I found this story on MSNBC.com this morning and I thought it was pretty funny.
PATERSON, N.J. - Daisy Valdivia is annoyed that someone stole her backyard pool — and baffled at how they did it without leaving behind a splash, drip or trace of the 1,000 gallons of water it contained. Valdivia awoke to find her family’s hip-high, inflatable, 10-foot diameter swimming pool gone from her back yard Wednesday.
Then I thought to myself, “Self, how the fuck would you get rid of 1,000 gallons of water without leaving a drop behind?”. A gallon of water weighs about 8.34 lbs so it’s not like these bastards just loaded 8340 lbs on a truck and drove off. After a quick Google search I had the answer. Check out this ebay auction for a Rieschie Water Pump. This electrical pump is capable of pumping 230 gallons per minute and the current bid is only $25. Since it’s electric you know the thing is going to be damn near silent.
So these clever ass thieves could hook something similar to this up an outdoor outlet at the victims house run a hose out to the sewer grate on the street and have 1,000 gallons of water drained in about 5 minutes. Then you deflate the pool and walk away without leaving a single drop water.
Case solved.
