Re: [Paddlewise] VHF Radio Use

In a message dated 6/7/00 8:19:18 PM Central Daylight Time, 
dkruger_at_pacifier.com writes:

<< > Kruger wrote:
 
 > << You can't drown on the beach>>
 > 
     I wrote:

 > You can die of exposure on the beach.

Kruger replied:

 Context, context.  My statement came at the end of a description of what I 
use
 the VHF for, mainly: listening to the weather to decide whether I should
 **leave** the beach.  I agree you can die of hypothermia on the beach, though
 if you are wearing immersion clothing suitable for cold water, that is highly
 unlikely, in our temperate climate. >>

My apology:

Sorry for the misrepresentation.  You were quite clear in your original 
message.  I just could not resist putting the two lines together.  I was 
trying to emphasize that I saw a use for the VHF on the beach in a rescue as 
well as a preventative mode.  The preventative mode you described (not going 
out because you got a report of bad weather on the VHF) is not only the more 
likely situtation where the VHF will be useful, but is the best feature since 
it prevents something bad from happening in the first place, rather than just 
helps you survive something bad.  Being from a very warm water area and 
having just read "Deep Trouble"  I really have this concern for 
underestimating what I should be wearing when I go up north.  I guess that's 
where my fear of "dying on the beach" comes from.

Mark J. Arnold
MJAkayaker_at_aol.com
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