Sara Rubrecht, the emergency services coordinator with neighboring Josephine County is the person in question I believe.
Don't know how you do it WB...I just couldn't muster the energy to once again post a response to Bray - like a bad nickle that keeps coming back.
Bray do you think we are winning in Iraq as well?
Why yes we are winning in Iraq and sometimes change is messy what does that have to do with this?? Trying to impress your thuggish buddies here with your all knowing armchair abilities? Do you believe everything Neville Baker and the DNC says??
Fact is he should have stayed with the car and died because he didn't. Apparently he wasn't Captain Obvious! Course you don't have 750 sq mile rugged wilderness or snow w/your hurricanes in Florida.
Ass for now backing away from blaming the SAR, perhaps you should read the posts I responded to that directly blamed the SAR. You were the main SAR blamer now it is some 911 operator, nice crabwalk.
Bottom line if you go up into the wilderness in Oregon you better know what you're doing because you are on your own, period. The same thing could have happened to me or any number of hunters/fisherman from here and could have survived a week or more up there fairly easily. All you need is a fire and there is a forest of dry wood even in a blizzard. Course we wouldn't be up there with our families anyway.
Calling me names or pointing fingers hardly solves anything other than hiding your limited knowledge of the area. Course nobody can question you or your motives.
As for the hwy 42 slammer, he was coming from Portland to Gold Beach which would take him across 42. Since I lived on 42 for 3 years I may know what I am talking about snow up there or is this thread for flatlander armchair QBs who have never been there? He missed the cutoff and tried to cross that logging road rather than backtracking 30 miles to 42 and it cost him his life. You will save more lives pointing that out than blaming the SAR or 911 operator.
Ass for following the river, yes it is very steep ground around there which was exactly my point. However if he could have got down to the stream it would have led him to the Rogue which has a well maintained trail and houses w/in 15 miles. But hey what do I know, I just lived down there I don't have the benefit of the internet. Anybody knows to follow the rivers downhill when lost.
If the tire tracks were so well marked why didn't he follow them out? The map in the Boregonian showed a big circle where he walked 16 miles and ended up 2 miles from the car on another road.
Now respond w/o your cheap namecalling if you can??????? Ever been in the Oregon Coast Range?
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