A Social Media Storm
A cautionary tale of adverse effects of Social Media during a SAR operation
GPS Accuracy Survey
I put together a survey about how people understand the accuracy of their GPS units, it’s just four questions and I’d appreciate your input.
The idiocy of using social media to call for help
Share designed by <a href="http://www.thenounproject.com/Mikhail1986">Michael Rowe</a> from the <a href="http://www.thenounproject.com">Noun Project</a>
Why posting to Social Media when you are lost is a very very stupid thing to do
It’s not Lupus
Why proposing that the subject faked his or her death is like saying they have Lupus. It’s never Lupus.
GPS Track as log book
GPS Track of helicopter flight into the Pitt River area.
Some notes from a recent search near Pitt Lake and musings on using a GPS track as a logbook.
Hypothermia Kit Conundrum
Musings about how to select a sleeping back for a hypothermia treatment kit.
ch’átyay katlaoz
Some relatives were in town and we visited the Squamish Lilwat Cultural Centre where I found my favourite plant. Very nice icon, kind of captures the prickly nature of the plant quite well. I’ve also seen the name spelled Ch atiyay but …
The Missing Poster
Landscape output on Letter sized paper
It’s not easy making poster for a missing person unless you’ve done some preparation. Two methods are presented for making the missing poster.
Managing my first large search: Initial thoughts
Some initial thoughts on managing my first large search; one with a happy outcome
We don’t need Heroes
The Victoria Times Colonist asks if there’s leeway for first responders to be heroes, indicating they do not understand Emergency Response