From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
   In message <53873346$0$63201$815e3792@news.qwest.net>   
     George Cornelius  wrote:   
   > UL:     Person stuck in quicksand, pulled in, drowns.   
   >         [actually very little urban about this]   
      
   > Vector: Samuel Clemens   
      
   > OK, I'm too busy to look it up.  But if sand is mixed   
   > with water, the usual rules of buoyancy apply.  You   
   > will not sink into water containing sand any deeper   
   > than you would sink into the water by itself.   
      
   AIUI, you will be far more buoyant in 'quicksand' than in water. You   
   only sink until your weight is displaced, and wet sand is very heavy.   
      
   You can get stuck in quicksand, especially if you panic, but you can't   
   sink in it very easily.   
      
   Lightning sand, on the other hand, is entirely different.   
      
   > Of course, if the water level is _below_ the sand   
   > level...   
      
   Yes? Then what?   
      
      
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