Mounted search and rescue

[Mary Lou Barrett <horsemommy@hotmail.com>]

I don't normally comment but as a farmer's wife of many years (and a horse owner for more) I can see that a subject could get "plowed in", many time farmers are out into the dark of night with the lights on and they don't shed that much light. Remember these machine are huge and wouldn't neccessarily "feel" a bump in the road. Sorry for the graphics, but it's true.
Beside, I can't tell you how many time  I've come across a bale of hay with "something" in it.   (turtles, snakes, a small deer once, huge rock) obviously this isn't a daily occurence but over 25 yrs I've seen it.
 
 
Mary Lou
Who said my  horse can't do that.............
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> Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:07:18 -0600
> From: klstokes@qwest.net
> To: msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [MSAR] MSAR-Riders Digest, Vol 83, Issue 12
>
> I worked on this search for a few days, so I can comment a bit. While
> there is one main river, the search area is laced with streams, creeks,
> seeps (and any other term you would like) that feed into the river along
> with drain tiles from the fields. At the time of young Mr Swanson's
> disappearance, the area was quite wet. As it turns out that river was
> searched well over fifty times early on.
> There is no main wind direction in this area - it can blow any
> direction on any day. I acted as a support person for dog teams while I
> was there, and we noticed the wind changing direction throughout the
> day. Occasionally we had to change our strategy in the middle of the
> search segment.
> As for plowing the subject in, it seems the non-farmers don't think it
> is possible, while farmers say it could happen. I'm a city boy, so its
> tough for me to picture that. But in the long days in the planting rush
> I can see fatigue and lighting conditions being a factor.
> The cell tower idea is a good one. I believe they checked that early
> on, but I don't know any details.
> The search has been frustrating for me - I can't imaging how much so
> for Jeff and so many others who have been much more involved than me.
> Kevin Stokes
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