Bill in Detroit wrote:
RicodJour wrote:
Tim W wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6185854.stm

Amazing the amount of judgments and assumptions made so far. Maybe a
more complete report will help answer some questions and lay suspicions
to rest.
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradent...l/16099174.htm

R


Nope ... just arouses more.

More assumptions it seems.

A freestanding 72" book case is unlikely to have been more than about
60" wide and far more likely to have been about 48" wide. (Golden Mean
would call for it to be ~44.5") And yes, that IS an assumption. And it
also makes it hard to conceive of a way that the entire body (5' 3")
could have been hidden from view. Or a reason why she would have gone
over the top of it to deal with an electrical plug (her Dad says he
found her inverted ... not horizontal). Or, having been able to tip it
out enough to fall in behind it she was not able to tip it out enough to
free herself. Or how, if she didn't have to tip it outward to fall
behind it, it still managed to pin her immobile.

The family was just getting ready to sit down to dinner. No one in the
house could hear her? Dad, Mom, Sister? Nobody heard? If she was trying
to adjust the plug for the tv in her room, apparently the tv wasn't
working. So it didn't cover her cries. According to her Mom she was
speaking lucidly and audibly immediately before entering the bedroom.

Age 38, no children, scrawny*, punker tattoo on her ankle, living with
her parents, working in a minor job.

There is a LOT between the lines here.

Yeah ... I suppose it's possible that this was some sort of freak
accident. I suppose it's possible that I'll find a winning Powerball
ticket on my front porch tomorrow.

Everything you wrote is an assumption.
Google the Darwin awards - strange things kill people all of the time.
People win the lottery all of the time
Exactly how big is a 5'3" 100 pound woman supposed to be to prevent
being called scrawny by an armchair quarterback?
If she were married, would she not be scrawny, not have the tattoo or
not be dead?
There was a plug strip. That's like an extension cord. Usually those
are used in areas where you need more outlets and/or in a more
convenient location. The more convenient location is not always the
most convenient location.
Maybe the bookcase was on the diagonal in a corner. That's a
possibility, not an assumption.
You neglected to assume what was on the bookcase besides the TV, how
much the stuff weighed and the distribution of that weight. From there
you can make calculated assumptions (you know, more assumptions) about
the force required to overturn the bookcase in your assumed location.
Show all work.
There apparently were sections of the article dealing with inverted
suffocation that you didn't read. Perhaps you should read them.

Other than that, good post.

R