I tell you what’s about to happen here.
So far, it has just been extremist Leftists taking shots at conservatives. So nothing is done about it since Obama and Holder’s Just-Us Dept couldn’t care less about that sort of thing.
Since nothing is being done, someone who really wants to hurt us is going to figure out how to use this to really draw off the first responders to either get them, or more likely create an incident where the majority of the first responders aren’t able to react in a timely manner.
Initial Coast Guard estimates put the search's cost at around $88,000, but that figure could go higher, Hitchen said.
Making a false distress call is a federal felony that carries a prison sentence of five to 10 years and a fine of up to $250,000 in reimbursement to the Coast Guard, the Coast Guard said.
The call was pursued because it contained details more believable than normally seen in hoax calls, the Coast Guard said. More than 50 Coast Guard personnel were involved in the search, as well as members of the New York City police, fire departments, New Jersey state police, Nassau County police, and community volunteers.
There are about six yachts named the "Blind Date" nationwide, the Coast Guard said, and officials are investigating each one's location and owner. Most of the yachts do not fit the description from the call.
A reward of $3,000 for information leading to the arrest of the hoax perpetrators is being offered.
http://news.yahoo.com/hoax-yacht-distress-call-came-land-coast-guard-192603297.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CbNYNhPMlUATAnQtDMD