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Dad Still Lost As Missing Family Found Alive ( Latest on CNET Editor )
The Associated Press ^
| December 5, 2006
Posted on 12/05/2006 9:18:33 AM PST by george76
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posted on
12/05/2006 9:18:35 AM PST
by
george76
To: george76; WKB; NYer
He'd have been better off staying with his family. Hindsight is 20/20. Prayers that he is found soon and safe.
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posted on
12/05/2006 9:21:28 AM PST
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: trussell; Salvation
Sounds like he needs some prayer right now.
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posted on
12/05/2006 9:23:34 AM PST
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: metmom
He probably thought that they would never be found, so he set off on foot. It doesn't sound good for him I'm afraid. The best thing for them to do, IMHO, would have been to do things to attract attention to the car, from the air. I dunno, I watch too much of "Man vs Wild", "I Shouldn't be Alive", and that one with the Canadian guy, forgot its name..
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posted on
12/05/2006 9:23:44 AM PST
by
Paradox
(American Conservatives: Keeping the world safe for Liberalism.)
To: metmom
This isn't the first story I've read where the people who stay behind get rescued, but the one who goes for help doesn't.
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posted on
12/05/2006 9:25:40 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Moonman62
I was always taught that when lost, the best thing to do is stay where you are.
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posted on
12/05/2006 9:26:38 AM PST
by
TheBigB
(Do you think "Lady in the Water" is in Ted Kennedy's NetFlix queue?)
To: george76
A good place to get frequent updates is at the website the family has set up at
www.jamesandkati.com.
12/5/06 - 7:30am - We're up and hoping for good news, anxiously awaiting the success of the search and rescue team. I was able to speak with Kati briefly last night and she is in good spirits, worried and waiting, but joking with me in only the way that Kati can. The girls are in great shape. The Kim and Fleming's primary concern now is to reunite the family. Kati's mother, father and brother should be travelling to Oregon today to be with the family.
I spoke off camera with one of the interviewers yesterday and we talked about how easy it is sometimes to be cynical in life, but how something like this really shows the true heart of people everywhere. There were so many times these few days where emails from people out there have had us crying and tearing up because of the sheer amount of love expressed - in many cases for a family they don't even know. It has really kept us going and *IS* keeping us going.
Thank you again for all of the support and to all of the people up in Oregon finding James right now.
To: Paradox
Remove a headlight from its holder and shine it up into the air toward helicopters or set the spare tire on fire. All of them if necessary. Use fuel from tank as a last resort bonfire..............
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posted on
12/05/2006 9:29:01 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
To: metmom; OldFriend
He was apparently wearing cotton blue jeans...
Bad news when we heard that he left the road for a creek bed.
Prayers for the family.
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posted on
12/05/2006 9:29:06 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: DumpsterDiver
Thanks.
Our prayers that the searchers get lucky, soon.
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posted on
12/05/2006 9:31:01 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Paradox
It doesn't sound good for him, but I also thought there was no way a 7 month old & 4 yo would survive for this long too.
To: Red Badger
Winter supplies in trunk of car! Boots, gloves, fire starting stuff, space blanket, hatchet or large knife, some emergency food, gun, compass, folding shovel. Yes I do have all this stuff in my truck.
At least be able to cut wood and make a fire.
It's sad. I don't think it looks good for the man.
To: I_like_good_things_too
The Mother was still in lactation and she had both children nurse which gave them both a little food and heat!
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posted on
12/05/2006 9:36:46 AM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
To: AnAmericanMother
They are still searching.
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posted on
12/05/2006 9:36:55 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Jack Black
Anyone going into areas like this should have an emergency pack, and I'd also take a radio/tranciever.
One of the things I'd do is make a big a$$ fire, and alot of smoke, wherever I am lost.
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posted on
12/05/2006 9:40:07 AM PST
by
Paradox
(American Conservatives: Keeping the world safe for Liberalism.)
To: Red Badger
---Remove a headlight from its holder and shine it up into the air toward helicopters or set the spare tire on fire. All of them if necessary. Use fuel from tank as a last resort bonfire---
They did set the tires on fire, but it was before the search helicopters had started looking in that area and they had an umbrella that they covered in reflective tape that she used to signal the rescue helicopter.
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posted on
12/05/2006 9:42:43 AM PST
by
Elyse
(I refuse to feed the crocodile.)
To: george76
This is a good time to think about putting a few things in the trunk of the car for emergencies if you live in (or travel to) areas with snow potential.
I bought a couple of cheap vinyl bags at a discount store. Put in a blanket, a light, but warm jacket that's "squishable", some candles, lighter, matches. An old coffee can (to put the candle in), some canned food (and can opener), working flashlight, some basic tools (including a collapsible shovel), flares, etc. I can take the bags of winter stuff out in the summer, or transfer them to another vehicle.
It isn't even a bad snow you have to worry about - fuel pumps, just as an example, can often die without warning leaving your car essentially dead. If you're in the middle of nowhere in the winter, the car's going to get cold fast. Even if you're in the city, if its a bad night, you may have to wait hours for a tow.
I had a starter give up the ghost at a Home Depot when it was bitterly cold. I walked out of the store as they were closing. By the time I figured out what was going on, the doors were locked and no one was up front. Late at night, in a large shopping area, there's no place to walk to - just vast empty, windy parking lots and empty stores. I waited 2 1/2 hours for a tow that night because the cold had disabled a lot of vehicles. Luckily, I had a cell phone on me and some of the above provisions, but it was still a long, cold wait and that was in a major metropolitan area - not the middle of nowhere.
To: Red Badger
I think the spare tire fire would be the most effective. Especially in Oregon, a thick, black, oily-looking smoke column would get immediate attention.
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posted on
12/05/2006 9:44:03 AM PST
by
Disambiguator
(This tagline is brought to you by the letter "S" with a slash in front of it.)
To: Disambiguator
They burned all their tires, and still no one came.
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posted on
12/05/2006 9:51:08 AM PST
by
mockingbyrd
(Good heavens! What women these Christians have-----Libanus)
To: george76
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posted on
12/05/2006 10:10:21 AM PST
by
Rte66
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