Sad story time. A couple in their '90s were found dead about 3 km. from their car on a forestry lease road.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Bodies+found+believed+missing+Calgary+couple/3106918/story.html

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Worr...5399/story.html

Details are sketchy at this point. Events suggest they took some wrong turns, waited in the car for days, then when the gas ran out they tried to walk out.

I know that Calgary had a major spring snowstorm around that time. That may be a significant factor.

This brings up two issues for me:

- First, how do you reasonably prepare an ageing population and ageing parents for an unexpected event like this? My father, for example, is stubborn as heck and won't carry a cell phone.

- Second, if you were a family member, how the heck would you aid the search? Time is ticking away, and older folks may not have as much time as people in their prime (considering underlying conditions, meds, dementia, etc.)

Thoughts?

P.S., Sincere condolences to the families.