reminder to manually save your drafts if you wish to keep them. Worked as a life guard for many years and have never seen any pool lighting system that ran at AC mains voltage. Toll-Free Consumer Hotline | Time: 8 a.m. - 5.30. p.m. After serving as an associate editor at NavPress Discipleship Journal and consulting editor for Current Thoughts and Trends, Adam now oversees the editing and publishing of Plugged Ins reviews as the sites director. If Connex-Killen were a country, it would rank as the world's twenty-third largest economy, and antitrust regulators at the Department of Justice (DOJ) have concerns. To solve the problem, replace the entire light. Tapped it a few times to get the air bubbles out. There is a scene when a man gets beaten very badly. radios, stereos, TVs and other electrical products. If this happens, it is essential to get the victim out of the water and into a safe place. The Emir's illness during the party prevents Woodman from speaking directly with him while, at the same time, the Emir's younger son, Prince Meshal Al-Subaai, shows the estate's many rooms and areas to Chinese oil executives via remote-controlled cameras. U.S. Attorney Donald Farish III then strong-arms Holiday into giving the DOJ information about illegal activities he has discovered. Don't Swim with Shocks: Electrical Safety In and Around Pools, Spas and Hot Tubs. While its impossible to predict when someone will experience a sudden surge of electricity, you can educate yourself about how to avoid it. Big oil means big money. So, I took a spare 40 W bulb, and used a tungsten carbide scribe to etch a line around the base of the glass envelope, and tapped it to break it cleanly at the scribe line. Holiday meets with the CEO of Killen Oil, Jimmy Pope, and informs him that the DOJ needs a second body in order to drop the investigation. [31] In his review for The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw wrote, "But what complicates the plot is writer-director Stephen Gaghan's reluctance to criticise America too much. A young boy named Calder Sloan was shocked to death last year when a light in his swimming pool malfunctioned. [10], Gaghan has cited as influences on Syriana, European films like Roberto Rossellini's Rome, Open City, Costa Gavras' Z, and Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers.[11]. Please try again later. Corruption? When they get there, they will find not a conventionally satisfying movie but a kind of illustrated journalism: an engrossing, insider's tour of the world's hottest spots, grandest schemes and most dangerous men. First, make sure to keep electrical devices away from the water. It happened two weeks after Calder Sloan, 7, of North Miami, was electrocuted by the light in his pool. Thats exactly what I felt years ago when I started to get close to a cracked light in a backyard pool. "Syriana," written and directed by Stephen Gaghan (who also wrote "Traffic," its obvious precursor), is a movie that demands and rewards close attention. WebSharjah. [23], As a motion picture, the main criticism, even among reviewers who praised the film, was the confusion created by following numerous stories. See here. The victim will not have enough time to make a decision about what to do, and may be too stunned to react. Alternatively, you can install a wireless light fixture to light your pool. If untrained in CPR, perform. Environmental Issues, Home Automation & Internet of A transformer by the equipment converts the 120V to 12 V. No possible way for 12V to harm you. And if, miraculously, it didnt, wouldnt that mean that the circuit was complete and nearly no electricity would be passing through the water out in the pool? I dont see a wiring fault in a pool being capable of generating that much current though, even if the guy stuck his finger into the socket. [4] In an interview with Charlie Rose, Gaghan described incidents (including planned regime changes in Venezuela) from personal meetings and interviews with the most powerful oil owners, owners of media houses, lobbyists, lawyers, and politicians which were included in the film. from just what the OP is talking about.. For the sake of refugees from CS who may not want to have a movie spoiled, here are the details of the film and the scene: [spoiler]The film is Syriana. [16], The movie's website states that "Syriana is a real term used by Washington think-tanks to describe a hypothetical reshaping of the Middle East. On the basis of your results and lieus real-world experience (as well as the excellent theoretical posts by engineer_comp_geek and casdave), I may be willing to cut the filmmakers a little slack. A Pakistani youths disillusionment after being laid off from a Connex plant makes him easy picking for a terrorist-minded Egyptian Muslim, whos planning more attacks. They also come in different colors, so you can set them to the mood you want. And that fact unleashes corruption that stretches from Houston to Washington to the Mideast. So in Mythbusters terminology, perhaps this goes from Busted to Plausible. Details, details.. :). WebElectrocution is death by an electrical shock. Getting an electric shock in this manner is not as obvious as it may first seem, it might be better to explain it in terms of two dimensions. Linking to this external site does not constitute an endorsement of the site or the information it contains by CPSC or any of its employees. The moral easily found in this brutally realistic movie is summed up with this: Absolute power corrupts absolutely. While working on Traffic, Stephen Gaghan began to see parallels between drug addiction and America's dependency on foreign oil. Web[spoiler]The film is Syriana. The US consumes 26 percent of the worlds oil and gas, 70 percent of which is in the hands of Islamic fundamentalists who hate us. When the CIA learns that Mussawi plans to broadcast the agency's intention to kill Nasir, they set Barnes up as a scapegoat, portraying him as a rogue officer. As for distances, well, I have personally used salt water for fire fighting purposes directly onto 440volt conductors at less than 10 feet, this was done during damage control training when I was in the Royal Navy, so it would seem to me that you have to be pretty damn close to get yourself a shock in this manner. Barnes makes his superiors nervous by writing memos about the missile theft and is subsequently reassigned to a desk job. WebElectrocution in water also known as an electric shock drowning is when faulty wiring in a pool light or on a boat dock or boat launch releases an electrical current into the Cigarettes also turn up, but seldom. The word Syria does not appear in the Hebrew original of the Scriptures, but appears in the Septuagint as the translation of Aram. Sorry, I had gotten derailed and forgot the original question. This is just a quick reminder to ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. [21], Syriana received generally positive reviews, mostly for Clooney's performance and Gaghan's screenplay. "[30] Philip French, in his review for The Observer, praised the film as "thoughtful, exciting and urgent". While most of the current would indeed go through the short (and hence easier) path between the two wires (assuming they were both exposed), some may leak to earth through the kid, especially since the pool would be in direct contact with the earth. George Clooney as Bob Barnes; Matt Damon as Bryan Woodman; Jeffrey Wright as Bennett Holiday; Christopher Plummer as Dean Whiting; Chris Cooper as Jimmy Pope; Alexander Siddig as Prince Nasir Al-Subaai; Amanda Peet as Julie Woodman. 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