Re: [Paddlewise] Burnin' Rubber and more

Wandering well off topic here, but some teens in the Big Sur area went missing a few years ago.  Thinking to alert search helicopters to their presence they lit a signal fire, which proceeded to burn the meadow they were in and an extensive amount of the Julia Pfeiffer Redwoods.  They were rescued and their parents were sent a $3 million bill for firefighting.

S'pose they would have better burned their shoes and money!

jerry.

At 08:42 AM 06/02/2000 -0700, Philip Torrens wrote:
>>From: Doug Lloyd <dlloyd_at_telus.net>
>>I wrote:
>>
>>2. Last flare gone? Another vessel still in the area? Well, can you get
>>to your
>>stove, maybe light it and burn some rubber for a smoke signal?
>>
>>This wasn't meant to be too serious a recommendation, but more of an
>>illustration about "radical" thinking in an emergency situation. Of
>>course, if one were to be looking for a source of rubber to burn, may I
>>suggest those aformentioned-in-a-previous-post waterlogged rubber boots
>>that were sucking you down to the bottom of the sea :-) (Sorry Alan,
>>couldn't resist).
>>
>>BC'in Ya
>>Doug Lloyd
>
>Doug,
>I don't know if it made the Victoria papers, but last year in Vancouver, a 
>trio of casual day-walkers got lost in the North Shore Mountains (an area 
>that is visible from downtown Vancouver, leading many to assume, wrongly, 
>that they needn't take wilderness-type precautions, gear, and clothing to 
>hike these hills).
>When search crews found them the next morning, they had were discovered to 
>have attempted to keep warm by lighting a fire - sounds logical, but their 
>"fuel" included their paper money, some of their clothing, and their shoes! 
>That's radical, rubber-burn' thinking for ya!
>
>
>Philip Torrens
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