German man saved on frozen sea by webcam spotter

German man saved on frozen sea by webcam spotter

BERLIN – Watch the sunset, save a life.

A woman admiring the sunset on a tourist webcam in northern Germany spotted a man who was lost on the frozen North Sea and probably saved his life by alerting authorities, police said Wednesday.

The man had climbed over pack ice off the coast to photograph a sunset near the town of St. Peter-Ording, then became disoriented on the ice, Husum police spokeswoman Kristin Stielow said.

Unable to locate the beach, the man began using his camera to flash for help. That got the attention of a woman hundreds of miles (kilometers) away in southern Germany who was watching the sunset over the sea on her computer.

The woman contacted police, who located the man's signals and guided him into shore by flashing their car lights. Officers then lectured him on the dangers of trekking on the ice.

Police would not identify the man or the woman who spotted him. Stielow said he was a German tourist in his forties.

She said locals are well aware of the risk of disorientation as darkness falls and the beach becomes hard to identify, but vivid sunsets over frozen landscapes often draw people away from the shore.

At the time the man lost his bearings, the air temperature was below freezing. He could have frozen to death or fallen through the ice, Stielow added.

St. Peter-Ording is popular tourist destination known for its beaches and sailing, and the local tourism board runs a Web site with a webcam. The board, however, said images from the webcam are routinely erased and the dramatic flashes from the man's camera were not saved before the story came to light.

kind of cool, bein online saves a life

that is an awesome story ...

this town has street traffic cams and a viewing site online and live streaming on the local cable


actually alot of places in this whole state do, you guys probably do too


http://www.springsgov.com/trafficeng/

c/thru wrote:

that is an awesome story ...

this town has street traffic cams and a viewing site online and live streaming on the local cable


actually alot of places in this whole state do, you guys probably do too


http://www.springsgov.com/trafficeng/

what's kind of cool - I work in NYC, where I live to the north is about a 2 hr commute. Being further north and a t a much higher elevation the weather can be completely different. it can be raining or even dry in the city, but at home we could be getting 2' of snow. you can go online an look at cameras to see what it's doing and how much accumulation there is

Cameras every where are the norm now. They have them all over here.

Joebert wrote:

Cameras every where are the norm now. They have them all over here.

i like to flash them

wow KK, a 2 hour commute ? does the Bus you ride have wi-fi ?

c/thru wrote:

wow KK, a 2 hour commute ? does the Bus you ride have wi-fi ?

I'm lucky if it has heat and AC.

No it doesn't have wifi. but it really is a pretty comfortable ride. I used to take the train. that wasn't bad either. at least it wasn't effected by weather and traffic.

that would be a buszzzzz ride

phluffy wrote:

that would be a buszzzzz ride

most times it is. I just have to make sure i'm awake at my stop

Watching a real-life sunset just pales by comparison, to the experience of watching one on a computer monitor...

java wrote:

Watching a real-life sunset just pales by comparison, to the experience of watching one on a computer monitor...

just like sex

KK wrote:

java wrote:

Watching a real-life sunset just pales by comparison, to the experience of watching one on a computer monitor...

just like sex

Yes it pales by comparison with sex, too...

java wrote:

KK wrote:

java wrote:

Watching a real-life sunset just pales by comparison, to the experience of watching one on a computer monitor...

just like sex

Yes it pales by comparison with sex, too...

sometimes they enhance each other real well

KK wrote:

java wrote:

KK wrote:

java wrote:

Watching a real-life sunset just pales by comparison, to the experience of watching one on a computer monitor...

just like sex

Yes it pales by comparison with sex, too...

sometimes they enhance each other real well

"Things go better with Sex."

java wrote:

KK wrote:

java wrote:

KK wrote:

java wrote:

Watching a real-life sunset just pales by comparison, to the experience of watching one on a computer monitor...

just like sex

Yes it pales by comparison with sex, too...

sometimes they enhance each other real well

"Things go better with Sex."

there's a reason it's such a big deal

KK wrote:

java wrote:

KK wrote:

java wrote:

KK wrote:

java wrote:

Watching a real-life sunset just pales by comparison, to the experience of watching one on a computer monitor...

just like sex

Yes it pales by comparison with sex, too...

sometimes they enhance each other real well

"Things go better with Sex."

there's a reason it's such a big deal

It's the Real Thing.

java wrote:

It's the Real Thing.

in perfect harmony




I'd like to buy the world a home and furnish it with love,


Grow apple trees and honey bees, and snow white turtle doves.


I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony,


I'd like to buy the world a Coke and keep it company.


(Repeat the last two lines, and in the background)


It's the real thing, Coke is what the world wants today.



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java wrote:

KK wrote:

java wrote:

KK wrote:

java wrote:

KK wrote:

java wrote:

Watching a real-life sunset just pales by comparison, to the experience of watching one on a computer monitor...

just like sex

Yes it pales by comparison with sex, too...

sometimes they enhance each other real well

"Things go better with Sex."

there's a reason it's such a big deal

It's the Real Thing.

tell that to my blow up doll

KK wrote:

java wrote:

KK wrote:

java wrote:

KK wrote:

java wrote:

KK wrote:

java wrote:

Watching a real-life sunset just pales by comparison, to the experience of watching one on a computer monitor...

just like sex

Yes it pales by comparison with sex, too...

sometimes they enhance each other real well

"Things go better with Sex."

there's a reason it's such a big deal

It's the Real Thing.

tell that to my blow up doll

Good listener?

c/thru wrote:

java wrote:

It's the Real Thing.

in perfect harmony




I'd like to buy the world a home and furnish it with love,


Grow apple trees and honey bees, and snow white turtle doves.


I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony,


I'd like to buy the world a Coke and keep it company.


(Repeat the last two lines, and in the background)


It's the real thing, Coke is what the world wants today.



LINK to more than you ever really wanted to know about that promotion from the 70's

I remember that well.

there's a reason it's such a big deal[/quote]It's the Real Thing.[/quote]tell that to my blow up doll[/quote]Good listener?[/quote]

she rarely talks back

I'm an uncola fan, a renaissance man does better with the real ladies

The headline almost sounds like the camera swam out and saved him.