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re: Three young fathers drown in rip tide at Panama City Beach
Posted on 6/23/24 at 7:26 am to StringedInstruments
Posted on 6/23/24 at 7:26 am to StringedInstruments
I am about to head into the mountains with my family. I did the research on safe practices such as bear safety, afternoon thunderstorms, etc. While I am truly sorry for what those families are going through, a man must know how to keep his family (including himself) safe.
For those who are unaware, if you get caught in a rip tide, swim parallel to the beach to get out of it. Also, don't enter the water if you can't swim.
For those who are unaware, if you get caught in a rip tide, swim parallel to the beach to get out of it. Also, don't enter the water if you can't swim.
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Posted on 6/23/24 at 9:03 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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Yep. People fight it. Just ride it ou
Easier said than done. Panic sets in when the rip current is pulling you out. People need to know when you go to the beach you better know the conditions this isn’t a swimming pool.
Posted on 6/23/24 at 9:15 am to LegendInMyMind
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The alleged stupid part shouldn't have anything to do with time of day.
It kinda does if lifeguards are off duty and it’s getting dark
Posted on 6/23/24 at 9:30 am to Bjorn Cyborg
I’m a decent swimmer. Neighborhood swim team to beat the summer heat kind of swimmer. I can effectively do four strokes and I like to snorkel in the ocean.
I got caught in a rip tide in Panama City with my middle school aged son.
There really is nothing you can do to fight it. Good news is a rip tide does not pull you down but wherever it wants you is where you are going.
We just swam parallel to the shore and ended up way out by the time we stopped getting pulled out. We ended up way up the beach by the time got to shore and it was about 30 minutes before we got back to our chairs.
I got caught in a rip tide in Panama City with my middle school aged son.
There really is nothing you can do to fight it. Good news is a rip tide does not pull you down but wherever it wants you is where you are going.
We just swam parallel to the shore and ended up way out by the time we stopped getting pulled out. We ended up way up the beach by the time got to shore and it was about 30 minutes before we got back to our chairs.
Posted on 6/23/24 at 9:32 am to LSUAngelHere1
quote:Waves in Hawaii will kick your arse. I read somewhere that the waves in Hawaii are 35 mph, the wave's in the California are 20 mph and the waves in the GOM are 15 mph.
I got caught in one in Hawaii
Posted on 6/23/24 at 10:15 am to StringedInstruments
Poseidon plays for keeps
Posted on 6/23/24 at 10:48 am to CatsGoneWild
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Why do they have that part of Florida in central time zone? It gets dark so much earlier there than eastern time. It’s still light after 9 in eastern time. I noticed that when I was in Panama recently that it gets dark very early
Wut?
Posted on 6/23/24 at 11:10 am to DCtiger1
Have friends and family of the three young men said that they were good swimmers? Or that they had any experience swimming anywhere?
It was hot and they ran into the water. What a tragedy, It took three hours for professional swimmers to recover their bodies. Additional tragedies didn't happen.
It was hot and they ran into the water. What a tragedy, It took three hours for professional swimmers to recover their bodies. Additional tragedies didn't happen.
Posted on 6/23/24 at 12:20 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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It kinda does if lifeguards are off duty and it’s getting dark
That just means it is even more stupid. They likely had no idea, or care, as to the state of the water they were going into. That is their responsibility to know. Unfortunately, they didn't know how to, or didn't care enough to obtain that information.
It wasn't top secret information. There are multiple ways of obtaining it with the devices every one them had on them before they headed into the water.
Posted on 6/23/24 at 1:02 pm to CatsGoneWild
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Why do they have that part of Florida in central time zone? It gets dark so much earlier there than eastern time. It’s still light after 9 in eastern time. I noticed that when I was in Panama recently that it gets dark very early
Are you stupid?
Posted on 6/23/24 at 1:04 pm to Crow Pie
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read somewhere that the waves in Hawaii are 35 mph, the wave's in the California are 20 mph and the waves in the GOM are 15 mph
Impossible. It’s all the same moon.
Posted on 6/23/24 at 1:34 pm to Lester Earl
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Been going to the gulf coast for decades and have never seen a flag at night
I go every year. The flags are there. The water still had to rough as hell, dark outside or not. I don’t like getting in the water at night even when it’s calm
Posted on 6/23/24 at 1:44 pm to OysterPoBoy
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Impossible. It’s all the same moon
Posted on 6/23/24 at 1:50 pm to The Torch
They were all Black, and even though it doesn’t matter. It’s been my experience that a lot if not damn ever single one of them that I have come in contact with can’t swim.
And they don’t try to hide.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been in the ocean and a black guy freaking out near by and telling me he doesn’t know how to swim.
Thinking they can just wade out into the water with waves, etc.
The weird thing is I’ve never met a black lady who can’t swim and usually has to help their man in ocean.
And they don’t try to hide.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been in the ocean and a black guy freaking out near by and telling me he doesn’t know how to swim.
Thinking they can just wade out into the water with waves, etc.
The weird thing is I’ve never met a black lady who can’t swim and usually has to help their man in ocean.
Posted on 6/23/24 at 1:57 pm to Tiger Ryno
quote:I'm shocked the crowds didn't drag u back to save ur life
I never get in the water at beaches. Zero upside and many ways for stuff to go bad
Posted on 6/23/24 at 7:49 pm to diat150
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Everyone should make sure their kids know how to float well. That shite will save your life. Preach to them that floating is your lifeline if you get in trouble in the water. Swimming will get you killed, floating will save your life.
I tell every kid that I teach that it’s more important to learn how to not drown & make sure they grasp the basics of floating & the front stroke.
Posted on 6/23/24 at 7:58 pm to LSUAngelHere1
A guy I used to work with drowned trying to pull his son out of one last year down there. He got his son out but then had no strength to save himself.
Folks should have a very healthy respect for the ocean.
Folks should have a very healthy respect for the ocean.
Posted on 6/23/24 at 7:58 pm to Tiger Ryno
Especially as it gets dark. Don't screw around the ocean at dusk. I once got caught in a rip at Destin. It's scary as shite.
Posted on 6/23/24 at 8:12 pm to LSUtwolves
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How is there zero upside to swimming in the ocean? It’s one of the better feelings I know
for real. I get tired of the beach in about 3 days but those first two days of belly-surfing waves makes me feel like a kid again.
Posted on 6/23/24 at 9:13 pm to AuburnTigers
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People just dont realize how dangerous it is until its too late
Wasn’t it just last summer when former Arkansas RB and NFL RB Peyton Hillis almost died from near drowning in a rip current? I think he was maybe saving his children something.
Guy was a top tier athlete. Madden cover athlete 2012 I believe. If someone like that can’t handle it then average joes can’t
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