Posted on 01/12/2021 5:43:25 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Why so many people are getting swept to sea along California’s coast
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Lemmings? Newsom population reduction? Back to Nature cult?
SF Gate?
Must be all the global warming I keep hearing about.
Maybe people are dumber than they used to be. I blame public schools and the media.
Simple answer: Stupidity.
Trump's fault. He needs to be impeached.
How many knew how to swim?
How may were black? The saddest statistic around is that 75% of blacks can’t swim. Fall in...die
How many know how to escape a riptide. I’m no great swimmer but I’ve been told the average riptide peters out after a while. Instead of panicking and trying to swim against it, ride it for a bit then swim back to shore.
I would suspect that not panicking is the absolute hardest thing.
There’s a college somewhere that includes drownproofing training as a requirement for graduation.
As well as natural selection.
Just stay away from the coast and the chances will decrease. Guarantied.
They might be trying to devolve back to fish or something.
However I suspect it more like Cole’s Axiom: The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing. (Murphy’s Law Book 1)
I agree with you except for the riptides. You’re supposed to swim parallel to the beach until you’re out of the current.
It isn’t Panama City, FL out there. The Pacific is cold, rough, and dangerous. I haven’t enjoyed being in the ocean at any California beach north of Coronado.
It’s a start.
natural selection.
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CA libs are selecting to become mer-people because it sounds cool and is woke.
“Simple answer: Stupidity.”
Maybe but I’ve been surprised when big waves came up on me when I thought I was in safe territory. Don’t mean to suggest that I’m not stupid.
Is there such a thing as coat that is also a flotation device? On those cold Pacific beaches it sounds like a good idea.
“Simple answer: Stupidity.”
Real answer: Rouge Waves.
I was walking with a friend one evening - we were 300’ from the oceans water - and we heard a rushing sound.
We began running away from the water as fast as we could, there was a huge tree of driftwood that we jumped onto at the same time the wave caught up to us. We got drenched but that was all. The water went at least 100’ past us...Two women walking on the beach after a movie four miles south us us were drowned.
Yes. Search flotation coat or jacket.
Sneaker waves. Every so often, one comes up.
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