Recent content by mrspatton

You are right, my bad, I looked at March. 5:50 am for May. It was low tide, but the marsh wouldn't drain all the water off then, it would effect levels, but because of uneven sediment deposits/terrain, there would be puddles/ponds, etc. Ditches were dug and the marsh was drained to aid in the...

If you go to the link I provided you can look at a whole year of tides for the area for 2010. Also sunrise/sunset. Sunrise the morning Shannon went missing looks to be 6:27 am I believe.

heres a bit more of the chart to show that the tides are routinely above 1 foot at high tide in this area.... 2010-05-02 5:02 AM EDT 0.02 feet Low Tide 2010-05-02 5:50 AM EDT Sunrise 2010-05-02 10:57 AM EDT 2.48 feet High Tide 2010-05-02 5:03 PM EDT 0.36 feet Low Tide 2010-05-02...

Even if the area was at low tide when she went into the marsh, it would seem reasonable that a high tide that evening of over three feet would create substantial puddles and muck, at least to me.

This tide chart http://tides.mobilegeographics.com/locations/1548.html?y=2010&m=5&d=1 shows the tides as being over 3 feet at high tide the evening of May 1 2010 Democrat Point, Fire Island Inlet, Long Island, New York 40.6333° N, 73.2933° W 2010-05-01 4:18 AM EDT -0.14 feet Low Tide...

Can you tell me why the government information I sent you says this is a saltwater marsh? I'm just curious why you think everyone is wrong but you? Obviously everyone is lying then? Are you an oak beach resident...just curious as I see you are in boston...was wondering about your...

I don't now fluke but I'll look at the posts. Thank you. Thanks too for your support. I'll try to roll with the punches. lol

You only need to watch numerous crime shows to see parents who can't believe their children did something, from meeting someone, to marrying someone, to taking drugs, to many many things. Shannon wasn't thinking rationally and was scared, and from reports (not yet substantiated I think from...

I believe sunrise was closer to 6 am that day. There are some lights of course where the houses/residents, but once she entered the marsh there are no lights. I know how dawn can have some light but even so it was just sunrise, not a lot of light and I still believe that it didn't help the...

http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/12/12/121211-news-long-island-serial-killer-1-4/ a photo of the police on an amphibious vehicle searching the marsh..it is not completely impenetrable except I believe where Shannon would have tried to get to the parkway from the marsh area. That would have...

Just remember thought that the night she went missing, May 1, the tides were at their highest of the month. Also keep in mind she was a slender small woman, and had already been running and scared for some time before entering the marshes. I would think this would contribute to extreme fatigue...

First of all mashes do not have to "meet" with the bay to flood or because of rain....here's some information on how marshes "work" so to speak. http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/factshts/fs91_97.pdf Marshes are under some water most of the time and grow and change when the sea level rises, as in...

Please read the numerous news reports regarding the area where she was found.......here's just one...http://www.newsday.com/news/breaking/exam-of-remains-may-reveal-cause-of-death-1.3388774 "which police have said would have been under two to three feet of water at the time"

And just to put this to bed...the NYS DESIGNATED FRESHWATER WETLANDS are areas that are protected by the wetlands law, it does not designate whether the areas are fresh or salt or brackish, only that they are protected areas under the law.

From wikipedia...re: wetlands... A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such that it takes on characteristics that distinguish it as a distinct ecosystem.[2] The primary factor that distinguishes wetlands is the characteristic vegetation that is...