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In the recent coastguard leaflet stating that it is now 'looking after you' when you are on the tidal Thames, the claim is made that 'in one year alone' (presumably recent) the number of persons 'saved' by the CG was 12,000 (twelve thousand). This is an average daily (every single day including Christmas etc) of 32.9 persons.
Assuming there was nil activity on some days, that would mean there were a number of days when several hundred were 'saved'. Which incidents were those? They are not readily apparent from the CG web site (www.mcga.gov.uk - click to news then press releases).
What is the coastguard trying to achieve with such dubious statistics? If you call them for a weather forecast or other message and say you have half a dozen in your crew, do they add them in as saved?!!
Assuming there was nil activity on some days, that would mean there were a number of days when several hundred were 'saved'. Which incidents were those? They are not readily apparent from the CG web site (www.mcga.gov.uk - click to news then press releases).
What is the coastguard trying to achieve with such dubious statistics? If you call them for a weather forecast or other message and say you have half a dozen in your crew, do they add them in as saved?!!