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re: Rip tides: Beach’s deaths along Dauphin Island to Destin this week
Posted on 6/11/21 at 11:57 pm to TDsngumbo
Posted on 6/11/21 at 11:57 pm to TDsngumbo
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When you start to be pulled out to sea your first instinct is to panic and you get worn out trying to swim out of it. That’s when it gets you
And panic is a real thing you can’t control. If you can gather your wits before fighting too much, you can probably swim out of it.
I grew up on a lake, been swimming since I was 5, and damn near drown after falling out of a boat a few yrs ago. Literally forgot how to swim for a good 5 seconds head bobbing and gasping for air before realizing I was a goner if I didn’t calm down and lay back to float. Scary shite bro.
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Posted on 6/12/21 at 12:00 am to Jake88
quote:Yes. Rip tides pull you out but most people’s first instinct is to try to swim straight back to shore. That doesn’t work against a rip current and they end up just tiring themselves out and drowning. Swim parallel to shore until you’re out of the rip current and then make your way back towards shore
Does the "swim parallel to the shore" really work? What is causing the people to drown? The current isn't supposed to pull you under, just out to sea. But, supposedly it ends and you swim parallel and back to shore.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 12:02 am to Tiger Prawn
This pic was taken a week or two ago above Pensacola Beach. I don’t know if a more perfect photograph of rip tides has ever been taken.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 12:05 am to TDsngumbo
quote:If there has, I’ve never seen one. Ray Charles could see those rip tides
I don’t know if a more perfect photograph of rip tides has ever been taken.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 12:05 am to TDsngumbo
Darwin always wins.
Or…the ocean is racist or it’s Trump’s fault.
Or…the ocean is racist or it’s Trump’s fault.
This post was edited on 6/12/21 at 12:07 am
Posted on 6/12/21 at 12:08 am to TDsngumbo
People who set up tents at the beach are insufferable
Posted on 6/12/21 at 12:16 am to Jake88
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Ive heard that, but I wonder how many make it back safely if they don't panic and follow the guidelines.
We had a condo in Destin during my childhood so I spent many wknds during the summer there. My daddy taught me to just relax and let it take me then swim parallel diagonally toward the shore.
I thought I was gonna die one time bc I got swept under by a strong undertow that wouldn’t let me go. I barrel rolled a few times and then my checks slammed into the sand below. I stopped fighting it and timed when to surface based on the motion. I was throwing up a lot afterwards.
I’ve been pulled out to the 2nd sandbar and a little past it but just floated on my back and chilled until I felt it weakening some. You don’t even have to exert energy swimming or dog paddling. Just chill and rides the waves as you calmly bob up and down.
This post was edited on 6/12/21 at 11:04 am
Posted on 6/12/21 at 12:17 am to Jake88
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Ive heard that, but I wonder how many make it back safely if they don't panic and follow the guidelines.
Don't forget some of these deaths are because the victim can't swim or can't swim well. The rip current removes them from the safety of firm footing beneath them. Once they lose the ability to stand up they're then at the mercy of the current. A weak swimmer or non-swimmer probably has very few minutes to be rescued. Also, rip currents are usually at their worst during kicked up seas which makes swimming even more difficult. A casual vacationer that rarely makes it to beach is a prime target for an accident.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 12:18 am to ellishughtiger
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People who set up tents at the beach are insufferable
They were a little weird to be honest.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 12:27 am to Buzzed
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And panic is a real thing you can’t control. If you can gather your wits before fighting too much, you can probably swim out of it. I grew up on a lake, been swimming since I was 5, and damn near drown after falling out of a boat a few yrs ago. Literally forgot how to swim for a good 5 seconds head bobbing and gasping for air before realizing I was a goner if I didn’t calm down and lay back to float. Scary shite bro.
I’ve mentioned this before but I was never afraid of drowning bc I knew how to float and bob until I could swim parallel out of it. That didn’t make me panic but a couple times I was pulled out extremely far and the water got darker and colder. I didn’t physically panic but my heart was beating fast as I imagined what could be under or near me. That unknown shite is terrifying.
This post was edited on 6/12/21 at 12:29 am
Posted on 6/12/21 at 12:32 am to TDsngumbo
Looking at that pic, it almost seems like if someone did swim parallel and out of one rip, they would be swimming straight into another.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 12:39 am to Buzzed
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Buzzed
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I grew up on a lake, been swimming since I was 5, and damn near drown after falling out of a boat a few yrs ago. Literally forgot how to swim for a good 5 seconds head bobbing and gasping for air before realizing I was a goner if I didn’t calm down and lay back to float. Scary shite bro.
Checks out
Posted on 6/12/21 at 12:48 am to Jake88
100% if you just chill out, easy to float in salt water, it will just take you for a ride. When you feel it calm down just slowly swim back in, if you feel resistance just keep waiting it out. Just realize you’re okay, floating and breathing is all you need to do.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 12:49 am to Havoc
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floating and breathing is all you need to do.
Until…
Posted on 6/12/21 at 12:58 am to Jake88
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Ive heard that, but I wonder how many make it back safely if they don't panic and follow the guidelines.
It should be 100% even if they do nothing but tread water, There is no need to try to swim out of the current, it is circular, it doesn’t carry a person continuously out to sea. Research has show that if a person remains calm, just floats/ treads water, the circular current will return them back to the beach in 10 minutes or so.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 1:31 am to TutHillTiger
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To be totally frank, our beaches just aren’t safe right now. So be very very careful.
yea, but if you're wearing a mask you should be fine.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 2:15 am to TutHillTiger
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I am not counting all the missing kayakers. Who knows what kills them.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 5:27 am to TutHillTiger
Was there not too long ago in Pensacola. Sally really changed the beaches. I went in under yellow flags and it was pretty rough. A lot worse than I can remember. Red flags eventually went up every day I was there.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 5:29 am to Havoc
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floating and breathing is all you need to do.
Not easy to do in nasty surf
Posted on 6/12/21 at 5:54 am to Havoc
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100% if you just chill out, easy to float in salt water, it will just take you for a ride. When you feel it calm down just slowly swim back in, if you feel resistance just keep waiting it out. Just realize you’re okay, floating and breathing is all you need to do.
Floating on your back is the way to go if you need to rest a moment. Stay zen and make it in. Copyright 2021
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