Hi All, I have been told that there were 3 major sea kayaking accidents during the month of June. No information as to date or location. Does the USCG deliberately try to keep these things off the radar? Did none of our diverse readers hear anything about these cases? Was one of these cases the participant in the Triathalon event? Thanks, Chuck Sutherland *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 7/9/2002 6:22:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, skimmer_at_mail3.enter.net writes: > I have been told that there were 3 major sea kayaking accidents > during the month of June. No information as to date or location. > > Does the USCG deliberately try to keep these things off the radar? > In defense of the already overworked Coasties, Chuck, I'll respond to your question on their activities. Under federal law, the information on accidents and deaths is sent to Coast Guard HQ at Buzzard's Point in Washington, DC by each state's regulatory office that monitors water safety. The Coast Guard then compiles this information into an annual report that is available to anyone who wants the information. Unfortunately, the time-late on this information can be well over a year --- and as much as two years --- late. This is unfortunate, and probably not reasonable, considering that GE's former chairman, Jack Welsh, used to claim that each time WalMart sold a light bulb, a signal was sent to GE to build another one. Unfortunately, eGovernment is not off to a blazing start. As a Navy pilot who used to fly with the Coasties, and as one who helped design and acquire one of their aircraft, I have a lot of respect for these folks, for the jobs they're assigned, and for the lives they save. And now Homeland Defense! In an age where a very large, non-defense federal agency (and not the USCG) is still processing financial transactions in 11 regional offices across the country with carbon paper forms and mailing them --- snail-mailing them --- across country several times before the process is cleared, I guess we'll have to live with whatever feeds the states' bureaucracies feeding the Coast Guard's bureaucracy to get our hardcopy data on water safety for a while longer. Jack Martin *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
In praise of the Coasties, at the first annual North East River Regatta (North East, MD) last Saturday, active duty and auxillary teamed up to give us outstanding protective coverage. As one of the race organizers, I got may positive comments from the paddlers about the level of attention paid by the Coast Guard. Regards, Ellis >JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com wrote: >In defense of the already overworked Coasties, > In a message dated 7/9/2002 6:22:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > skimmer_at_mail3.enter.net writes: > > > I have been told that there were 3 major sea kayaking accidents > > during the month of June. No information as to date or location. > > > > Does the USCG deliberately try to keep these things off the radar? *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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