Originally Posted by
rumrunn6
Wifey always says to me, when your time is up, it's up. there's nothing you can do to protect yourself from a freak accident.....
Wifey is right.
The operative phrase here is "
freak accident", implying something very out of the ordinary.
Care, alertness, and good judgement definitely tilt the odds in your favor. But there is always the element of chance and there are no guaranties against the fickle finger of fate.
In the diving world, there's good science regarding protocols to prevent decompression illness, and those who follow them and dive conservatively are extremely safe. But every diver knows (or should know) that the only way to reduce the odds of DCI to zero is to not dive in the first place.