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Posted on 7/18/19 at 1:38 pm to Tigeralum2008
Even more reason to not go in.
Hey, red flags, hurricane came through.. looks really rough out there... Let's go swimmming!
Just dumb.
Darwin award winners there.
Hey, red flags, hurricane came through.. looks really rough out there... Let's go swimmming!
Just dumb.
Darwin award winners there.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 1:38 pm to TeddyPadillac
quote:easy.. in 1987 we saw a rather large man trying to save some kids from his group that were all on a raft that got turned over.... he was the only male with about 20 kids and 5-6 moms.... he got all 4 kids back on the raft and pushed them towards the beach wave caught them brought them in.... same wave took him down.... we found him about 7-10 minutes later we did cpr on him to no avail.....
how do you save 3 kids but drown yourself?
the dad and wife both grew up in Metairie.
1.you can collapse from exhaustion, cramp heart attack..
2. some one on a boogie board had just gotten the last daughter when he went under.
3. It's water... anything can happen. MR Murphy and his law know no bounds.
This post was edited on 7/18/19 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 7/18/19 at 1:39 pm to Areddishfish
quote:It really is sickening how little tourists actually learn about the beach. Honestly surprised there aren't more drownings.
“We saw the red flags,” Miller said. “We didn’t know what two (flags) meant
This post was edited on 7/18/19 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 7/18/19 at 1:40 pm to Lokistale
I go to the beach all the time. We were in the water with double red. It is fun to body board with the waves.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 1:41 pm to Bedhog
Damn....freaking allergies man
As a father of 3, this would be a bad arse way to go out
As a father of 3, this would be a bad arse way to go out
Posted on 7/18/19 at 1:41 pm to Tigeralum2008
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BS, I was out at PCB that weekend. Signs were up all over the beach warning swimmers to stay out of the water.
The surf was way too rough to even consider going out there and I am a strong swimmer.
I can't speak for Miramar Beach but it seems highly unlikely to not know the dangers...
agreed. I was in Destin. the double red flags have a swimmer with a line running thru him. The meaning is pretty clear. also saw plenty of LGs and a couple of deputies patrolling the beach and warning people about the rip.
but I'm sure this tragedy, like most, was the result of unintended consequences, so no point in blaming anyone.
condolences to the family.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 1:54 pm to NATidefan
quote:
Darwin award winners there.
Dad dies saving his children and this is the crap you post?
Posted on 7/18/19 at 1:54 pm to CaptainPanic
Sounds like they all panicked and tried to fight the current. That’s a losing battle.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 2:00 pm to LNCHBOX
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ad dies saving his children and this is the crap you post?
We hardly ever go to the beach and I know what double red means. They go every year it sounds like. We went last year and I taught our 7 year old what the flags mean.
These people were are old enough to know better. Even the daughters.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 2:01 pm to TeddyPadillac
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how do you save 3 kids but drown yourself?
Exhaustion from trying to save your 3 kids
Or he could have had a heart attack in all the mayhem. Very commong for someone who is a risk for a heart attack to have one in an extreme stress situation.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 2:01 pm to Bedhog
I've been caught in a riptide only once. By the time I realized what was going on I was already pretty much exhausted (it didn't help that I'd been drinking beers all day). Before I knew it lifeguard came out of nowhere and threw me a buoy and started swimming horizontal to the beach. Felt kind of like a bitch getting pulled in by what looked like an 18 year old kid but that shite was necessary. 
I proceed with caution out there now.
I proceed with caution out there now.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 2:02 pm to NATidefan
quote:
We hardly ever go to the beach and I know what double red means. They go every year it sounds like. We went last year and I taught our 7 year old what the flags mean.
These people were are old enough to know better. Even the daughters.
Cool for you. Even ignoring the lack of taste in posting it, Darwinism doesn't apply here.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 2:03 pm to Tigeralum2008
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exhaustion. The waves were relentless. You could think you are in a calm spot only to have a 4' wave surprisingly crash over you
My thought is that if you've gotten close enough to get the kids to safety, then you yourself would be close enough in to be pretty safe. I mean i get it if you were exhausted or cramped up or something, but if you've gotten the kids to safety, how are you not in safety as well?
Posted on 7/18/19 at 2:04 pm to TeddyPadillac
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My thought is that if you've gotten close enough to get the kids to safety, then you yourself would be close enough in to be pretty safe. I mean i get it if you were exhausted or cramped up or something, but if you've gotten the kids to safety, how are you not in safety as well?
Reading the article might help.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 2:06 pm to LNCHBOX
Damn, when I read saved 3 daughters I was thinking young daughters. But they all appear to be older.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 2:15 pm to Bedhog
God dammit 
Posted on 7/18/19 at 2:17 pm to CP3forMVP
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But they all appear to be older.
Yeah, old enough to know what a double red flag means. The ocean doesn't play games.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 2:22 pm to Bedhog
its terrible to hear news like this.
however, we were there wed-sun this past week. the waves were huge, and the entire time we were there its was double red flag, no one in the water.........then in the evenings when security and life guards left, people were out there. i swim well, did water survival in the marines etc, and i thought it was insane that people were in those waters. still a sad story to hear.
however, we were there wed-sun this past week. the waves were huge, and the entire time we were there its was double red flag, no one in the water.........then in the evenings when security and life guards left, people were out there. i swim well, did water survival in the marines etc, and i thought it was insane that people were in those waters. still a sad story to hear.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 2:35 pm to Lokistale
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Lifeguards would drive by telling people to get out of the water, even on private beaches.
We had a life guard patrolling 1mi of beach in a truck. Anytime she saw someone in the water, she would blow her whistle and get them out
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