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To: Paradox

The show would be survivorman.

He made a judgement call to go for help after 6 days with no rescue in sight. His family was in a stable (but not good) situation. I think anybody could have made that choice especially seeing their kids freezing and asking to be rescued. It is tough to stay put.

There have been three other similar situations like this in this area over the last few years (at least to what I remember) and in all three of those cases if someone had not left to go get help the families would have never been found. Earlier this year on the same road a family was missing in their RV and they were found because two people left to go get help. If they can't find an RV on a road in the snow how would expect your car to be found.

Can't blame the guy...and if he were found first and brought rescue to the family what would everyone be saying.

He was faced with an impossible situation and he tried to do something about it. Can't fault him for that.


75 posted on 12/05/2006 12:06:49 PM PST by surfer
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To: surfer
He was faced with an impossible situation and he tried to do something about it. Can't fault him for that.

Oh yeah, I mean, unless we are actually THERE, and can look around take full appreciation of the situation, we can't make the call for the guy. He might have decided that chances of them being spotted were slim, he's the only one who can make that call..

76 posted on 12/05/2006 12:10:11 PM PST by Paradox (American Conservatives: Keeping the world safe for Liberalism.)
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To: surfer; All
Ironically, running out of gas may have been the best thing that happened to this family during their nine-day ordeal. Once the car got bogged down in snow, I suspect the biggest threat would have been carbon monoxide poisoning from inhaling the exhaust emissions in a confined space.

It seems like a few people die this way every winter in the Canadian Rockies when they get trapped in a snowstorm on a road trip.

77 posted on 12/05/2006 12:15:15 PM PST by Alberta's Child (Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
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To: surfer

Bookmarking


78 posted on 12/05/2006 12:21:56 PM PST by abner (Where are the calls in the Congress and Senate about sharing power???)
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