One thing learned from the Steve Fossett disappearance...

On Oct 4, 9:10 am, "Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote:
We know "kind of where he is" but we still can't find him in our own
country. I think this is a good lesson that it is very hard to find someone
in an inhospitable area with mountains and rough terrain. It is ahardly any
wonder why we can't find Osama either.

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DW

Its easier to find a live person out there than a dead one. Thermal
imagers work better on objects that are warmer than their
surroundings. Also, live people have to move around to eat, drink,
etc. and tend to build campfires to stay warm. That makes them much
easier to find, and much harder for them to hide out from the
government.

If you stay in one place and blend in with the surroundings, finding
you would be very very hard.

Dean

On Oct 4, 8:10 am, "Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote:
We know "kind of where he is" but we still can't find him in our own
country. I think this is a good lesson that it is very hard to find someone
in an inhospitable area with mountains and rough terrain. It is ahardly any
wonder why we can't find Osama either.

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DW

It's not a wonder at all.
Osama, if alive, is living with friends and supporters. He's probably
not in a real cave, but I suspect he doesn't go shopping in a mall
much either. Under these circumstances, he would be difficult to find
if he was in an open flat desert.

By this time, I suspect that Steve Fossett is lost among the rocks,
his plane probably only a few burned shards amongst a whole lot of
rocks, many of them volcanic and therefore "burned" in appearance. If
Fossett were alive, (and I still hope he is...) he is probably trying
to assist in his finding--mirror, fire, etc.