[Scan-DC] Car off Beltway

[Doug Kitchener]

I dunno about cell phone coverage, but reception for Fire and Rescue down by the river has always been spotty, even back in the VHF days as well as now... so they very well might not have been able to ping him...

DK

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> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:15:18 -0400
> From: kmlsubscription at gmail.com
> To: cathy at drzyzgula.org
> CC: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Car off Beltway
>
> Maybe they can get a GPS lock on his cell phone? That sounds like a
> situation I'd panic in! Nothing visible on the MD CHART cameras in that
> area. Might not have a camera in the right spot.
>
> -Kenny L
>
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Cathy Drzyzgula <cathy at drzyzgula.org>wrote:
>
> > Everyone's nightmare, a vehicle left the roadway, driver is injured,
> > doesn't
> > know exactly where he is. MSP, Park Police have been searching for more
> > than 15 minutes in the area of I495/Cabin John Parkway/Clara Barton
> > Parkway.