Breaking News Greatest Loss of Life on an American Ship since the MV George Prince

[Edgeplay_cgo]

Amen to that.


Agreed, though it may be Monday morning quarterbacking. Santa Barbara County's pathologist (the coroner is the sheriff) seems satisfied with external examinations, and, honestly, Santa Barbara may not have the resources to do 34 autopsies in a timely manner.

And the bodies may be so destroyed that autopsies are pointless. They don't need to go the Bones route.

 

[Deleted member]

And the bodies may be so destroyed that autopsies are pointless. They don't need to go the Bones route.

One grants the point. I hope not, though, if it was me I'd rather I'd just never be recovered from the sea. But that's very much a "community" sentiment, not one of a bunch of casual divers.

 

[Darth Robbhi]

And the bodies may be so destroyed that autopsies are pointless. They don't need to go the Bones route.

They were using the rapid DNA techniques to identify people that were used during Camp Fire.

If the bodies were that destroyed, then you would have formal attempts at reconstruction. That's what they did during Camp Fire. All the bodies or body parts they recovered went to Sac County. They are still doing the work of identifying people and determining formal cause of death.

So I very much suspect it is the converse: the bodies are in good shape, which permits a quick examination by the pathologist.

 

[Deleted member]

Which makes sense since vessels rarely burn out below the waterline, especially wooden ones; they sink first. "Burned to the waterline and sank" is almost a staple description of a fire at sea.

 

[Darth Robbhi]

Which makes sense since vessels rarely burn out below the waterline, especially wooden ones; they sink first. "Burned to the waterline and sank" is almost a staple description of a fire at sea.

It also tends to rule out an explosion.

 

[Deleted member]

It also tends to rule out an explosion.

Yes, it really does seem to be the batteries at this point.