OR OR - Kelly James (dead), Brian Hall, 37, Jerry Cooke, 36, Mt. Hood Climbers, Dec 2006

[Buzz Mills]

Think I'm going dingy on ya, huh?

Don't you see the red object in that picture to the left of the bldg and trees. The multiple lights in that red area. I haven't seen the lift chairs move forever.

Well Sweetie, I'll just keep a watch on it and promise not to call Chanel 8 News! BaHaaHaa HA Haa :hand:

The news mentioned that Kelly James's phone is still responding to pings, but he isn't answering the calls, which could be because of low batteries. There is at least a chance that they can pinpoint his location exactly once the new equipment shows up. Then if the weather breaks perhaps there is a chance they can get to him immediately if he is still alive at that time.

 

[Ca-Sun]

CaSun, thanks for that link to the Virtual Tour----visited near Mt. Hood many years ago, some family history in Oregon in the Dalles and other places--great-great grandmother born in 1849 on the Oregon Trail--Mt Hood is quite a beautiful mountain

Agreed. It is a spectacular mountain.

 

[Ca-Sun]

Think I'm going dingy on ya, huh?

Don't you see the red object in that picture to the left of the bldg and trees. The multiple lights in that red area. I haven't seen the lift chairs move forever.

Well Sweetie, I'll just keep a watch on it and promise not to call Chanel 8 News! BaHaaHaa HA Haa :hand:

Oh oh -are you telling us you are "seeing red" now??
Just joking with ya, Scandi. :blowkiss:
I see the red in the lights, but definitely can't see a truck there.

 

[Buzz Mills]

CaSun, thanks for that link to the Virtual Tour----visited near Mt. Hood many years ago, some family history in Oregon in the Dalles and other places--great-great grandmother born in 1849 on the Oregon Trail--Mt Hood is quite a beautiful mountain

Wow Peter; that's some great ancestry.

 

[Buzz Mills]

Oh oh -are you telling us you are "seeing red" now??
Just joking with ya, Scandi. :blowkiss:
I see the red in the lights, but definitely can't see a truck there.

That red in the lights is just like the red eye in photos, or else Scandi has her rose colored glasses on.

 

[scandi]

LOL Do I ever feel stupid! Oh well, at least my heart was in it, phew! Wonder how often that pic changes. More than 20 min I think.

Nancy's show is about this tonight. Gee, she sure is rude! Don't know if I can watch her for an hour. She is just becoming so eccentric as she gets richer and older~!

 

[scandi]

Guess I've got red-eye. LOL

Have you seen that helicopter crash into the snow? I was watching TV when that happened - it was another S&R. Tragic!

 

[Buzz Mills]

Powerful storm headed for Northwest

7:56 p.m. ET 12/13/06
C. Dolce & B. Bernard, Meteorologists, The Weather Channel

A developing storm is on its way to the Pacific Northwest following on the heels of Wednesday's storm. This second storm will be much more powerful than the first with plenty of strong winds, heavy rain, and mountain snows.

For now there'll be a brief respite in the turbulent weather tonight, but things will quickly go downhill as the next system barrels in from the Pacific tomorrow. Since this next storm will slam into the coast farther south, even higher winds loom for Washington and Oregon.

Gusts to a 100 mph or more are expected to rake coastal Oregon and the adjacent coastal mountains late tomorrow or tomorrow night. Damaging winds producing power outages and tree damage cannot be ruled out in inland locations, either. Both the Willamette Valley and Puget Sound could see gusts of 50-70 mph. High wind watches are now posted for both the Seattle and Portland areas.

Seas will be massive with surf along the southwest Washington and Oregon coasts building to the 28- to 35-foot range, probably higher just offshore.

Rain and snowfall will be heavy. Snow levels will rise rapidly ahead of the storm tomorrow, likely nearing 7000 feet or more in the Oregon Cascades, but they'll plunge precipitously behind the storm. By Friday morning, snow levels are forecast to be down to around 1000-2000 feet in the Washington and northern Oregon Cascades.

http://www.weather.com/newscenter/stormwatch/?from=wxcenter_news

 

[scandi]

LATEST REPORT: No signal today but there was a call made by him on Monday to 911, Sunday afternoon was when he made the call to his son.

