Local newscasts are filled with the story of a police
officer taking part in a training exercise south of the District
of Columbia who disappeared in Pohick Bay. We were told that he
is 42. He was not wearing a wet suit and diving apparatus but
rather a "dry suit." This, we are told, might enable him to
withstand submersion in the water, which we are told is 62
degrees. The television stories are filled with search boats and
helicopters and sweeping scenes of the water. Like most televised
accounts these days, one essential element is missing, never
mentioned.
How deep is it?
