----- Original Message ----- From: "Zen, Emile" <zen_at_nria.com> > (3) Security at the U. S./Canadian border after 9/11 is not significantly > different now, at least when compared to the conditions in NYC, so it > doesn't matter whether you "cartop" your foldable or bring it in the trunk. > Just this morning, while I was setting up my boat to commute from 125th St. > to lower Manhattan, a motorist on the West Side Highway reported to the > police that a scuba diver was about to enter the Hudson the the GW Bridge. > (I was wearing a wetsuit.) The police officers who appeared on the scene > (two had already been stationed there when I arrived) were somewhat amused > and very polite, That situation you describe is fascinating in that it shows the heighten state of alert applying in areas like NYC. Some one sees a "scuba diver" entering the water and immediately the police are not only alerted but show up ASAP. It wasn't because of any illegality but rather because of security concerns. Now if you were wearing the Ninja looking Greenland outfit (I always forget the name, something like tuliaq) then you would probably have been shot! :-) This is going to be a very inteereesttiiing paddling season in ports, near nuclear energy plants...i.e. just about everywhere except some isolated Boundary Waters setting. ralph diaz *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jun 18 2002 - 16:43:57 PDT
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