I don't think anyone could survive a diet of Pop-Tarts more than a couple of hours
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Paul Sorenson > Sent: 09 August 2009 14:55 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Really OT Google maps > > Case in point - she was following her GPS...from the August > 7th Los Angeles Times > > *http://tinyurl.com/kjpscl* > > <quote>An 11-year-old boy died in the intense heat of Death > Valley National Park after he and his mother became stranded > and survived for several days on bottled water, Pop-Tarts and > cheese sandwiches, authorities said Friday. > > Alicia Sanchez, 28, of Las Vegas was found severely > dehydrated and remained hospitalized in Las Vegas a day after > being found with her dog, her dead son and a Jeep Cherokee > buried up to its axles in sand. She told rescuers in San > Bernardino County that her son Carlos died Wednesday, days > after she fixed a flat tire and continued into Death Valley, > relying on directions from a GPS device in the vehicle. > > "It's in about as remote and isolated an area as you can > find," Death Valley National Park Chief Ranger Brent > Pennington told the Associated Press. "How she got to that > point, I don't know."</quote> > > > > John Sessoms wrote: > > > > I taught map reading and land navigation in the Army. I do > NOT rely on > > a GPS to tell me where I'm going. I've learned that when > the GPS & the > > paper map disagree, more often it's the GPS that's wrong > ... assuming > > the GPS can actually get a signal and it's not stuck > somewhere miles > > behind you. > > > > My experience is about 25% of men can learn to read a map > well enough > > to navigate by it. > > > > Same for women, but it takes them longer to get beyond the > "I'll never > > be able to do this" stage. > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.48/2291 - Release Date: > > 08/08/09 18:17:00 > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
