A former Rockwell employee, no doubt...
Posted on 12/04/2006 3:18:35 PM PST by sockmonkey
Wife and two daughters of senior editor James Kim found in Oregon; search is still on for James Kim, who left the car on foot two days ago.
The wife and daughters of missing CNET senior editor James Kim have been found alive and airlifted to a local hospital, authorities announced at a press conference in Merlin, Ore., Monday afternoon.
James Kim left the car on snowshoes two days ago to seek help and has not been found, the official said. The search for him continues.
According to the official speaking at the news conference, the conditions of Kati, Penelope and Sabine are not yet known. More details are expected at a press conference at 5 p.m. PST, which CNET will stream live.
Kati Kim reportedly flagged down a helicopter rented by families of the missing persons.
After searches in Oregon's Curry and Douglas counties, new information on missing CNET senior editor James Kim and his family narrowed the search back to the Bear Camp area in Josephine County, according to reports Monday.
A cell phone tower received a signal from one of the family's cell phones at about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday near Glendale, but officials say the signal is only an indicator the family could have been within 26 miles of Glendale at that time, according to a report in The Oregonian.
The battery lasts for years.
This is such good news for the family. I hope they find the husband.
Everyone on this thread lives more adventurously than I who never goes in back country anywhere.
I did have a car breakdown, at night, in a ghetto in Baltimore. In a flash, the man behind me saw my car dead as a doornail, ran from his car to mine, and said "get in my car quick, no back talk". I did, he sped out and I am convinced saved me from a bad time. Hubby and I also had to run like hell from a gang after parking a couple of blocks away from the downtown symphony hall and coming out and finding the place deserted at night.
But somehow, the backcountry scares me more than gangs,,,odd isn't it.
And my airspeed indicator quit on the very first flight in the short wing Piper, which felt very different from the trainers I was used to, and I think I landed at about 110 knots to be on the safe side (good thing it was a long runway).
Took me a while to figure it out too. In fact I googled it for some help. Referencing the Empire State Association of the Deaf seems like a strange insult, but I suppose you go with what works. ;-)
Excuse me, but unless you crashed in a snow bank you are stealing someone elses thread.
That is considered a no-no.
Besides, we who do have a lot of time are not impressed.
Nice rules,,
It was a hot spring, and we were adding hives. We had ordered four boxes of bees and two queens, and it was too hot to ship them by the Post Office, so I went down and picked them up in Hahira, GA (bee breeding capital of the world, by the way) and flew them back via Cessna 150. Wound up spending the night in Griffin GA with the bees, waiting for the t'storms to pass.
The bees seemed to enjoy the trip and did fine once I got them home the next day.
I'll take the backcountry...lol.
At the press conference, the officer said they had only been conducting the search during the day -- not at night. Is that typical? No wonder it's taken them 9 days to find them. And they're not bringing the dogs in until tomorrow. That could mean the difference between life and death.
A former Rockwell employee, no doubt...
Easy there butcher. Personal anecdotes are what make this site interesting. It isn't as though this is a live thread flying by so quickly we can't keep up with new comments.
The family did that. But the smoke wasn't seen by any of the trackers.
On the news conference I heard that Kati Kim told her rescuers that she thought that James had taken the strobe flash from the camera with him.
That would surely get noticed by someone with night vision capabilities who is participating in the search.
Hoping he is found soon.
But burning tires at night in the dark......not the smartest. If he's using the strobe light in the daytime....not smart either.
It would seem these people were in way over their head. Travelling to a remote area with small children in the winter. Sheesh.
But it was o.k. . . . a Cessna 150 will fly itself if you just leave it alone..<<<<<<<
Indeed it will. I think everyone should learn to fly if for no other reason than to learn to prioritize and be thorough. And being absolutely terrified from time to time keeps us on our toes. When I have a problem, I recall having been in messes "up there", and realize that the ones down here are generally easier to deal with. LOL at the Aviation Godlings giving us problems, you are so right.
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