Posted on 06/22/2024 4:49:41 AM PDT by george76
Rising oceans makes it a much more dangerous situation.
my father always said swim in the pool not in the ocean and if you do not deeper than waist high
The beaches in FL have rip tide warnings posted when it’s a danger.
Also, you can tell my looking at the water if you learn what to look for.
smart kid. Too bad the parents weren’t as savvy about swimming in the ocean.
“Rising oceans makes it a much more dangerous situation.”
That will be the dumbest thing I have read all day.
What’s sad here is that they died not from the rip current but from exhaustion. Rip currents quickly move you away from the coast, but swimming parallel to the coast should get you out of trouble. Trying to get closer to the coast is what tires you out quickly.
You can float a looooong time in warm salty water.
There is no hope for people who reach middle age and don’t know how to handle a rip current. How’d they miss the ten million briefings? Those poor kids…
The day is young! There is a boat load of stupid in store this day, much like every other day of late.
Absolutely you can float a long time. They panicked and exhausted themselves.
Deadliest thing about water is panic. Panic will kill you.
I’m a certified diver, and large sailboat owner of many years and I have been in some very adverse conditions, but I did not panic. Always have a plan.
Agreed.
Read any thread on an article from Slay News. Or Gateway Pundit.
Dumb is a high water mark in those instances.
That will be the dumbest thing I have read all day.
C'mon Toad, look at his tag line.
Some FReepers just love to start the day without using the "S-OFF" tag.
He got you and you jumped on it like a tiger on a pregnant ant eater.
what a stupid comment
I got banned once for not using /sarc.
And too many people took me seriously and were very angry or insulting.
My rule: when the sarcasm is over the top, /sarc is necessary.
From NOAA website-
“A rip current, sometimes incorrectly called a rip tide, is a localized current that flows away from the shoreline toward the ocean, perpendicular or at an acute angle to the shoreline”
nothing about “rising oceans”!
Poor children. Prayers for them. I hope this was a step situation and they have a living parent.⅘
Bad combo: PA and FL.
I think I got caught in a rip tide once, but it pulled me toward shore. Was it a rip tide?
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