Well, sometimes it's justified. In the case of hikers, I recall at least two
news stories which mentioned that the searches had cost a couple of small
town police departments a few hundred grand for helicopter time, etc. In
both cases, the hikers were woefully unprepared and inexperienced, for the
terrain and weather they were trying to tackle. That's wrong.

"Keith" wrote in message
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Yep. Your tax dollars are no longer enough... they'll charge you by the
hour
if they possibly can.

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Keith
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If you must pick between two evils, pick the one you've never tried
before.
"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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I'm curious: The park service and other agencies say that if they have
to
rescue people incompetent backpackers who think their first practice run
should be in January in North Dakota, they will charge them for the
expenses
incurred. Has anyone heard of the Coast Guard saying similar things?