In AZ we have a “stupid driver law.” If you try to cross a flooded road, get your car stuck in the water, and have to be rescued, they bill you for the cost of rescuing you.
You know, just read the entire story line. They didn’t exactly get lost. They were in a storm which apparently they didn’t know about – story doesn’t say if they checked weather or if storm was “sudden”. Either way, their canoe was swamped in a storm, not quite the same as “city boys” getting lost. They’ve done pretty well surviving, give them a break.
Three SARTECHs (Search and Rescue Technicians) then jumped after it. The men on the ground watched them land, pull in their parachutes, and begin quickly to open the box, erect a tent-—————————————————-Wow, talk about trained professionals! I thought they might drop a package with food and a radio transmitter. Instead, they drop a full-on rescue team!
If it’s the Coast Guard or the National Park Service (NPS), then they pick up the bill. Or rather, the taxpaying citizens of the United States do. Neither agency has a policy for charging for SAR missions.When it comes to local and state expenses, there have been some changes in recent years. Several states have passed ordinances that allow the county or state to recoup costs associated with rescue, depending on the scenario, It varies from state to state and as well as from local Gov. to local Gov.This is in the U. S. Canada may be different,It’s very difficult to Legislate against Stupid!Although, it could be argued that this scenario was more a result of bad luck than any other causality.
I, for one, appreciate your reposting Lynn’s notes in bold. It is much easier for my “older eyes” to read. Apparently M2MM never reads anyone else’s posts or he would have seen the ones you and I put up about how to bold the text and why we appreciate it being done.
In a canyon in the southwest desert, a group of hikers (one of them an in-law of mine) was stranded by a storm and just escaped a flash flood roaring down on them. One was equipped with a ham radio. When they didn’t show up at the park station to sign back out, a rescue helicopter went searching for them in the morning, expecting to find their remains after that flood. Meantime, the ham radio had gotten them nowhere. The guy flying the chopper said, Oh, I had the repeater taken down, nobody uses those things anymore. Right. So that’s why they couldn’t get the word out about where they were and to the wives that they were okay.
In some counties in Michigan they do charge for the Coast Guard having to rescue folks “ice fishing” when it’s pretty obvious that the ice is too thin….like in April.
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
If lost, better go pick them up.
Argythree over 9 years ago
Too bad they didn’t have any material to put out a sign saying ‘Help!’ that could be seen from the air…
LV1951 over 9 years ago
If someone gets a bill and doesn’t pay it, what do they do? Put them back? lol!
sbwertz over 9 years ago
In AZ we have a “stupid driver law.” If you try to cross a flooded road, get your car stuck in the water, and have to be rescued, they bill you for the cost of rescuing you.
ken591 over 9 years ago
You know, just read the entire story line. They didn’t exactly get lost. They were in a storm which apparently they didn’t know about – story doesn’t say if they checked weather or if storm was “sudden”. Either way, their canoe was swamped in a storm, not quite the same as “city boys” getting lost. They’ve done pretty well surviving, give them a break.
Can't Sleep over 9 years ago
Three SARTECHs (Search and Rescue Technicians) then jumped after it. The men on the ground watched them land, pull in their parachutes, and begin quickly to open the box, erect a tent-—————————————————-Wow, talk about trained professionals! I thought they might drop a package with food and a radio transmitter. Instead, they drop a full-on rescue team!
Sailor46 USN 65-95 over 9 years ago
If it’s the Coast Guard or the National Park Service (NPS), then they pick up the bill. Or rather, the taxpaying citizens of the United States do. Neither agency has a policy for charging for SAR missions.When it comes to local and state expenses, there have been some changes in recent years. Several states have passed ordinances that allow the county or state to recoup costs associated with rescue, depending on the scenario, It varies from state to state and as well as from local Gov. to local Gov.This is in the U. S. Canada may be different,It’s very difficult to Legislate against Stupid!Although, it could be argued that this scenario was more a result of bad luck than any other causality.
JanLC over 9 years ago
I, for one, appreciate your reposting Lynn’s notes in bold. It is much easier for my “older eyes” to read. Apparently M2MM never reads anyone else’s posts or he would have seen the ones you and I put up about how to bold the text and why we appreciate it being done.
Dr_Fogg over 9 years ago
reminds me of a Larson … HELF
amaryllis2 Premium Member over 9 years ago
In a canyon in the southwest desert, a group of hikers (one of them an in-law of mine) was stranded by a storm and just escaped a flash flood roaring down on them. One was equipped with a ham radio. When they didn’t show up at the park station to sign back out, a rescue helicopter went searching for them in the morning, expecting to find their remains after that flood. Meantime, the ham radio had gotten them nowhere. The guy flying the chopper said, Oh, I had the repeater taken down, nobody uses those things anymore. Right. So that’s why they couldn’t get the word out about where they were and to the wives that they were okay.
lindz.coop Premium Member over 9 years ago
In some counties in Michigan they do charge for the Coast Guard having to rescue folks “ice fishing” when it’s pretty obvious that the ice is too thin….like in April.
rfeinberg over 9 years ago
How many days, and still no beards?