steelman
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I'm sitting here this morning, drinking some coffee and catching up on yesterdays posts before I have to get busy with work. I see that their son now agrees that the ping off the I-15 tower is baffling and makes no sense. I agree.
How about this ? They DID turn right on Valley Center road initially, then for whatever reason, made a U-turn and headed BACK towards the Casino. Maybe one of them was feeling sick or weak and decided they should turn around and seek medical attention or possibly head back towards a Walgreens or some other pharmacy based business.
Somewhere along that route, they turned on to what they thought was a short cut or just simply turned left or right onto the wrong road. Because this road is such a ridiculous option for them to have traveled down, nobody is even bothering to search it. If one of them was suffering a medical episode, the panic and desperation would have resulted in faster driving and possibly reckless driving in an attempt to seek help.
If they turned around, they would have been traveling towards the I-15 tower, thus the "ping" coming from that tower. Just because his phone pinged from that tower, doesn't mean they were anywhere close to the I-15/Deer Springs ramp, that's just where the phone pinged.
Personally, I think they are going to find these folks within a few miles of the casino. I think they turned down a road they shouldn't have for whatever reason, and an accident happened shortly thereafter. I can't understand exactly why the phone quit pinging even if they were in an accident, because a cell phone will send out a signal regardless if the vehicle is upright or upside-down. With that in mind, I have to assume they dropped down off of something, or into something, which breaks the signals reception/sending. A ravine, a deep culvert, off a cliff, in water, etc. might result in signal loss.
I think the searchers need to fan out heading east on Valley Center and drive up and down every single road within 3 or 4 miles of the casino. The more unlikely it is that they would have traveled down a certain road, the more that road needs to be searched. Dirt roads, private roads, utility company easements, even wide ATV trails heading off into the brush could have been mistaken for a cut-thru, a short cut, or a turn-around spot. None of us know what frame of mind they were in, or if they were driving in a panic.
Any area deep enough, or steep enough to block a cell phone signal, needs to be investigated post haste. I believe that when they finally locate these folks, everyone is going to be shocked how close they were the entire time.
How about this ? They DID turn right on Valley Center road initially, then for whatever reason, made a U-turn and headed BACK towards the Casino. Maybe one of them was feeling sick or weak and decided they should turn around and seek medical attention or possibly head back towards a Walgreens or some other pharmacy based business.
Somewhere along that route, they turned on to what they thought was a short cut or just simply turned left or right onto the wrong road. Because this road is such a ridiculous option for them to have traveled down, nobody is even bothering to search it. If one of them was suffering a medical episode, the panic and desperation would have resulted in faster driving and possibly reckless driving in an attempt to seek help.
If they turned around, they would have been traveling towards the I-15 tower, thus the "ping" coming from that tower. Just because his phone pinged from that tower, doesn't mean they were anywhere close to the I-15/Deer Springs ramp, that's just where the phone pinged.
Personally, I think they are going to find these folks within a few miles of the casino. I think they turned down a road they shouldn't have for whatever reason, and an accident happened shortly thereafter. I can't understand exactly why the phone quit pinging even if they were in an accident, because a cell phone will send out a signal regardless if the vehicle is upright or upside-down. With that in mind, I have to assume they dropped down off of something, or into something, which breaks the signals reception/sending. A ravine, a deep culvert, off a cliff, in water, etc. might result in signal loss.
I think the searchers need to fan out heading east on Valley Center and drive up and down every single road within 3 or 4 miles of the casino. The more unlikely it is that they would have traveled down a certain road, the more that road needs to be searched. Dirt roads, private roads, utility company easements, even wide ATV trails heading off into the brush could have been mistaken for a cut-thru, a short cut, or a turn-around spot. None of us know what frame of mind they were in, or if they were driving in a panic.
Any area deep enough, or steep enough to block a cell phone signal, needs to be investigated post haste. I believe that when they finally locate these folks, everyone is going to be shocked how close they were the entire time.