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PAGE Two STATED OF ALL FACTORS CONTROLLING FLOATING BODIES IN HIS OPINION WATER TEMPERATURE AND BODY GASSES MOST INFLUENTIAL. COLD WATER 92, RETARDS FORMATION OF BODY GASSES AND INHIBITS BUOYANCY. QUEM STATED THAT IF BODY CAVITY RUPTURED BY MARINE LIFE GASSES ESCAPE AND BODY MAY NOT RISE TO SURFACE. "ALAMEDA COUNTY DEPUTY CORONER AAMEEY EXPRESSED SIMILAR VIEWS 10 QMMBBMMPAND apveD THAT UNDERGROUND SNAG FACTORS SUCH AS DEBRIS, VEGETATION, ROCK OUTCROPPINGS AND SIMILAR OBJECTS soMETINES 87 HINDERS THE NATURAL FLOATATION OF DROWNED PERSON. QE sp sate0 county coroner, ADVISED IN PAST TEN YEARS TWO BODIES OF PERSONS DROWNED IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY HAVE BEEN RECOVERED ON THE SAN MATEO SHORE OF THE PACIFIC. BOTH OF THESE BODIES WERE LOCATED IN THE SHARPS PARK AREA, APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN MILES SOUTH OF GOLDEN GATE. (§QMMMMMBSTATED IN HIS EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE OF COLD WATER IN SAN FRANCISCO AREA, AVERAGE DROWNING VICTIMS- BODIES SURFACE BETWEEN EIGHT TO FIFTEEN DAYS. pe. a .:. “COASTGUARD, SAN FRANCISCO, ADVISED HIS. COMPLEMENT RECOVERS TWO TO FOUR BODIES PER MONTH IN SAN FRANCISCO. . CLARK STATES MOST OF THESE BODIES ARE RECOVERED IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AND ARE BODIES OF DROWN PERSONS OR SUICIDES WHO JUMPED FROM BAY AREA ” END PAGE Two 40