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re: Rip tides: Beach’s deaths along Dauphin Island to Destin this week
Posted on 6/12/21 at 5:58 am to TutHillTiger
Posted on 6/12/21 at 5:58 am to TutHillTiger
OP really should apply for a job at CNN.
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Posted on 6/12/21 at 6:01 am to tigerbutt
The good thing about CNN is they actually prefer wankers. Literal wankers.
**In case one happens to be a wanker.
**In case one happens to be a wanker.
This post was edited on 6/12/21 at 6:04 am
Posted on 6/12/21 at 6:23 am to tigerinthebueche
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Shut them all down.
Or, you could let adults be responsible for themselves and their families like we have done since forever.
Beaches have had rip tides, undertows, sharks, rays, jelly fish, and all hosts of hazards since forever. drownings aren’t new. quit trying to keep everyone safe from everything that may harm them. That’s not how this works.
I like that he never actually said shut it down in his post, but you did and then raged against it. His post was “be careful, it’s dangerous”
This post was edited on 6/12/21 at 6:24 am
Posted on 6/12/21 at 6:28 am to TutHillTiger
I experienced the strongest rip current ever at Gulf Shores a couple of weeks ago. It was really really strong west to east though. So no worries about getting ripped out to sea.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 6:44 am to TutHillTiger
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30 miles stretch of beach
What 30 miles are we talking here? You realize it’s more like 100 miles from the west side of Gulf shores to east of Destin right?
We’re talking 10,000s of thousands of people along those beaches
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:08 am to baldona
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Baldwin County officials said Fort Morgan's beaches are more prone to dangerous surf conditions due to its location on the Gulf of Mexico.
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The unincorporated Baldwin County community boasts around 12 miles of beachfront, but there are no lifeguards and no public beach flag system.
Most of the property belongs to private renters in an area more prone to dangerous surf conditions due to its location. "That particular area of the Gulf churns much more differently than even a Gulf Shores or Orange Beach because of its closeness to Mobile Bay and the water exchange and all that occurs there," said Baldwin County Sheriff Huey Hoss Mack.
According to the National Weather Service, rip currents form more often around inlets, like Mobile Bay, and create a powerful rush of water that can carry even the strongest swimmer away from shore.
Good info here:
LINK
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:20 am to TutHillTiger
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I think most of these were under Yellow flags.
Two were at Fort Morgan which is unincorporated and doesn't have a flag system. Those two were under red flag conditions as the Baldwin County EMA had been issuing rip current statements from like Sunday to Wednesday. Red flag was flying in Gulf Shores until Thursday.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:26 am to GreenRockTiger
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That condo we rented had a magnet on the fridge which I thought was helpful. But I mean how much of a moron do you have to be to not know red means stop and green means go.
Telling someone something is dangerous isn’t enough. Most people do not think out what a dangerous situation actually means. Unfortunately most people need it spelled out for them.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:26 am to lsulaker
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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.
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.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:29 am to momentoftruth87
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And red doesn't mean stop, double red does
Y’all pay attention to those things?
When I was about 20, there was one on top of a cabana and I was dared that I couldn’t capture the flag. I did but I had to run after I climbed down so I couldn’t come back out to the beach that day. It didn’t end up being a smart move.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 7:37 am to Jim Rockford
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South Africa. Massive surf and Great White Sharks.
And then there's Lake Victoria where some 5000 (not a typo) people drown annually.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 8:29 am to Palmetto08
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Sheriff Huey Hoss Mack
Now that is one badass baw name right there.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 8:30 am to TutHillTiger
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nothing will ruin your vacation worse than picking your child or loved one up from the morgue
Hmm since you put it that way, i guess not
Posted on 6/12/21 at 8:39 am to Sao
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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.
That is because you are thinking about swimming parallel to shore. That pic shows rip current pulling that way, so to get out you actually would swim to the shore.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 8:41 am to Jake88
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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.
It does, but a lot of people panic once they lose control. You also have to fight a bit to break out if you don't ride it to the end. My dad found us a pretty weak one once when we were canoeing and showed us what it felt like. He then found a really nasty one and threw in a life vest or a floaty or something can't remember. Terrifying.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 9:07 am to TutHillTiger
Y'all laugh when Biden said that the greatest threat to the United States is climate change. Maybe this will be a big wake up call.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 9:54 am to TDsngumbo
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This was the scene 30 feet from our spot on Pensacola Beach just Wednesday.
Subtle, I’m vacationing under a tent in PCB brag.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 10:00 am to tankyank13
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Y'all laugh when Biden said that the greatest threat to the United States is climate change. Maybe this will be a big wake up call.
And what does he do to address the issue of too many people and too few resources? Invites millions more people into the country in expedited fashion. Classic Joe Biden. That rascal.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 10:13 am to oleyeller
Once you know where a riptide is, does it move throughout the day/week? Or does it stay in that spot?
Posted on 6/12/21 at 10:18 am to TutHillTiger
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We really should have lifeguards on rescue jet skis every mile or so, but that’s not happening anytime soon.
Or maybe some accountability by beach goers. Education about swimming out of the riptide would help. How many people would jump in a car without knowing anything about how to brake or put on a seatbelt for safety?
Jet ski lifeguards every mile is about the most overly cautious unrealistic suggestion I have ever heard for beach safety. You going to start charging a per person fee on the beach to pay for that?
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