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Old 02-15-2017, 06:59 AM   #25
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Default Re: Coast Guard response to distress call on Jewell Island, ME

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Originally Posted by Icelander View Post
Of course, the problem is that if the radio distress call was a stupid prank by an unusually well-informed prankster, any kind of immediate response on a Friday night is really too much, as the guard force on the island can deal with its own radio problems and the bored investigators who need to investigate the computer crime can visit the island on Monday, when the work week starts.
The longer it takes to raise the Warden (Step 1 in determining the level response required) the greater the likelihood the response is escalated from "send someone out tomorrow to investigate the prank" to "send parity force and contact the Navy, we have a serious situation". Depending on the time of day this time could be as short as 30 minutes to as long as one hour (the operator on th island doesn't want to wake the Warden, etc).


Regardless, there would be no "waiting until Monday" to send investigators. Proper code clearance words were used, other operations might be compromised depending on the level of the leak that got this 'prankster' those code words.
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