re: Rip tides: Beach’s deaths along Dauphin Island to Destin this week

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We are in Seagrove right now and the water is hostile. Bigger waves than I remember as a kid. I’m trying to warn my kids but they don’t take me that seriously. I explained it’s like a tornado under the water and that helped. They are wearing around the chest life jackets though and they seem to be working fine. That would be a sad way to lose someone.

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We're Volunteer Beach Ambassadors. Our lifeguards are 1.5 miles apart, so we were given whistles to help get folks out of the water on double red flag days. They come out, but after we've given them the spiel about rip currents and difficulty of rescue, as soon as we walk away, they're right back in the water.

One guy told us he was paying 10K to be there and his kids were going to swim, no matter what. Can't fix stupid.

We're supposed to file a report with the location and swimsuit description to help identify folks in case the lifeguards need it later. Our fearless leader suggested taking pictures of their backs as they return to the water, but that's way creepy.