Posted on 01/12/2021 5:43:25 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
A magazine editor visiting from Salt Lake City was walking along a Humboldt Bay jetty with her son.
A school principal was on vacation, taking family photos by the sea in Mendocino Big River Headlands State Park.
A father and his two young children were spending a Sunday at Blind Beach in Sonoma Coast State Park.
A man in his 30s was hiking with friends along the coast in the Marin Headlands.
A man and woman were searching for mussels on the rocks at Pescadero State Park.
Then came the waves.
Each of these people was swept from dry ground into the frigid, turbulent sea. Each faced the shock of the cold, the pounding of incoming, indifferent waves.
Three were pulled from the sea during difficult rescue attempts and pronounced dead shortly thereafter. Four are still missing and presumed dead. One — the still unnamed man who was searching for mussels — is in the hospital.
All of these incidents occurred along California’s coastline over the last five weeks. Three took place over the weekend. It feels like the right time to ask: Is this normal?
Yes and no.
“The way this winter season is going, there has been a lot of strong storm activity across the North Pacific that’s responsible for these wave trains coming in,” said Rick Canepa, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. “There’s nothing unusual about the timing.”
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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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