> 1. Several people felt that calling Mayday when two > swimmers were in the > water only a short distance from shore was > unnecessary since the swimmers > were not really at risk with 4 instructors and > several experienced kayakers > as students close by. The actual distance wasn't > mentioned but I estimate it > at less than 50 feet. Others felt that since it was > a USCG officer (off > duty) who made the call then everyone else should > shut up. Or words to that > effect. Perhaps it have been reasonable to make a "Pan Pan" radio call instead. Coast guard could be advised that the situation was unfolding. Should two unrelated come in at the same time, they could prioritise and respond accordingly. Local Police/Ambulance calls are ranked on a priority of 1 to 5. Level 1 calls are low priority. Have no fear. They'll get to you eventually. Level 4 and Level 5 are high priority, and they go to the front of the response que. Derek --------------------------------------------------------------- Please limit all email attachments sent to this address to a maximum of 0.5MB. All email attachments that are larger then 0.5MB will automatically be deleted. --------------------------------------------------------------- ICQ: 262152266, AIM: GlamourpetsD, MSN: [my email address], Yahoo Messenger: glamourpets --------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ *************************************************************************** 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 Mon May 12 2008 - 16:20:48 PDT
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