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#296723 - 08/05/20 01:40 PM Trad methods work!!
hikermor Geezer in Chief Geezer Registered: 08/26/06 Posts: 7705 Loc: southern Cal	https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/03/asia/us-a...scli/index.html A traditional SOS fashioned from dark materials led to the recovery of three mariners in the south Pacific. Above is a very full account... _________________________ Geezer in Chief
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#296724 - 08/05/20 03:45 PM Re: Trad methods work!! [Re: hikermor]
dougwalkabout Crazy Canuck Carpal Tunnel Registered: 02/03/07 Posts: 3219 Loc: Alberta, Canada	Saw that yesterday. Excellent! Low tech works too. Anything to catch the eye of searchers. BTW, I vaguely recall watching Gilligan's Island as a kid, and one time they spelled out "SOL" in large letters on the beach. Rescue was not forthcoming.
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#296726 - 08/05/20 04:59 PM Re: Trad methods work!! [Re: dougwalkabout]
haertig Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/13/05 Posts: 2322 Loc: Colorado	Originally Posted By: dougwalkabout One time they spelled out "SOL" in large letters on the beach. Rescue was not forthcoming. They could see it from space, but one of the astronauts, "Sol Tobias", thought it was just a greeting for him. [img]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gill...=20140720031637[/img] [img]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gill...=20140720033238[/img]
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#296727 - 08/05/20 07:37 PM Re: Trad methods work!! [Re: hikermor]
Phaedrus Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/28/10 Posts: 3152 Loc: Big Sky Country	Wow! A good outcome for sure. That's an old school signalling method indeed! _________________________ “I'd rather have questions that cannot be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” —Richard Feynman
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#296728 - 08/06/20 12:49 AM Re: Trad methods work!! [Re: haertig]
ki7he Newbie Registered: 12/27/06 Posts: 44 Loc: SW Idaho	Anyone remember the Farside cartoon. "Cancel that, I guess it says 'helf'". https://www.pinterest.com/pin/484770347360395904/
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#296729 - 08/06/20 03:22 AM Re: Trad methods work!! [Re: ki7he]
Phaedrus Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/28/10 Posts: 3152 Loc: Big Sky Country	Originally Posted By: ki7he Anyone remember the Farside cartoon. "Cancel that, I guess it says 'helf'". https://www.pinterest.com/pin/484770347360395904/ That one is a classic! _________________________ “I'd rather have questions that cannot be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” —Richard Feynman
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#296730 - 08/06/20 11:05 AM Re: Trad methods work!! [Re: hikermor]
Ren Addict Registered: 11/05/07 Posts: 526 Loc: Wales, UK	AP has a video clip from a helicopter dropping a crate of supplies. https://apnews.com/1566b3c6a377ee907a0f2e143a5b26c9
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