I want everyone to post in the other forum the dumbest thing you did as a teenager that almost got you killed or maimed. During my Coast Guard service I saw LOTS of stupidity. Note I did not differentiate which side of the SAR it sometimes occured on. Case in point. My Lifeboat Station got a call from a very bored Oregon State Trooper about 3 boys who 'borrowed' the family boston whaler. Basically he was passing the buck, or in Tillamook a load of smelly cheese. My CO started laying out a standard search pattern for our two boats. I remembered it was Senior Ditch Day, ran down the street to the liquor store, asked some kids if there were any beach parties after telling them why. Yes. Back to the station and my common sense, father of 4 boys CO sent the station truck up the PCH with a radio and I ran one MLB up the coast until the truck radioed a frantic "see them" . We found them almost crashing into the rocks with a dead engine. PEOPLE! Coast Guard search grids do not utilise dowsing rods, psychics or a thousand other intangibles. It's a statistical crapshoot at best with hard science. I seem to recall a certain Navy Flight 19 thats still overdue. Those people were ' professionals' The kid's burns are very much in line with what I've seen. Sorry, the real world isn't always Spielberg Nazis Dehydrating into skeletons and then exploding dust. Those burns are BAD. They gargled with salt water and did not drink it. O.K. they did a very dumb, teenage thing. Refer to my opening sentence. Also please research why it's called Cape Fear. Theres really big big ships that went down there without a trace. I'm just glad they're alive and not photos for later generations to ask questions about from pained looking adults. I've recovered the dead ones. I'll take them alive any day, dumber than dumb or not. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />