GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (via WOOD TV 8) — The U.S. Coast Guard says the number of false distress calls on the Great Lakes has tripled so far this year.
So far this year, the Coast Guard has gotten more than 160 false distress calls. During the same time period last year, it got 55.
The problem is that emergency responders have to treat each distress call as legitimate.
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