[Paddlewise] Huricane Paddlers Arrested?

http://gothamist.com/2011/08/27/cops_crack_down_on_kayaking_during.php

 


Cops Crack Down On Kayaking During Hurricane Irene


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Kayaking is totally great...if there isn't a HURRICANE about to touch down
(kevin farley's flickr <http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevfarley/4636331620/>
)

It seems obvious that one shouldn't try to kayak during Hurricane Irene
<http://gothamist.com/tags/hurricaneirene> , a storm which has already
brought the MTA to a complete standstill without uprooting a single
tree-heck, just boarding up your home
<http://gothamist.com/2011/08/27/bloomberg_6.php>  can be dangerous in this
weather. And yet, two people who completely ignored the warnings about Irene
had to be rescued
<http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/08/cops_pulls_2_kayakers_from_wat
.html>  by emergency services this evening off of Great Kills, Staten
Island. As a grumpy Mayor Bloomberg said tonight, "Clearly a reckless act
that diverted badly needed NYPD resources."

The two adult males capsized off Mayberry Promenade earlier this evening.
They were found by
<http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/08/27/two-staten-island-kayakers-are-r
escued/?mod=WSJBlog>  an NYPD Patrol Boat; they floated in the water wearing
lifejackets for approximately 30 minutes before their rescue. As Bloomberg
put it, "Why they were out there, in spite of the warnings, I don't know."
During his evening update
<http://gothamist.com/2011/08/27/bloomberg_everyone_should_stay_insi.php>
on Irene, Bloomberg used the two as examples of what NYers should not do
during the storm. 

And there is a moral to this story: after the men were safely brought to
Great Kills Marina, they were issued summonses.

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