Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search

[Dan]

Christine Dawood interview after the accident

 

[Blasto]

SAR services exist to search and rescue people. It's literally their whole raison d'etre. It's also normal for the armed forces to share their SAR resources in peacetime.

So for me, no reason to complain about SAR services spending their efforts on a high-profile case, unless they abandoned some other search and rescue operations to do this. Even small SAR operations can be expensive, but I'd rather they be undertaken whenever needed, than the services sitting idle waiting for a cost-effective case.

 

[chillyinCanada]

 

[Angelo Farina]

SAR services exist to search and rescue people. It's literally their whole raison d'etre. It's also normal for the armed forces to share their SAR resources in peacetime.

So for me, no reason to complain about SAR services spending their efforts on a high-profile case, unless they abandoned some other search and rescue operations to do this. Even small SAR operations can be expensive, but I'd rather they be undertaken whenever needed, than the services sitting idle waiting for a cost-effective case.

I agree entirely.
I served as a Firefighter, and during my service I also helped int the accounting and administration of the fire brigade.
Money is considered wasted when there is no action and you spend the whole day doing nothing.
Whenever you are called in action, all the money invested in equipment, training, wages, etc. suddenly becomes justified and well spent.
That is one of the best purposes of the taxes we pay: to build and operate a public infrastrucure ready to intervene when needed, providing rescue and health treatment for free in case of accidents.
This includes public health and hospitals, ambulances, heliambulances, firefighters, coast guard, alpine SAR, etc.
Civil countries devote great effort and proper resources to these public and free services.

 

[BoltSnap]

I rather the US spends tax money on Coast Guard rescue missions than spending it in the Ukraine where and when Euros should be doing it. The difference in costs is probably at least a couple of orders of magnitude not counting human life costs (our servicemen that maybe endangered in Ukraine war).

P.S. The Canadians contributed a great deal to the rescue but no one gives them enough credit. Canadians are very nice people (except two Canadians I know).

 

[tridacna]

Canadians are very nice people (except two Canadians I know).

Do they work for Shearwater?

 

[BoltSnap]

Do they work for Shearwater?

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL


VERY funny.

Nothing to do with diving at all.

 

[Dan]

Back on topic.

 

[Dan]

 

[Dan]