Posted on 11/30/2006 7:34:44 PM PST by rit
NET senior editor James Kim and his family are missing.
The 36-year-old Kim, his wife Kati, and daughters Penelope (4 years) and Sabine (7 months) left their home in San Francisco last week on a road trip to the Pacific Northwest. They were last seen on Saturday, November 25, in Seattle, according to the San Francisco Police Department, which has opened a missing persons' investigation. They were driving a 2005 silver Saab station wagon with California personalized plates of "DOESF."
Those with information about the Kim family's whereabouts are asked to contact the SFPD immediately--at 415-558-5508 during normal business hours and at 415-553-1071 after-hours. The Portland Police Department can be reached at 503-823-4000.
WA State Ping...JFK
What is it about this place? People disappear here.
can you please ping the tech list
OMG!! Ping!
I truly hope they are all fine ...
prayers up
We've just had about five days of some of the worst winter weather we've seen in decades - maybe ever. They could be slid off the road somewhere. It just cleared up today, maybe someone will find them if that is the case.
ping
prayer bump
This is horrible. Praying for all concerned.
(I love Cnet.com. Can't imagine what his cohorts are going through.)
The last known whereabouts of the Kim family was in Porland, Oregon on Saturday morning, November 25, 2006.
They were driving a 2005 silver Saab station wagon with California personalized plates of “DOESF”.
what's DOESF mean? Do ESF?
I am calling all Seattle TV stations
That was my first thought
Missing for this long bodes ill for them all. Bad weather on top of it adds more hopelessness to the mix. It would be a real miracle if they are not dead.
Prayers.
The SF probably means San Francisco, but U haven't a clue about the DOE part. Does his wife work for the Department of Energy?
That's I haven't a clue of course, not U. Didn't want you to think my typo was an intent to insult.
Yeah, I can't say this sounds too good. If they'd gone on a hiking trip or something, I could understand them being gone for 4 1/2 days if they were lost. But if they took their 4-year-old and 7-month-old with them, I'm guessing they were just doing a standard family drive, and probably didn't have more than a few hours' worth of food with them. :(
You are not getting this on the news folks, but between the rain and the snow and cold that has hit us this month, this state is in bad shape outside of the cities.
My business partner has been without water, power, cable, phone for the last six days. In Stanwood, along the rural roads, it looks like the military came in and bombed the place. None of the powerlines made it. Six days later, and there are conductors littered everywhere.
Property owners are picking them up and moving them because they don't have a choice at this point. Along some of these routes, it looks like black snakes on the road.
A guy I graduated with who lives in Poulsbo was driving home the same night (Nov 25th) out of Neah Bay. His 4WD hit a patch of black ice on a turn and put the car down a steep embankment, putting the car into a wide, swollen creek. He and his family were able to get the windows down before the power was lost and spent some quality time on the roof of the car. He managed to jump into the creek, grabbed a fallen tree, pull himself up to the other bank, flag down a car, and then get EMS to rope traverse the family off the car.
Mt Rainier State Park is virtually destroyed. There are new creeks where they didn't exist before, entire sections of river bank have been established, bridges wiped out, etc.
These guys at the papers and stations need to get in a car and go for a spin.
I have a powerpoint of the Mt. Rainer damage, and its breathtaking. You can hit me privately if you want a copy.
I do not know what DOESF means.
Does anyone know how to add "Oregon" as a topic? I've got it added as a keyword.
I was thinking the same thing, if they were headed north on Friday, they drove right into it. I still can't get out of my driveway. We got 4 more inches last night, on top of the thirty that we already had, then it started to melt. It was like an avalanche every time the snow slid off of parts of my roof, today.
Sorry...I sent this to myself...
Does anyone know how to add "Oregon" as a topic? I've got it added as a keyword
Can't they trace them with a cell phone signal? Surely the family had at least one cell with them. I pray for them.
Great job! Thank you.
Bay City News Wire
SAN FRANCISCO FAMILY VANISHES DURING ROAD TRIP
11/30/06 8:20 PST
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)
Police tonight are looking for information in the case of a San Francisco family of four who are missing after setting out on a road trip last week.
San Francisco police say James and Kati Kim and their daughters Penelope, 4, and Sabine, 7 months, left to drive to Seattle on Friday, Nov. 24. They made it to Portland the following morning, then vanished.
