"Red flares are a distress signal but any members of the public seeing this near Greenock around 8pm should be aware what is going on, " he said.

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Their ongoing partnership with credit counselors would be invigorated and, in fact, newsworthy, as it would signal a new phase of commitment by major financial institutions to the relief of current distress as well as renewed support for financial literacy programs that help prevent future meltdowns.

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It can only send a distress signal which is then bounced off a satellite and on to one of a several rescue coordination centres.

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