TWO LADIES LOST AT SEA FOR FIVE MONTHS

The U.S. Navy rescued two American women – and their dogs – lost at sea for five months. Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiaba, both from Honolulu, said they and their two dogs left Hawaii for Tahiti this spring, but their engine failed May 30 during bad weather. The duo said they continued on, hoping to reach land by sail. Lost and off course, they said they began issuing daily distress calls two months into their journey. But they were not close enough to other ships or land to be heard. A Taiwanese fishing boat finally discovered them Tuesday, 900 miles southeast of Japan and thousands of miles from Tahiti. The crew contacted the U.S. Coast Guard at Guam. The USS Ashland picked up the couple and their dogs. Appel said they survived because they had water purifiers and more than a year’s worth of food – primarily oatmeal, pasta and rice.
* Women do love carbs, huh?
* You just know those dogs were sweating it out those last couple of months.
* It was like “Cast Away”, but with lots and lots and lots and lots more talking. Lots more.
* I would have started with the distress calls as soon as the engine quit, but that’s just me.
* Being women, they would have gladly asked for directions to Tahiti, but there wasn’t anyone around to ask.
* The first thing they wanted to do was meet with Harvey Weinstein to see if he’d want to turn their story into a movie.