Posted on 07/07/2022 11:25:05 AM PDT by algore
Now that’s a John Wayne moment hero indeed.
I have found if I can get coordinates, my Garmin never makes mistakes. But using text addresses for complex industrial areas is a crap shoot. Even happens in downtown areas.
I think these are address tagging errors in the stored maps.
My Garmin utterly failed me yesterday finding a new doctor's office. It had me going right past the complex time and again. I finally had to pull over in a hospital's driveway, fight about 20 different voicemails to get a live human, and then have them voice guide me to the office the entire way. Only way I could have found their office. And that's not the first time Garmin led me a merry chase, through tiny side roads, very bad neighborhoods, in circles, etc. Fortunately, not into a river--yet.
Good job by these young men. Rescuing people afraid of drowning can be riskier than sensational gators, because people in panic can pull a rescuer under.
I am glad the UK paper reported this because our papers are probably too busy writing up imaginary pieces.
Yes, of course they could have been going to work. I had forgotten that the shipyard is right there, too. They may have menial jobs in the shipyard.
Shrimp boats?
Yes, could be shrimp boats, oyster boats or fishing boats.
Blows my mind how people have been absorbed by GPS. Map reading has become a lost art in the past 25 years. Most convenience/gas stores don’t even have maps for sale.
Iv’e had a Rand McNally atlas for my state for the past 20 years. It is dog eared and has so many notes written in the margins that I don’t even remember when or why I wrote them.
After self driving cars are mandated you won’t need to worry about that. It will still put you in the water but why it did that won’t be your concern.
And that’s how they want it. NOTHING will be your concern.
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