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re: Shipwrecked sailor burns down island with rescue flare

Posted on 5/19/26 at 1:22 pm to
Posted by notsince98
KC, MO
Member since Oct 2012
22071 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 1:22 pm to
quote:

If I'm trapped on a small island and all the vegetation is dry as shite, I think I might try to shoot the flare out over the water.


Why? An island set ablaze is going to get far more attention than a single tiny flare.
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
70039 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 1:26 pm to
quote:

The sailor fired emergency flares to signal for help, which inadvertently sparked a wildfire that grew to 1,000 acres by Friday afternoon,'


now that's what i call a signal fire
Posted by BiggerBear
Redbone Country
Member since Sep 2011
3154 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 1:42 pm to
Boats take tourists out there daily. All he had to do was walk to one of the hiking trails and follow it to the dock.
Posted by jmh5724
Member since Jan 2012
2839 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 1:45 pm to
That baw just watched Lord of the Flies
Posted by alphaandomega
Tuscaloosa-Here to Serve
Member since Aug 2012
17137 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 1:51 pm to
quote:


technically setting the island on fire will give people a greater chance to realize he is stranded than just one flare


Reminds me of this scene...

Posted by Hayekian serf
GA
Member since Dec 2020
4204 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 2:06 pm to
No CB radio?

No emergent beacon?
Posted by BregmansWheelbarrow
Member since Mar 2020
3263 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 2:09 pm to
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The fire, described by officials as human-caused, remained 0% contained on Monday.


So being as it's an island, they still want to claim it is 0% contained? I'd argue regardless of how big it is, it's 100% contained.
Posted by chew4219
Member since Sep 2009
3205 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 2:33 pm to
This will likely lead to a reemergence of wildlife and vegetation.
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