Can someone post some coast guard pics from the 76hr trip?

[bluedude]

I saw several people taking pics when they came out to pick up Jerry, but I haven't seen any of the pics except for one which is now an avatar. I told a couple of friends about what happened and they'd like to see some pics of what happened. I figure it's alright to post them since Jerry isn't in the ground. I enjoyed fishing with you guys and meeting a few of you guys. I wish I had met a few more of you but, honestly, for the first time in about 20 years spent fishing offshore, the whole trip I was distracted, constantly thinking about this woman I had just met. Ain't that sweet? Or more likely stupid.

[Uncle Russ]

I think folks are refraining from posting that footage out of respect for Jerry--I'm of the opinion that the more relevant footage is of those two huge donkeys he hauled up out of the deep. Maybe I don't want to see those pictures of the liftoff, because after we found out Jerry was OK, somebody (probably that snot-nosed Georgia cracker Doug) saw me coming down the stairs like a drunk looking for his bottle of Thunderbird, and told me I should have been airlifted at the same time to save the Coast Gaurd the effort the next day. I tell ya, I don't get no respect.

Actually, I saw somebody taking video of it all from the upper deck. I have to say it was pretty smooth--although ear shattering. What amazed me was that there wasn't any more wash from the props.

Russ

[Snagged]

I too would like to see some of those pictures.

[Uncle Russ]

Jerry: I'll bet there are some great shots of your delicate rear end, ascending into the sky!

Russ

[Snagged]

ROTFLMFAO!!!!

[DeepBlueGulf]

The picture in my avatar is an old one from the USCG website. It's a leftover from a project I worked on last year for some USCG friends.

I didn't take any pictures on the Big E, although it looked like quite a few did.

The real coincidence of this Big E trip is that the first movie the showed on board was "The Guardian" with Kevin Costner.


DBG

[Uncle Russ]

I have to say I really loved the movies and the heavy metal music on board the Big E.

I asked one of the deck hands whether they had any Glenn Miller and he said: "What dude?????" I don't figure those kids like Mozart either, but the way they worked their asses off, I figure what the hell, I can listen to damned near anything until my eardrums blow out.

Russ

[txseadog]

Originally Posted by Snagged

I too would like to see some of those pictures.

Since you asked from them.

A unhappy Snagged getting ready for the evac.


His new ride:



Basket coming down.


In the basket.


PJ leaving.

[lite-liner]

Originally Posted by Uncle Russ

Jerry: I'll bet there are some great shots of your delicate rear end, ascending into the sky!

Russ

"delicate"? Really?

Looks like the helo is " listing" a little to starboard in that last shot!

JK!
-B

[Uncle Russ]

During that episode, I kept thinking of two things:

First, I was certain there must be a boat load of terrorists nearby who had seen too many Bond movies and who would momentarily launch an RPG in the general direction of Jerry's head (ruining a perfectly good grenade on impact--but lurching the copter onto the top deck where I was standing.)

And not that I would in any way compare the USCG with the some of our local police, I remember the time on the San Marcos river, where a guy had gone over Martindale Dam in a kayak, lost his paddle, and was remaining upright by paddling with his hands below the dam. The guy thought he was trapped in a dangerous hydraulic, but he was not. One of our local canoe racers, who knew more about white water rescue than 90 percent of the "rescuers" on earth ever dreamed of--asked them respectfully to have the guy jump out of his kayak, swim to the bottom and get out. They asked him to leave and lowered a rope from a chopper down to the guy, popped him up a couple of hundred feet, where his exhausted upper body failed him....and you get the picture.

Thank goodness the Coast Guard is better equipped.