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

One of my most vivid childhood memories is of being slammed face first into a large rock by a large wave, then trying to recover myself for a minute, and being slammed face first by another large wave into the same damn rock.

I learned.

41 posted on 01/02/2020 10:55:47 PM PST by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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To: TChad

No doubt, I learned at an early age that you’d best pay attention to the tide tables. Luckily I was only mildly hurt and wet, the ocean can and will kill you.


42 posted on 01/02/2020 11:02:10 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: artichokegrower

I have no pity or sympathy for ignorant fools like him.


43 posted on 01/02/2020 11:05:41 PM PST by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual and political hemlock)
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To: New Perspective

that is why I respect the Coast Guard most of all. The ocean is trying to kill you and then you have to go risk your lives because some moron decided to take a boat out to sea without having the faintest clue of what to do.


44 posted on 01/02/2020 11:11:31 PM PST by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual and political hemlock)
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To: artichokegrower

You can see his pony tail fly up! It was either this or trying to live with Bears.


45 posted on 01/03/2020 6:23:51 AM PST by albie
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To: Bell Bouy II

Morning fellow coastie. You can’t fix stupid but we sure saved many of them only to find them being stupid again and again. Sometimes we just want Darwin to assist them in natural selection so we wouldn’t lose our own lives.


46 posted on 01/03/2020 8:36:01 AM 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: txnativegop

Thank you for your kind words. When everyone is heading in we are heading out:)


47 posted on 01/03/2020 8:36:45 AM 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: Hebrews 11:6
"Pardon me while I go down to the beach to watch the tsunami arrive."

Please leave room for me!

48 posted on 01/03/2020 9:18:10 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Lincoln: "The Founders did not make America racist or slaver. They inherited it, that way!")
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To: Bell Bouy II

All of the Gorebull Warmists are full of fecal matter.


49 posted on 01/03/2020 9:20:00 AM 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

The ocean can be a beast, I’m a very good swimmer and for the most part not afraid of it, but powerful waves and rocks are a bad combo ...


50 posted on 01/03/2020 9:21:09 AM PST by GulfMan
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To: artichokegrower
We locals call it Mortuary Beach for good reason.

Did you see this one?

https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-searching-car-video-driving-off-highway-cliff/story?id=68036645

51 posted on 01/03/2020 9:55:18 AM PST by Rio
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To: New Perspective

You are most welcome! The Coast Guard is forgotten by all but those who go to sea, and they are the seaman’s guardian angels.


52 posted on 01/03/2020 10:03:31 AM PST by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual and political hemlock)
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To: GulfMan

Dont doubt your a good swimmer but these guys are the best of the best.
Happy to have known a few

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbGdwzWHm48


53 posted on 01/03/2020 12:27:40 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: New Perspective

AM1 friend of mine(ret) out of Gouchester Mass sent me this book for Xmas.
Slow at first but you will relate and far from my CG District 7 days

“Deadliest Sea” by Kalee Thompson


54 posted on 01/03/2020 1:14:28 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: New Perspective

“Ya got gout out ya dont have to come back”,was they way it was put to me in the early days


55 posted on 01/03/2020 1:29:00 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: Bell Bouy II

“Ya gotah go out ya dont have to come back”

Fixed it

Spell check is not my pal


56 posted on 01/03/2020 1:31:02 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: TChad
I'm one of those weird people that likes to do desert hiking, especially in southern Utah. When talking to somebody about hiking for the first time, the #1 thing I tell them is: "The desert wants you dead." In a lot of cases, nature is like that.
57 posted on 01/04/2020 10:01:39 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: Bell Bouy II

Excellent, thank you very much, can’t wait to read it:)


58 posted on 01/06/2020 6:04:34 AM 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: Bell Bouy II

HAHA, that was most definitely the term used during my time in the guard. :) Thanks for the memories.


59 posted on 01/06/2020 6:05:39 AM 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: Bell Bouy II

All heroes, every single one of them. I jumped in a few times during some rough seas and thank God it was not in cold water but was still hair raising to be in a sinking boat trying to save it while in 15 ft seas. That kind of work keeps you honest:)


60 posted on 01/06/2020 6:09:21 AM 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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