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xkcd #3169: EPIRBs

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'Oh no, the box is drifting out into the harbor!' 'Yeah, I wouldn't worry about losing it.'

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3169/

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[-] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 66 points 9 months ago

When I worked for a scrap metal recycler someone dumped a load of electronics and didn't tell us there were EPIRBs in the mix. We found out when the cost guard, police, fire and ambulance turned up.

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Wait wtf were they doing dumping them in the ocean

[-] BanMe@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Nautical crackheads will strip beacons right off the waves. In broad daylight.

[-] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Dumped at the scrapyard... In a three-sided, concrete-walled bay in the yard, 30km from the nearest large body of water. I didn't say anything about the ocean.

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