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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nLast week we talked about Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiava who were rescued by the Navy’s USS Ashland. This week, the US Coast Guard is punching holes in their tale, according to the Seattle Times<\/a>. The Coast Guard says that they are conducting an investigation and no charges have been brought.<\/p>\n The first problem is that they had an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) on board, but that they had never turned it on so they could be rescued. <\/p>\n Also, they say that they survived a storm that the National Weather Service says never happened;<\/p>\n On their first day at sea, May 3, the two U.S. women described running into a fearsome storm that tossed their vessel with 60 mph (97 kph) winds and 30-foot (9-meter) seas for three days, but meteorologists say there was no severe weather anywhere along their route during that time.<\/p>\n After leaving \u201cwe got into a Force 11 storm, and it lasted for two nights and three days,\u201d Appel said of the storm they encountered off Oahu. In one of the first signs of trouble, she said she lost her cellphone overboard.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were empowered to know that we could withstand the forces of nature,\u201d Appel said. \u201cThe boat could withstand the forces of nature.\u201d<\/p>\n But the National Weather Service in Honolulu said no organized storm systems were in or near Hawaii on May 3 or in the days afterward. Archived NASA satellite images confirm there were no tropical storms around Hawaii that day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The two had only known each other for a week when they decided to take off on their little journey.<\/p>\n Like I said before, I’m glad the dogs are OK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"