Mounted search and rescue

[Una Smith <una.smith@att.net>]

After posting this morning, I thought about it some more and
now I am considering concealing the personal numbers recorded
on my cell phone, precisely so that responders on scene cannot
contact my family.  If I am the one needing emergency help, I
do not want my family to be contacted until the emergency is
all over.  There would be nothing for them to do, except panic.
My SAR teammates know this...but probably I should mention it
to them all again.

This has been my practice for over 20 years now, ever since
I called my mother when she knew I was overseas.  She totally
freaked out, thinking something terrible must have happened.

        Una Smith
        New Mexico