My parents had a beach place at Emerald Isle. When my son was 3 years old he almost drowned and was taken to the hospital by emergency personnel. When we got to the hospital the emergency personnel said they had to go back out, there was another drowning. A father and a son didn’t make it that day. Thanks for the post, if it makes even one person aware of the dangers of rip currents it is valuable.
‘if it makes even one person aware of the dangers of rip currents it is valuable.’
the danger of rip tides is commensurate with the experience of the swimmer...it should be common knowledge that one should not venture into water above the chest, and that if a backwash is strong enough to knock one of his feet, get out of the water...
of course, the experienced swimmer also knows that regardless of the strength of the backwash, if influx of the successive waves is much stronger...hopefully, beach towns don’t go crazy and prevent swimming without lifeguards present...talk about repressive dictators, bored lifeguards take the prize...