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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Rip currents in the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts are being blamed for at least eight deaths since last week. CBS News correspondent Cristian Benavides reports on how Florida is reacting. Then, Wyatt Werneth, public service spokesperson for the American Lifeguard Association, explains how to identify the beachside danger and what to do if you're caught in one.
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He wasn't very helpful.Yes, stay calm but if you can, SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. Don't panic and you'll get out of it.
We _do_ need lifeguards. Make sure your city council or Dept of Parks & Rec assigns somebody to monitor beaches and pools (lakes & oceans).
Don't be stupid and ruin everybody else's fun ⛱️
A few years ago in my country a minor was pulled into rip current all of sudden. So he was drifted away 2km from the seashore in no time that nobody could notice the accident. The middle school boy was taught how to handle the situation in the classroom so he stayed calm letting himself afloat on the tide completely powerless like a sleeping boy on the sea. Then luckily a petrol yacht ran into him miraculously and found and rescued him successfully with no harm.
Wear a bright colored shirt.
Swim with a rescue buoy.
Identify rip tides.
Don't swim too far offshore.
Know your limits.
I was in Panama City beach last week right where people had drowned. I never saw a lifeguard or lifeguard patrols the 5 days I was there. I do a white truck that had a man driving in it towards the back behind everyone on the beach close to the condominiums that had a code enforcement emblem on his truck. I saw tractors Once or twice a day, Emptying the garbage cans. My Sister and I don’t comment it why wasn’t there any lifeguards or even lifeguard stands out on the beaches. The state and counties make exuberant amount of money from property tax and sales tax from tourist. They should be held accountable for educating the public, and at least having lifeguard stationed at all times.
You can spot them. When multiple waves are comeing up high on a beach, and then they try to return, they can form this concentrated strong current of returning flow of water that heads back to the deep water. You can see breaks in the incoming waves as they flow out from the beach. Floating while caught in one is best and recommended, just realize when the current slows down is when you can try to get out of this river of water. Swim sideways to the direction you are being pulled to find where it is safe to return to the beach. Again - dont exert all your energy trying to beat it. Floating can help you regain strength. Only when it loses its power and speed in deeper water can you swim away. Only the strongest fit swimmers can swim out of these. Relax, float, be aware. Never swim alone! Water is ~8lbs/gal, you are in hundreds - so no swimmer can outpush that force.
2 red flags. Don't get in the water. If you must stay shallow. Sheesh.
Or teach people how to read posted warning flags on the beach
My thoughts exactly. Knowledge is power!
How many people swim with their cell phone.I wonder how many people will start swimming with their cell phones I bet that guy has some stock in Verizon 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Hanauma Bay in Oahu has a gap in it's reef. They call it the keyhole. Get close to it and it will pull you out into very deep water for a few minutes and then it stops. But people want to go there because of the coral and fish. The first time you go through it ,...it can be frightening. I have seen people panic. People have died there. You can re-enter the same way by just floating and the waves will return you , but at a much slower pace. It is a large cove, so you know that eventually you can find a way out. I have never been in an open ocean rip current but I think the fluid dynamics must feel similar. Except that in open ocean there may be no line of sight reference points and that might trigger the dreadful thought that the re-entry might be hard to find. The idea of swimming parallel to the shore from one rip current into another one sounds truly terrifying. It may be quite different than a large cove like Hanauma where you can see land to your left and right. I don't know.
Lake Michigan gets rip currents too.
At least twice a year my Mom used to tell us how she was almost killed.
Sharks, jellyfish, rip currents & alligators in every lake. Why do people even go into the ocean or near water while visiting Florida. You're there to enjoy yourself, not die.