Re: [Paddlewise] Distress Signals

From: Michael Daly <michaeldaly_at_home.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 22:41:24 -0400
Whitesavage & Lyle wrote:

> How well do flares (Skyblazers or shells) show up in broad daylight?

A boat with five fishermen was lost on the Canadian side of Lake Erie
a few weeks ago.  A couple of days afterwards, when the Coast Guard,
police and armed forces were searching for them, someone reported
seeing a flare the day they were lost.  The problem may not be "are they
visible?" but "will the dork that sees it actually report it before I die?"  Sigh...

Last I heard, the body of one of the fishermen was recovered.

Mike

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