XPost: alt.forestry, misc.rural   
   From: Stop_Spamming_me@forget_it.com   
      
   Good Call Larry.   
      
   I had not heard about this, but I'm gonna spread your suggestion out to   
   a few forums I visit on a regular basis, because I think its a good idea   
   and not too many people think about what might happen out there.   
      
   I'm in the rural of the rural and don't spend a whole lot of time   
   watching TV like all you city folks in the PNW (ha ha) so I'm not the   
   first person to get information about the rich and famous (isn't that   
   the only people we ever hear about in the US?).  It's about 18 degrees   
   here and snow for hours of driving.  I consider this easy living.  I   
   used to live in Western Montana, and while temps are supposed to dip   
   lower there than here, I didn't think the -20 I experienced there was   
   very cold compared to +10 here.  It was still chilly, but not too cold   
   to work on the concrete sawmill floor, stacking wood - which was mainly   
   what I was doing at the time.   
      
   I've once been accused by a Canadian border guard of "living in a cave   
   with Osama" after I didn't realize that I needed a birth certificate   
   while going over the Windsor bridge one day to have Lunch in Canada   
   while on a trip to Detroit.  Hey, bud...  I'm not a Detroiter - I have   
   no idea about this crap - you never used to need one to drive "next   
   door".  What a bunch of garbage..   
      
   Apparently, the world had changed during the last time I had been there   
   and I didn't hear about it.   
      
   I didn't even know about the incidents during 9/11 until I had gotten   
   home from late one evening from marking timber in the field.  Probably   
   wouldn't have known about that either if my wife hadn't told me...   
      
   ...such is life when you listen to more barred owls and coyotes than you   
   do TV correspondence...   
      
      
      
      
   Larry Caldwell wrote:   
   > By now, you may have heard that CNet senior editor James Kim has been   
   > found dead after becoming trapped by snow on Bear Camp Road in the   
   > Siskiyous between I-5 and the coast.  He drove away from a major highway   
   > in the winter, and it killed him.  He died trying to find help for his   
   > wife and two small children, who will grow up without a father.   
   >   
   > The tragedy is that he could be home with his family right now, warming   
   > his toes in front of a fire.  All he needed was minimal preparation for   
   > winter travel.  A couple of $20 sleeping bags would have kept his family   
   > warm.  A bow saw or hatchet would have provided ample fuel for a warming   
   > and signal fire.  A tin cup would have melted snow for drinking water,   
   > and a couple large vacuum packed tins of peanuts would have provided   
   > ample calories to stave off the worst of the hunger.   
   >   
   > The Siskiyou Mountains are rugged and inhospitable, but there are many   
   > areas of North America where adverse weather can be life threatening.  A   
   > small emergency kit in the trunk of a car, or behind the seat, can be   
   > the difference between arriving home late but safe, or dying on the way.   
   >   
      
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