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Man gets washed away by colossal Bay Area wave in shocking video
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | January 2, 2020 | Amanda Bartlett,

Posted on 01/02/2020 2:35:08 PM PST by artichokegrower

A man nearly drowned Tuesday when a towering wave caused him to topple off the seaside cliff where he was hiking.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: california; dumbass; ocean
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To: PGR88

Can’t swim too far or for too long in 54 degree water. Hypothermia sets in pretty quick.


21 posted on 01/02/2020 3:07:14 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

At bonny doon, actually not very close to san francisco


22 posted on 01/02/2020 3:09:17 PM PST by SteveH (intentionally blank)
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To: artichokegrower

There was a 3.9 earthquake along the coast in northern CA. Could that have generated the wave?

M 3.9 - 9km NE of Morgan Hill, CA3.9 - 9km NE of Morgan Hill, CA


23 posted on 01/02/2020 3:11:56 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm ( 32:12))
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To: artichokegrower


24 posted on 01/02/2020 3:14:41 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Lincoln: "The Founders did not make America racist or slaver. They inherited it, that way!")
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To: artichokegrower
Had to hurt with all of the barnacles, mussels and other pointy sea creatures living on those rocks.
You got that right, Artie! Scrapus Maximus
25 posted on 01/02/2020 3:22:51 PM PST by olepap
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To: artichokegrower
Video
26 posted on 01/02/2020 3:29:18 PM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: artichokegrower

The guy had a camera on his head which blown off when the wave hit


27 posted on 01/02/2020 3:30:50 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: artichokegrower

This happens almost every year.
Tourists don’t know that Northern California is NOT Baywatch.
I learned to scuba dive in Monterey.
ALWAYS keep one eye on the ocean


28 posted on 01/02/2020 3:53:24 PM PST by Zathras
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To: SteveH
At bonny doon, actually not very close to san francisco

Yep. These waves are all up and down the coast of California. My wife and I were in Pacifica just south of SF, watching the waves crash over the sea walls, just a few miles from where we live. The pier was gated and locked, because waves were crashing over the pier perhaps 20 or more feet from the ocean. Tourists were walking and gawking at the waves crashing up and over the sea wall, drenching the street nearby. Very mesmerizing. Very noisy both from incoming and outgoing water. And the sprays of water created large mist clouds when they hit the sea wall. Absolutely beautiful. And very dangerous. There were warnings about the undertow, but some families were still cavorting on the beach and running away from incoming waves. Not something I would do with kids!

29 posted on 01/02/2020 4:16:13 PM PST by roadcat
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To: 867V309

Holy Sh*t! Don’t mess with the ocean!


30 posted on 01/02/2020 4:24:46 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: Bell Bouy II

LOL, yes, that was me in the 80’s while in the USCG. The amount of idiots who own watercraft or venture into the ocean completely oblivious to its dangers was a daily occurrence.


31 posted on 01/02/2020 4:42:52 PM PST by New Perspective (Proud father of a son with Down Syndrome and fighting to keep him off Obama's death panels.)
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To: Zathras

Thought I lost my husband on a Nor Cal beach. I was yelling for him in vain after he disappeared. He was filming and didn’t realize over 30 minutes had passed.
A kind boater got his attention.
The sea had him and he had no awareness of time.
He could’ve just as easily been the guy in the video.. which I am sharing with him.


32 posted on 01/02/2020 5:12:46 PM PST by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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To: Zathras

Did you dive Monastery? Crazy exit there.


33 posted on 01/02/2020 5:14:17 PM PST by Rio
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To: artichokegrower

The Pacific Ocean is happy to remind you that it didn’t name itself.


34 posted on 01/02/2020 5:27:01 PM PST by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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To: New Perspective

Yup me too Semper Paratus.
Many ready AC launches looking for and plucking dummies from the drink all because of stupidity.

I feel for these crewmen that pluck these idiots off mountainsides in horrendous situations that loose their life trying to save some self indulgent POS


35 posted on 01/02/2020 5:32:29 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: Grampa Dave

FU Greta,your wrong:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU70facZc6A&feature=youtu.be


36 posted on 01/02/2020 5:33:33 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: Rio

We locals call it Mortuary Beach for good reason.


37 posted on 01/02/2020 5:36:26 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: kaehurowing

Pardon me while I go down to the beach to watch the tsunami arrive.


38 posted on 01/02/2020 6:29:16 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: TChad

And it’s also happy to remind you that it doesn’t care about you at all.


39 posted on 01/02/2020 10:40:41 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: nutmeg

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40 posted on 01/02/2020 10:42:30 PM PST by nutmeg
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