tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post2652777053562493330..comments2024-03-26T17:30:22.600-08:00Comments on Way Up North: Paramedic Gives Account Of Plane Crash RescueRev. Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-77985501852259655362013-12-04T05:46:53.860-09:002013-12-04T05:46:53.860-09:00Understood & agreed, joated. Thanks!Understood & agreed, joated. Thanks!Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-62298820502382489482013-12-04T03:35:10.218-09:002013-12-04T03:35:10.218-09:00Kudos to the locals for stepping up and becoming f...Kudos to the locals for stepping up and becoming first responders instead of--as would happen in many parts of the lower 48--sitting on their haunches and waiting for the "officials" to get there.<br /><br />Still, only half an hour for the official response teams to get there? WOW! That's pretty damn good. Takes almost that long for the volunteer fire company from the neighboring town to reach my area. I know that for a fact as the house down the hill became fully engulfed during that half hour a couple of years ago. joatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415726428637484056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-18846903539154024442013-12-03T18:32:18.817-09:002013-12-03T18:32:18.817-09:00Crashes in mountainous regions are always tough, a...Crashes in mountainous regions are always tough, and where you were was (and is) nasty. Tough job.Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-34065557565024217302013-12-03T15:47:45.812-09:002013-12-03T15:47:45.812-09:00Not much by Alaska standards but the Colorado Rock...Not much by Alaska standards but the Colorado Rockies are mainly inaccessible in the winter. A commuter airline crash in 1978 stands out.<br />http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_11844780<br />I spent the winter of 1966-67 maintaining meteorology recording equipment along that stretch of the Continental Divide. -20 to -40 below zero was fairly common. One instrument recorded sustained winds over 70 mph (the max the instrument would record).Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-36342761840853139782013-12-03T08:46:54.610-09:002013-12-03T08:46:54.610-09:00Thanks, NFO. On point, less than 10% of the commun...Thanks, NFO. On point, less than 10% of the communities in Alaska have any roads. There are hundreds of thousands of square miles with no roads at all.Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-12741949107104192152013-12-03T08:43:35.975-09:002013-12-03T08:43:35.975-09:00Having flown up there, and having seen the wreck c...Having flown up there, and having seen the wreck charts, this one is definitely on point! And you're right, people in the lower 48 just don't understand the lack of roads...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-22124158467203724092013-12-03T08:20:48.261-09:002013-12-03T08:20:48.261-09:00Preppy, access is only by planes; there are no roa...Preppy, access is <i>only</i> by planes; there are no roads. <br />We have more planes than cars up here.Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-78634253875805909792013-12-03T08:18:31.998-09:002013-12-03T08:18:31.998-09:00So remote but seems to have so much small plane tr...So remote but seems to have so much small plane traffic. In one way it makes sense but in another it seems contradictory as well.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.com