The family was expected to return to San Francisco on Monday.
Police say both James and Kati Kim failed to show up for their appointments on Tuesday, and co-workers are worried for the family's safety.
Investigators say the Kims are known to keep in touch with their friends and colleagues daily by phone or e-mail.
The Kims were driving a 2005 silver Saab station wagon with personalized California plates that read "DOESF."
James Kim is described as a 35-year-old Asian man, 5 feet 9 inches tall and 150 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. Kati Kim is described as a 30-year-old white woman with brown hair and hazel eyes. She is 5 feet 7 inches tall and 125 pounds.
Anyone with information about the Kims is urged to call Inspector Angela Martin with the San Francisco Police Department's missing persons unit at (415) 558-5508. After hours, callers can contact the Police Department's operation center at (415) 553-1071.
Photos of the Kim family can be found on the Police Department's Web site at http://www.sfgov.org/police.
A little more detail from CBS5 in SF:
http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_334230019.html
[snip]
" ... The family was expected at a bed-and-breakfast in Gold Beach, Ore. on Saturday, Nov. 25. The hotel said Kim called three times to report delays due to bad weather.
They made it to Portland the following morning, then vanished.
The family was expected to return to San Francisco on Monday.
Police say both James and Kati Kim failed to show up for their appointments on Tuesday, and co-workers at CNET are worried for the family's safety.
Investigators say the Kims are known to keep in touch with their friends and colleagues daily by phone or e-mail. ..."
[snip]
Sorry, didn't see your post before I posted mine.
San Francisco Police were looking for information on a family missing since the Thanksgiving weekend that was last seen in Portland.
S.F. detectives said James Kim, his wife Kati, and their children Penelope and Sabine took a trip to Seattle for the holiday.
They were supposed to return home on Tuesday, but co-workers became concerned Wednesday when the couple did not show up for appointments.
Police said friends and family knew them to usually keep in daily contact.
They were driving a 2005 silver Saab station wagon with California personalized plates of “DOESF.
According to San Francisco station KNTV, the family was last seen having brunch in Portland on Saturday, and announced plans to head to Gold Beach on the Oregon Coast.
Portland Police so far had no record of the case. San Francisco Police were investigating.
http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_113006_news_sf_family.3f4fe488.html
You added new info.
Eighteen seconds difference is pretty much a simultaneous post.
The Tin Foil Hat Clan has been successfully fighting these brainwave reading creatures from outer space for years, much to the angst of their pursuers, who often pose as lost or injured hikers, equestrians, or ORV enthusiasts.
As tech savvy as he seems to be, shouldn't there be some way he could communicate for help?
Cell and GPS often don't work around mountains. We have a lot of 'em here.
Didn't think of that. I hadn't heard about the obviously horrific weather there. News media not reporting it or did I miss something?
Expensive, but there are satelite telephones.
Some expensive new cars ( On- star with GM ?... etc. ) have the hardware installed at the factory.
It has been major - but, I only knew about Seattle. Don't know anything about Oregon's weather or if they had the same snowstorms - sounds like they did.
How strange. I looked up Gold Beach, as I'm not familiar with the area at all, and it is way back south, towards San Francisco - about 300 miles south of Portland.
Doesn't *sound* like Seattle was part of the plan at all. And that's a whole lot of land to cover between Portland and Gold Beach. Not looking good, that's for sure. Prayers for the Kim family.
Probably "Does Science Fiction". SF is the traditional purist's term for the genre, not "sci fi".
Duh, never mind. When I read DOESF I thought I saw two S's.
>>what's DOESF mean? Do ESF?<<
I had the same question.
A little digging shows Doe SF is an artsy store in San Francisco where Kim lives.
A little more digging shows James Kim is the administrative contact for their web site.
http://whois.domaintools.com/doe-sf.com
I noticed something odd - he's editor of CNEt but hasn't logged into the web site in two weeks, nine days before he was last seen.
>>Real name:
James Kim
Where I live:
Noe Valley, a S...
What I do:
Play around wit...
Member since:
November 08, 2005
Last online:
Thursday, November 16, 2006 4:52PM PST<<
http://my.cnet.com/5304-4_92-0-2.html?ursRegID=20872243989216553265170253038939
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