Sometime yesterday morning, some poor fisherman got stuck offshore of Muskegon County. He made several distress calls (on the wrong marine channel) saying that his boat was taking on water.
The Coast Guard was about to start a search, but then delayed it until the storm blew over. By the time they got to the right area all they found was some debris (fishing gear, etc…). They are continuing to search for whomever was on the boat, and the boat itself.
Presuming that this was a real distress call (it was not made on the correct channel), it is somewhat unfortunate that the Coast Guard had to let him get washed away. On the other hand, anyone with half a mind should have known enough to check the weather before heading out on the Lake, I mean it is not like this squall was being hidden from anyone.
You can read an article about it in the Muskegon Chronicle, or if you lazier, and want a less informative view, you can watch this video from WZZM.
I figuired that I would be the first to comment on your article about the coast guard and that you shoulve gone to wood tv 8 to get more info
Yeah, Jesse, I’ll get right on that
. Do you happen to have a link for WOOD TV 8′s article?
The Coast Gaurd has really dropped the ball of late.