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re: Former South Carolina QB and Tuscaloosa native Chris Smelley missing UPDATE: FOUND
Posted on 3/28/24 at 8:10 pm to killedbyindians
Posted on 3/28/24 at 8:10 pm to killedbyindians
yeah, I mean what's wrong with staying in Choctawhatchee Bay?
they got fish there too
they got fish there too
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Posted on 3/28/24 at 8:10 pm to DirtyCreekBottoms
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Kayaking in the ocean is retarded.... sorry but i said it.
Yes, thank you
yes it is
Posted on 3/28/24 at 8:16 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
He's was found safe. Seeing reports on X
Posted on 3/28/24 at 8:16 pm to DirtyCreekBottoms
Helicopter spotted him at 7:12 pm. He was very close to spending the night at sea and who knows how far the current would have taken him by morning.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 8:20 pm to Havoc
They found him!! praise
Posted on 3/28/24 at 8:23 pm to MillerLiteTime
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Helicopter spotted him at 7:12 pm. He was very close to spending the night at sea and who knows how far the current would have taken him by morning.
I’m wondering if infrared at night might make searches like this easier.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 8:29 pm to GamecockUltimate
Thank God they found him alive and that he is now safe.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 8:40 pm to DirtyCreekBottoms
People have survived months at sea on tiny rafts. It’s not as bad as you think.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 8:52 pm to MillerLiteTime
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Helicopter spotted him at 7:12 pm. He was very close to spending the night at sea and who knows how far the current would have taken him by morning.
UPDATE: Chris Smelley has been located by the US Coast Guard and is safe.
According to the Walton County Sheriffs, the 37-year-old was found without injury still in his kayak. Strong winds pushed Smelley miles out of Grayton Beach, where he had gone kayaking around 8:30 a.m.
Nearly 12 hours later, a Coast Guard helicopter detected him using a thermal camera, and because it was getting darker, they said that helped locate him.
Sheriffs said Smelley was waving and shouting with all his might.
The Coast Guard communicated with a boat from the Harbor Docks restaurant in Destin, FL, and that captain went to pick him up.
Immediately, WCSO said Smelley facetimed his family, who investigators said had been waiting on Grayton Beach all day for his safe return.
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incredibly thankful this had the outcome it did - Easter weekend -
Chris got the longest standing ovation at Founder Park when he returned with Alabama baseball after playing QB for Carolina football -
Gamecocks coincidentally happen to be in Chris' hometown tonight playing the Tide on the diamond - or maybe not -
Posted on 3/28/24 at 9:01 pm to Freight Joker
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wondering if infrared at night might make searches like this easier.
Doesn't matter day or night
Posted on 3/28/24 at 9:01 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
Posted by Havoc 3/28/24 at 6:59 pm to Freight Joker
Prayer Chain - Deployed.
God’s Will for a safe return.
Posted by Sl0thstronautEsq 3/28/24 at 7:33 pm to Havoc
He has been found!
Prayer Chain - Deployed.
God’s Will for a safe return.
Posted by Sl0thstronautEsq 3/28/24 at 7:33 pm to Havoc
He has been found!
Posted on 3/28/24 at 9:02 pm to Freight Joker
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I’m wondering if infrared at night might make searches like this easier.
Why am I getting downvoted when the dang coast guard later said it made it easier? Because I said infrared instead of thermal? Nerds.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 9:04 pm to Freight Joker
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I’m wondering if infrared at night might make searches like this easier.
Don’t need to wait for night for infrared.
The gulf temps and his temp would shine on the screen either way.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 9:05 pm to Freight Joker
Life. Vest.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 9:08 pm to Freight Joker
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by Freight Joke
update title
Posted on 3/28/24 at 9:10 pm to DirtyCreekBottoms
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Kayaking in the ocean is retarded.
Without an epirb you are correct. With one it’s much more sane.
Bet he wishes he spent the grand on one.
Glad he was found.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 9:11 pm to Freight Joker
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I’m wondering if infrared at night might make searches like this easier.
They have thermal. Most of the big boats have thermal. Hell, my poor arse has thermal.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 9:12 pm to OU Guy
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Kayaking alone? I would never do that.
Really? I've been doing it for years in Florida, bama, and Georgia and never once felt at risk.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 9:13 pm to MillerLiteTime
That's great news. I do understand his love for the sea. It's very tempting to go out in small boats like that.
Posted on 3/29/24 at 2:03 pm to Tuscaloosa
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Almost 15 miles off the coast. Holy shite.
What link says he was 15 miles out?
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