Posted on 12/04/2006 3:18:35 PM PST by sockmonkey
Wife and two daughters of senior editor James Kim found in Oregon; search is still on for James Kim, who left the car on foot two days ago.
The wife and daughters of missing CNET senior editor James Kim have been found alive and airlifted to a local hospital, authorities announced at a press conference in Merlin, Ore., Monday afternoon.
James Kim left the car on snowshoes two days ago to seek help and has not been found, the official said. The search for him continues.
According to the official speaking at the news conference, the conditions of Kati, Penelope and Sabine are not yet known. More details are expected at a press conference at 5 p.m. PST, which CNET will stream live.
Kati Kim reportedly flagged down a helicopter rented by families of the missing persons.
After searches in Oregon's Curry and Douglas counties, new information on missing CNET senior editor James Kim and his family narrowed the search back to the Bear Camp area in Josephine County, according to reports Monday.
A cell phone tower received a signal from one of the family's cell phones at about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday near Glendale, but officials say the signal is only an indicator the family could have been within 26 miles of Glendale at that time, according to a report in The Oregonian.
bttt
That would be the mother of all smudge pots.
Smart advice, though the natural instinct could be to take some sort of action yourself.
They were on vacation and headed towards a lodge. I looked at their web site a couple of days ago; seemed like the sort of place you might actually find a use for such things.
That would be easy..... until I ran out of cigarettes..
"In a case like this he could have taken a tire off the car, or the spare, put some gas on it a started it on fire."
The "BOOM" when the burning tire explodes would be a real attention-grabber, too. Might want to stand back, lol.
Ping!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember reading an article in Popular Science when I was a kid on how to use the materials in a car to survive. All I remember is the headliner and insulation from the roof and seat materials can make a makeshift coat, and the oil from the engine makes a great smoky fire to help rescuers find you.
When I was doing field work years ago, I always traveled with the kit you describe. In addition, I tossed a sleeping bag in the trunk, some canned food and a few cans of sterno. Luckily I never needed it.
I won't do the whole list, but my woman and/or children would always have sleeping bags and a supply of hand warmers to tear open and put inside the bag with them.
During winter I don't bother with blankets (except to put inside sleeping bags), it is toasty warmth, then water, food, light, etc.
That's certainly good advice for normal circumstances but conditions where they were are much more extreme and suited more to a winter expedition special forces unit or similar.
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Especially if your family is depending on you.
We've got 'em, though, just in case they might work. With that and the cell phone it's pretty good coverage. The CB is just 11 meters and not much coverage at all.
Thank God, they are alive. I hope they find him quick.
Great news! (er...so far)
Well, I've done some winter camping but I wasn't going to do the whole list . . . it's long! That's more of a bare minimum thing to help you survive a little longer . . . but staying with the car is the single most important strategy.
Or Gilligans Island where the astronauts are flying overhead, and the castaways have logs spelling out SOS, but Gilligan accidentally kicks a log so it spells SOL.
Maybe you could spell out SOS with burning cigarettes.
Creepy statement! They're from San Francisco and probably are liberals. But I can't imagine wishing them harm!
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