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re: Baldwin County, AL deputy dies after swimmer distress call in Gulf Shores
Posted on 6/7/21 at 8:20 am to red sox fan 13
Posted on 6/7/21 at 8:20 am to red sox fan 13
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People are so fricking stupid. If the flag is red and you go in anyway, sorry but you should forfeit your right to be rescued. Dumbasses are dying and killing rescuers every year.
While I don't really disagree, there are a lot of areas on the beach where flags aren't visible. The area where this happened is kind of like that. But still, any reasonably intelligent person can get knee deep in the water and tell how rough the surf is going to be, and it should be even more obvious if there are storms in the area like there were last night.
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Posted on 6/7/21 at 8:24 am to East Coast Band
Prayers to his family. It seems like we have a few of these stories every summer from Gulf Shores/Orange Beach to Panama City Beach where people go into the water during inclement weather and then drown or someone attempting to rescue them drowns. It’s one of those situations where people truly believe it can’t happen to them and unfortunately, this time it resulted in the loss of life of someone forced to go into the water to try to rescue them.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 8:29 am to windshieldman
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I won't even go in on yellow flag. shite even blue or whatever color it is for best conditions I'll maybe go waist deep and then spend the entire time yelling at my kids to get closer to shore. I have to get a little drunk to relax at the beach. Otherwise all I worry about is riptide or sharks Not too drunk, just a buzz.
Beach vacations may not be the best idea for you. I would not like a vacation that stressed me out the majority of the time. I guess to each their own.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 8:31 am to The Spleen
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While I don't really disagree, there are a lot of areas on the beach where flags aren't visible. The area where this happened is kind of like that.
This is true, and out in the Ft. Morgan area, there also aren’t very many lifeguards. Other than 3 or 4 condos/resorts, the Ft. Morgan area is mostly houses. It’s also not part of Gulf Shores (other than having Gulf Shores mailing addresses), so they don’t provide any lifeguards or beach flags to that area.
My family and I stay out in the Ft. Morgan area every summer. I make sure to check the rip current forecast from the National Weather Service office in Mobile daily. You can also look at the Gulf Shores, AL website and see what flag they’re flying each day, and there’s a good bet surf conditions will be the same in the Ft. Morgan area. Common sense measures can keep people safe. Of course, the people going into the water during bad weather usually aren’t blessed with common sense.
This post was edited on 6/7/21 at 8:33 am
Posted on 6/7/21 at 8:52 am to Roll Tide Ravens
Martinique and The Beach Club are the only 2 places in Ft Morgan that I know of that fly flags. Kiva Dunes might, but I've never been to the beach there so not real sure. All 3 of those places are a long way from where this happened though. It happened right across from where the marina and Tacky Jack's are.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 9:35 am to East Coast Band
That’s a damn shame. Don’t go into the ocean if you’re not a strong swimmer it’s common sense. I bet the drowning people fought the deputy who was trying to help, it’s a fight or flight reaction. I hope the deputy’s family is well compensated.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 9:47 am to go ta hell ole miss
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Beach vacations may not be the best idea for you. I would not like a vacation that stressed me out the majority of the time. I guess to each their own
I was being a little over dramatic
Posted on 6/7/21 at 9:52 am to TigerBait1971
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Knee deep and let it rip.
Screw that. I just go sit down where the waves are finishing washing up and open the flood gates. A few waves and you'll be fully clean. Most likely.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 10:04 am to East Coast Band
The idiotic family responsible for this needs to have the shite sued out of them.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 10:07 am to Chucktown_Badger
Hell with those low beach chairs, I can situate myself on the end of it and piss out the bottom leg of my shorts into the sand.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 10:11 am to The Spleen
They have stationed signs on the sign of the road the last 3-4 years warning of rip tides and have flashing signs when currents are bad. Website is also listed on the signs to check for rip currents.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 11:15 am to McLemore
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Some bad mojo around here this weekend. My brother saw this crime scene on the way down yesterday.
Yup, been down Rangeline several times. She was much younger than her boyfriend too
Posted on 6/7/21 at 1:20 pm to idlewatcher
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:
The Gulf Shores Police Department is asking for the public’s help relating to a beach rescue that resulted in the tragic death of a Baldwin County Sheriff’s Deputy. On June 6th, 2021 at approximately 6:00pm emergency services were requested to assist multiple swimmers in the Fort Morgan area of the Gulf of Mexico who were in distress. Several witnesses were present while emergency services from multiple agencies assisted in the incident. The Gulf Shores Police Department is asking for eyewitnesses to come forward with information relating to those who assisted in the matter, cell phone video, or photographs.
If you have information relating to this incident, please call the Gulf Shores Police Department at 251-968-2431 or contact us via email at gspdtips@gulfshoresal.gov.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 1:38 pm to East Coast Band
The hardest thing I did in Navy boot camp was a life circle where they put strong swimmers in the middle of weak swimmers forming a circle, then you had to tread water for 15 minutes at a time.
Those frickers were going crazy, kept pushing me under and flailing about. I had to get fricking mean and tell them if they didn't calm the frick down I was going to push them under. I can't remember if they had flotation devices or were using our working blues as such, just remember them being uncontrollably panicked.
Another thing that drove me nuts, why the frick would you join the Navy and not know how to swim.
Those frickers were going crazy, kept pushing me under and flailing about. I had to get fricking mean and tell them if they didn't calm the frick down I was going to push them under. I can't remember if they had flotation devices or were using our working blues as such, just remember them being uncontrollably panicked.
Another thing that drove me nuts, why the frick would you join the Navy and not know how to swim.
This post was edited on 6/7/21 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 6/7/21 at 2:13 pm to AUbagman
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Another thing that drove me nuts, why the frick would you join the Navy and not know how to swim.
A huge number of people that join the Navy are from areas of the country where most outdoor water areas are to cold for swimming year round, unless they go to a pool and learn to swim, is not normal part of their upbringing like in the South. Several prominent Navy SEALs didn’t learn to swim until they enlisted.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 2:16 pm to East Coast Band
Every swimmer, child and adult, should understand what a rip-tide is and how to react if caught in one.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 2:19 pm to windshieldman
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I won't even go in on yellow flag.
They are so cautious now, yellow flags are just small waves.
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all I worry about is riptide or sharks
You are way more likely to get swept out by a rip current than encountering a shark.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 2:20 pm to SippyCup
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You are way more likely to get swept out by a rip current than encountering a shark.
you ever went out on gulf state pier in orange beach?
Posted on 6/7/21 at 2:24 pm to Chad504boy
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you ever went out on gulf state pier in orange beach?
And your point is? I guess you saw some sharks.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 3:07 pm to Chad504boy
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you ever went out on gulf state pier in orange beach?
You ever dive a rig in the Gulf? Sharks everywhere, they are not interested in you. Same on off the beach, they are out there, you just wont have an encounter.
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