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Michael Daly wrote:
On 4-Sep-2005, wrote:

Canoes and Kayaks .... I am not sure they are appropriate.

They are being used by those in the area that have them.

There was an item on last night's news of a Canadian fellow
that drove from Colorado (where he's attending university)
to New Orleans with his kayak. He rescued one person and
has been helping where he can. This kayak is a big recreational
kayak with a canoe-like cockpit.

I could see a sea kayak or similar being used to poke into places
a larger vessel couldn't go and assisting the crews of larger
craft.

Mike

Where kayaks are going to prove useful is later, after areas have been
cleared of survivors that we know of. Teams of people in kayaks or a
canoe will be able to go house to house... to find and count bodies and
mark the rooftops accordingly.