Posted on 11/01/2017 10:51:38 PM PDT by zeestephen
NASA imagery casts more doubt on the story of two women who claimed they were lost at sea for five months before being heroically rescued last week.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Ironside’s sidekick Eve Whitfield helped break a case with her knowledge of sailing.
Just another tv character reference.
Lol! I think I know what you mean, assuming it has to do with a tongue hanging out and a particular sitting position.
agreed
Ok...I can maybe believe the blond couldn’the figure out how to turn on the beacon...what’should the other gals excuse? ;<)
Jennifer Appel does bit parts in movies in Hawaii. There’s a website that carries the info.
That part, at least, is completely conceivable!
Yes, that is what I said.
The bottom of the tire is flat.
Hmmm... The top of the tire seems okay.
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Honey, I think we've got a flat. Can you please go out and change the tire? I have an appointment at the nail salon in half an hour!
P.S. Appel has been living on the boat for 2 years.
See post 47. Appel does bit parts in movies in Hawaii.
First question: are they ugly-a$$ lezzies? If so, problem solved. They would have done this to “prove” that women are better than men, or some such thing.
Gee, technology invented and used by a bunch of white men is going to condemn these two lesbians. That must really grind their gears...
Liar liar manpants on fire!
That poor dog.
And the Professor made a rudimentary radio out of coconuts. If only these women had taken a coconut.
They weren’t in dire condition, but they were firing off flares night after night while their boat was being rammed by Frikkin’ 30 foot Tiger Sharks with laser beams on their heads.
“And when they would turn or keep going,” she said. “Yeah, it was kind of sad.”
Their distress signals went unanswered for months. The US Navy said “they were not close enough to other vessels or shore stations to receive them”.
Luckily the pair had prepared for a long trip; they had water purifiers and what they hoped would be a year’s worth of food on board, mostly dry goods including oatmeal, pasta, nuts, dried fruit and rice.
By the time they were rescued, they had eaten about 90 per cent of their food, Appel said. The food for their dogs, Zeus and Valentine, had been completely consumed.
In the conference call with reporters from the Ashland, Appel said the pair sent a distress signal for 98 days.”
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/98335942/how-two-women-survived-months-lost-at-sea-on-a-broken-boat
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Meanwhile...
“The two women from Hawaii who say they were lost at sea had an emergency beacon on the ship that was not activated during their roughly five months at sea, a Coast Guard spokeswoman tells CNN.
The mariners, Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiava, had “one EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) on board, which was properly registered,” Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle told CNN.
The emergency beacon, which is found on many vessels, is used to alert rescue locations around the world in the event of an emergency, “by transmitting a coded message on the 406 MHz distress frequency via satellite and earth stations to the nearest rescue coordination center,” according to EPIRB.com.
Molle told CNN that “as far as we know, the EPIRB on their sailboat was working properly. I can’t speculate as to why they wouldn’t have activated it.”
The Associated Press first reported that questions were being asked about certain aspects of their account.
Appel released a response to those questions Tuesday, saying that they had decided not to activate the beacon because, while damaged, the boat was still seaworthy. The women had food and a way of generating fresh water, and thought they could make it to a safe haven to complete repairs, she said.”
Questions raised about sailors' story after months stranded at sea:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/31/asia/pacific-sailors-jennifer-appel-tasha-fuiava-questions/index.html
“In the conference call with reporters from the Ashland, Appel said the pair sent a distress signal for 98 days.
“It was very depressing and very hopeless, but it’s the only thing you can do, so you do what you can do,” she told reporters, according to the Associated Press.
When asked whether she thought they might die, Appel responded it was only human to believe that.”
“When we saw you guys, coming over the horizon, it was like, ‘Oh god we’ve been saved’,” Appel told her rescuers.
“It was the most amazing feeling because we honestly did not believe we would survive another 24 hours in the current situation.”
“they had decided not to activate the beacon because, while damaged, the boat was still seaworthy. The women had food and a way of generating fresh water, and thought they could make it to a safe haven to complete repairs, she said.”
Questions raised about sailors’ story after months stranded at sea:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/31/asia/pacific-sailors-jennifer-appel-tasha-fuiava-questions/index.html
Nope. They carried a year's worth.
"Smell Test": FAILZ
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