 

[Buzz Mills]

Guess I've got red-eye. LOL

Have you seen that helicopter crash into the snow? I was watching TV when that happened - it was another S&R. Tragic!

I wonder if it is possible to drop a few rescuers in by helicopter, at Kelly James's location (once they pinpoint it), if they have a break in the storms.

Maybe they can effect a helicopter resue by winching him up and out of the area.

 

[scandi]

LOOK! It's started snowing again:

 

[Buzz Mills]

LATEST REPORT: No signal today but there was a call made by him on Monday to 911, Sunday afternoon was when he made the call to his son.

Was there any voice communication during the 911 call Scandi??

 

[Buzz Mills]

LOOK! It's started snowing again:

I still see the red lights Scandi.

 

[scandi]

Buzz, on NG just now the guy said they should be able to locate the phone within a few feet, but the trouble is there is 3000' where the heli's can't go because of conditions. Tomorrow will be the worst it has been, and the one guy said they are just going to have to hold on till they can get up there.

Now if they detected a pin from the 2 other guys below 7000' yes, they could go right to them. They don't even know if those guys have cell phones.

 

[scandi]

:doh: What the heck is that? Could be a red bldg? I don't think it is the red-eye you see in photos.

PSL I did see the lift chairs had moved! BaHaHaHaHaha

 

[Buzz Mills]

Buzz, on NG just now the guy said they should be able to locate the phone within a few feet, but the trouble is there is 3000' where the heli's can't go because of conditions. Tomorrow will be the worst it has been, and the one guy said they are just going to have to hold on till they can get up there.

Now if they detected a pin from the 2 other guys below 7000' yes, they could go right to them. They don't even know if those guys have cell phones.

Drop the resuers at the top (flat spot)--hiking down to Kelly James would be easy--they can take a rescue basket with them, and get him to a place where the helicopter could pick him up, maybe by winch, and get him off of the mountain.

 

[scandi]

If they thought they could do it they would you know, so it must be the heli operating in the high winds. Remember that heli crash I told you about? Well what happened was so simply, but deadly. The copter was making a turn and one of the blades caught a bit of snow on the ground and that's all it took. I'll bring a photo over. Gee, photos are cool and really make a thread more interesting, don't you think?

They didn't say if there was a voice connection made. Evdently not or I am sure they would have told us that. James brother is sure great but I already can see the toll this is taking on him. Not much sleep and the tension. He's a teacher I heard. Very well spoken.

 

[Buzz Mills]

If they thought they could do it they would you know, so it must be the heli operating in the high winds. Remember that heli crash I told you about? Well what happened was so simply, but deadly. The copter was making a turn and one of the blades caught a bit of snow on the ground and that's all it took. I'll bring a photo over. Gee, photos are cool and really make a thread more interesting, don't you think?

They didn't say if there was a voice connection made. Evdently not or I am sure they would have told us that. James brother is sure great but I already can see the toll this is taking on him. Not much sleep and the tension. He's a teacher I heard. Very well spoken.

Rescue workers and T-Mobile officials said Wednesday that a phone had initiated a call at 7:20 a.m. from high on Mount Hood on Monday that didn't get through, but severe weather is keeping rescuers from reaching elevations above

 

[RoughlyCollie]

There are a couple of videos here:

http://www.oregonlive.com/

One is of the topography of the ascent the men had planned.

 

[Buzz Mills]

Drones to help in Mt. Hood search effort
An organization with expertise in using robots in crisis situations has been called in to help find the missing climbers on Mount Hood.

ARACAR — Alliance for Robot-Assisted Crisis Assessment and Response — took several drones up to Cloud Cap campground, at about 6,000 feet. The remote-control flying drones are equipped with visual and heat-seeking cameras.

ARACAR isn’t a robot manufacturer but has expertise in using various romote-controlled devices in search and rescue. The drones can fly in bad weather conditions, says Chris Nagelvoort, ARACAR operations manager, and can hover over an area if there’s reason to believe that a missing climber might be there.

ARACAR has several drones on Mount Hood. The cameras are interchangeable from one drone to another. The drones can be controlled safely in a six-mile radius, Nagelvoort said, and remain aloft from 20 minutes to 11/2 hours, depending on the weather.

Nagelvoort said ARACAR teams from Florida and Alabama with more powerful search drones are on the way to Oregon.