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Chatterbox => Extraneous exchanges => Topic started by: Cynthia M Kennedy on July 22, 2011, 09:06:25 AM
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http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/22/guam.missing.skiff/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Cindy
TIGHAR #3167
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http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/22/guam.missing.skiff/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 (http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/22/guam.missing.skiff/index.html?hpt=hp_t2)
Kudos to them for going prepared for an emergency, for leaving an ETA with friends, and for providing a large "signal" for their rescuers to spot. Their solar-powered radio seems to have worked to contact a nearby boat that, in turn, helped focus the search area.
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Whats interesting here is the application of procedures and technology to facilitate their rescue! Unlike 1937 in the Pacific :(
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Kind of ironic that one of the reporting US Coast Guard Specialists is named Putnam .
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Kind of ironic that one of the reporting US Coast Guard Specialists is named Putnam .
Missed that one!
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Kind of ironic that one of the reporting US Coast Guard Specialists is named Putnam .
I thought I was the only one to catch that.