March 22, 200620 yr Wow. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11957836/ Family lost 17 days rationed food, told jokes ‘I’m so proud of my family ... they didn’t lose it,’ says man of camper ordeal Updated: 11:31 a.m. ET March 22, 2006 GLENDALE, Ore. - Inside their snowbound RV, the family’s supplies and fuel were running low, and news reports indicated that a search for the six missing relatives had been called off. “We had fuel and food but we were running short. We were rationing,” said Elbert Higginbotham, one of the missing. The family decided to send two members out for help, hoping to end more than two weeks trapped in the snowy wilderness. It worked. On Tuesday, 17 days after they first vanished during a trip to the Oregon coast, they were rescued. More at link
March 22, 200620 yr QUOTE(Steff @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 10:53 AM) Wow. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11957836/ Family lost 17 days rationed food, told jokes ‘I’m so proud of my family ... they didn’t lose it,’ says man of camper ordeal Updated: 11:31 a.m. ET March 22, 2006 GLENDALE, Ore. - Inside their snowbound RV, the family’s supplies and fuel were running low, and news reports indicated that a search for the six missing relatives had been called off. “We had fuel and food but we were running short. We were rationing,” said Elbert Higginbotham, one of the missing. The family decided to send two members out for help, hoping to end more than two weeks trapped in the snowy wilderness. It worked. On Tuesday, 17 days after they first vanished during a trip to the Oregon coast, they were rescued. More at link Wow! There are still 6 people in this world WITHOUT cell phones!
March 22, 200620 yr Author QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 11:22 AM) Wow! There are still 6 people in this world WITHOUT cell phones! Doesn't say if they had one or not, but there's no reception up there anyway. From the article, "The area is too remote for cell phone service."
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