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‘Into the Wild’ Bus Removed From Alaska Backcountry For Public Safety (nbcnews.com) 26
The Alaska Army National Guard moved the bus as part of a training mission “at no cost to the public or additional cost to the state,” Feige said. The Alaska National Guard, in a release, said the bus was removed using a heavy-lift helicopter. The crew ensured the safety of a suitcase with sentimental value to the McCandless family, the release states. It doesn’t describe that item further. Feige, in a release, said the bus will be kept in a secure location while her department weighs various options for what to do with it.
Re:”Safety is the #1 Priority” (Score:5, Interesting)
by weilawei ( 897823 ) on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:52PM (#60203548)Yeah, this bus totally killed all those people, not the fact that they went into the backcountry unprepared like McCandless did in the first place.
Stupid people will invent a reason to stupid.
“We need to protect them from themselves. They’re being _stupid_. Trust us, we know better! This is for your own good!!”
- But that doesn’t mean Alaska has to stand by and do nothing. Remember they have to spend money and effort every single time someone needs to be rescued (or body recovered). The locals there strongly advised against visiting the bus as it was dangerous.
Welcome to the New World Order where you are just a peon who exists to make others very rich.
We can’t have our peons dying on us, now can we? There is money to be milking! So we need to turn this world into a no fun hell hole in the name of “safety”.
Yes, I don’t believe for one damn second that these ‘do-gooders’ are doing this out of the kindness of their hearts. Mod as you will, but this is how I see things.
- What in the world are you talking about? This was an abandoned bus on state property. And it was becoming a problem as multiple rescue attempts were required including a death. The state spent money and will continue to spend money on rescue operations if the bus remains. It is well within the rights of Alaska to remove it. I am not aware of your Constitutional right to visit an abandoned item on state property.
- (see above)
Stupid will always find a reason (Score:4, Insightful)
by Viol8 ( 599362 ) on Friday June 19, 2020 @05:02PM (#60203592) HomepageIf they didn’t head for this bus theyd head for an equally dangerous to reach mountain/lake/ravine/cave just to boast that theyd done it.
And if while reaching that other thing they call for rescue, teams will be deployed just the same as they were for this bus. Don’t know what to tell you. Idiots are a pretty big cost to tax payers in a lot of regards. The National Guard picked up the cost of moving the thing as part of a training mission so the money was already earmarked for training, they just made the bus part of the mission.
As far as how do we reduce the number of times we rescue idiots doing idiotic things? Good luck on figuring th
As far as how do we reduce the number of times we rescue idiots doing idiotic things? Good luck on figuring that out.
If only we could reduce that number to zero, then we’d really start setting off on a better foot..
- by RyanFenton ( 230700 ) on Friday June 19, 2020 @05:08PM (#60203616)
They did recreate the flying magic school bus that lots of kids loved in the 90’s.
That was a weird show.
Ryan Fenton
My daughter adored that show.
If you thought … (Score:5, Insightful)
by PPH ( 736903 ) on Friday June 19, 2020 @05:14PM (#60203648)- by onyxruby ( 118189 ) <onyxrubyNO@SPAMcomcast.net> on Friday June 19, 2020 @05:30PM (#60203692)
The damn bus has been host to fools who don’t respect nature ever since it entered the park to begin with. The first person on the thing literally starved to death. At least two more have drowned trying to cross a river to get to it.
There have been at least 15 rescues for hikers trying to get to that bus over the years. For some reason the bus attracts inexperienced people who don’t realize how in over their head they are. As memory serves there’s been at least one bear attack associated with the thing as well.
Far better to put the thing in the parking lot of the visitors center and then people can see it without needing expensive helicopter rescues. At a minimum put it close enough so that it’s an easy day trip and people can at least see the visitors center and readily make it back without a rescue team.
There’s a solid plan. Everyone benefits from that one. Inclines the lazy (and therefore likely unprepared) to not put themselves in risky situations. The people who are really prepared can make plans to go out anyway.
The Department of Natural Resources said the 1940s-era bus had been used by a construction company to house employees during work on an access road in the area and was abandoned when the work was finished in 1961.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/… [www.cbc.ca]
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