Well, my son and nephew went to do a little bass fishing in the everglades yesterday. Because of the way the floating vegetation moves the area looks a little different each time you go out. They got back in a little over 10 miles in and the wind shifted and blew smoke from nearby wildfires toward them. That made navigation more difficult. So they tried to use their smart phones.
We didn't even know they had gone fishing let alone where. Usually, when you are in the glades at night you can see the glow of the city lights for many miles from it. But, with the wild fires the smoke made that impossible to see. They finally called for help just as their phones were dying. The FWC said to not use the phones anymore and found them by tracking their phones signal. They located them by helicopter and then sent an airboat out to get them.
My nephew returned today to get the boat. The FWC gave him the GPS coordinates last night.
They got home around 4 am this morning.
