Originally Posted By: scafool
The one thing to keep in mind is they are all rare enough to be newsworthy and if situations like this one were common they would be too normal to be worth reporting as news.


Well said.

I spent a few minutes searching for SPOT statistics, could not find any.
Would be interesting to see reliable stats on numbers rescued, false alarm resues, etc.
Anyone know of any?

BTW, I took my SPOT to Yemen; does not work there (not that I expected it to).