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[D.J. Rogers]

The idea with the flares is to fire them off when you hear the chopper/aircraft close. A good fire with some green leaves, or better yet, three small fires (with lots of smoke) in a triangle shape will alert airborne rescue crews. If possible, do this in an open area (ridge, clearing, etc). Yeah, the flares will start a fire IF they are still burning when they hit the ground, so watch where they come down. Try to fire almost directly overhead (slight angle from vert.) and be prepared to chase it down. They are normally out before landing, though. This does not apply to para-flares. Anyone interested in survival techniques should pick up one of the small manuals next time they are at the outdoors stores and carry it with them. They are a little larger than a deck of cards, and usually contain a lot of good, basic info to keep you alive and aid searchers. Many community colleges and some outdoors stores also run outdoor survival classes periodically. Cheers, D. GBG eh14

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, Ed Boyd wrote: > A nice big fire would certainly allow people to pinpoint your location. > Hell, if a puny flare helps, just think what a big ol' fire will do. Maybe > I'll have to remove my spark arrestor and just leave a trail of scorched > earth behind me, kind of like leaving a trail of bread crumbs, except these > crumbs would look like the ones from the bottom of the toaster. > > Ed > Duvall, WA > '96 KLX 650 R > '82 Katana 1000 > '99 Sunbeam Single "Wide Slot" Toaster > > > Message: 10 > > Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 08:15:16 -0700 > > From: "Robert Morgan" > > Subject: Re: Re: Skyblazer Flares (nklr) > > > > Doesn't this flare business strike anyone as a real good way > > to start a > > forest fire! > > Morgan > >