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Originally Posted by Airwaves
"...You're right, many many incidents on scanners/pagers don't see the light of day, that is because even though something is on a scanner/pager it is an unconfirmed report. In a case like this one, no news organization I have ever worked for would go with this story from East Coast or a scanner not confirmed by another source.
That source could be a dispatcher, PIO, reporter on the scene, witness, etc., but a scanner/pager is only a "tip" and is not used as confirmation of a story by reputable news organizations as fact..."
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Maybe the incident needs to be truly newsworthy: the local paper traveled to a Wolfeboro parking lot in order to put this kayaking incident on the front page!
On the other hand, sometimes a boat/kayak collision will be announced on the
radio (Search Dartmouth-Hitchcock), and no follow up account appears in the print media.
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Originally Posted by CanusLupusArctos
We've been watching debris float by since the storm a few days ago, when the water level rose up fast and the ice started taking people's docks out.
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I previously described my own dock as "protesting loudly" as the ice moved in. Then I was pleased that the dock was finally level for the first time in years.
Yesterday, I noticed that one of the pilings had been pushed under the dock—breaking a chain I'd intended to keep
just that from happening.
I would have "protested loudly" myself, but yesterday was a gorgeous day and started to reset the piling. It could have been worse.
Finishing today is problematical: it looks yucky out early this morning.
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Originally Posted by Mark
"...Another reason that you can not trust the statistics about all those speed related boating accidents...."
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Well, understanding
this part of your post was easy.
If a rescue or accident doesn't get reported by the media or investigated by the MPs, for statistical purposes—it never happened.