For boaters and boating anglers plying Lake Erie between Cleveland to Conneaut, Ohio, better know how to tread water for a good 90 minutes.
That is the maximum length of time the law allows for the U.S. Coast Guard to respond in case of an emergency. And given that the agency intends to moth-ball its seasonal Station Ashtabula Harbor and severely restrict operations at its Station Fairport Harbor, 90 minutes could be optimistic regardless of what Congress has mandated.
