tedd@... wrote:
> 
> Hey Gang:
> 
> I thought you might like this:
> 
> --- Quote
> This tidbit is from:
> 
> <mailto: "Richard Hermanson" rickh@...>
> 
> I just got this sent to me by my brother:
> ---
> I am sure you will like this rec.boat.paddle post....
> 
> iMac in Guadelupe flood
> 
> As a bizarre aside, my niece's husband was doing some search and rescue
> in the Guadelupe River area of Texas, and they found one of those new
> iMac Macintosh computers floating by. Then snagged it, dried it out, and
> turned it on. They were able to access files on it, and determine its
> owner, and returned it to him!
> 
> I was so glad to hear a happy story amidst such a disaster!
> 
> --- Un-Quote
> 
> More propaganda?
> 
> tedd

I'd bet US$1000 that the iMacs I have wouldn't float. In their boxes,
perhaps, but no way otherwise.

PB

"Dried it out" sounds suspect, too. Floodwater isn't the most pure thing around.