On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Bob Myers <qajaqbob_at_gmail.com> wrote: > I think that's ridiculous. And a somewhat panic-stricken fear in and of > itself. > > You're saying that because the Coast Guard is not going to search on > the basis of a lack of SPOT check-ins, it's not going to search on any > overdue basis at all? Quit panicking. > Oh please, Bob... we're just laying out some issues that no one had thought of when SPOT came out on the market. No one is talking about panic except you. But you, yourself, said that you expected the USCG to come out with policies that would require other information than just a lack of SPOT reporting. What other information would you ask them to require? What is the difference between a wife saying she's not had a SPOT "I'm ok" email in two days when he promised faithfully he'd send one and a wife saying she hasn't had a telephone call in two days when he promised faithfully he'd make them? How would you devise a policy that differentiated between the two? The unintended consequences of SPOT being marketed through Wal-Mart could be an overhaul in how the USCG views phone-in overdue reports. If no one discusses this now then we'd have no one to blame if the policies they implement are unsatisfactory. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA *************************************************************************** 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 Jul 21 2008 - 21:02:04 PDT
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