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Originally Posted by kunkstyle
But it's not exaclty a remote area. This occurred at base plant, not the middle of the woods. It's not exaclty an area you can just go discharging firearms, no matter the reason. They already don't have people available to respond to more likely emergency scenarios, let alone a 1-in-a-million bear attack.
As tragic as this event is, I don't think having people shooting a 30-30 or .306 near pressurized vessels containing hydrocarbons at temps well above thier flash point is a great idea.
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The thing is, they did shoot the bear. It just took an hour for people with the proper credentials (the RCMP) to show up to do it. I am just surprised that there was no one close considering that it is bear country after all. It obviously wasn't a matter of it being prudent or not to shoot the bear.
If it takes emergency services an hour to get there, then I think that qualifies as a remote site.