On Sarah Palin's watch, 400 German tourists landed undetected and unannounced in Barrow, Alaska

[Ian David]

These two cruise-ships full of German tourists could just as easily have been Russian troops.

Arctic watchdog
Coast Guard will do the job, if it can get some extra help

Published: August 9th, 2008 11:06 PM
Last Modified: August 9th, 2008 02:35 AM

Last summer, Barrow witnessed a surprise invasion of friendly foreigners. Four hundred German tourists, having made the Northwest Passage in a cruise ship, showed up. Local officials in Barrow didn't know they were coming. Neither did the Coast Guard.

Good thing they were friendly.

It's also a good thing the ship didn't need emergency help at sea. Good thing it didn't spill any oil.

In those emergencies, the Coast Guard would have had to respond from Kodiak, roughly 900 miles to the south. It would have taken Coast Guard crews most of a day just to get the necessary equipment and personnel up to Barrow. (The North Slope Borough has an impressive search and rescue operation, especially for a municipality of 6,750 people, but it can only do so much with one helicopter and small boats.)

More:
http://www.adn.com/opinion/view/story/489139.html






See prior threads:

"What Germans? What cruise ships?' "
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3809548&mesg_id=3809548


World War III (1982) - First seven minutes of the movie
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x170521

[Bicoastal]

1. German tourists?!

Just don't mention the war!



(Hey, when your running mate is named Palin, the jokes write themselves! :evilgrin:)

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. Faulty Towers best episode. But it does call out her guarding the borders

It is on her watch as commander in chief of the Alaskan national guard.