There have been 9 drownings along the Florida panhandle this month.
RIP Ryan Mallet
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That's what is being reported. Often when a young healthy person drowns in a riptide, they're attempting to save someone else. I haven't read any details yet.
More than 1000 children (under the age of 18) drown each year and 4000 total each year. There are over 8000 near drownings each year..............many causing brain damage. Drowning is the leading cause of death among children 1-4 and the second among children 5-14. Among adults 70% of drowning deaths occurred while under the influence of alcohol. I have taught swim lessons all my life. And pulled many drunks out of the water during my time as a beach life guard.
Man, that is a lot. Is this anything close to typical numbers, or an outlier?
Water temperatures are way up, correct?
Rip currents have been bad on the east coast of Florida as well. 2 SCUBA diver drowned this weekend as the current was ripping. I think I will just stick to my pool this summer.
And one in Alabama. Some of these drownings were people trying to save someone else one of which was a off duty firefighter. All of this happened under double red flags which means the water is closed. Blatant stupidity is whats to blame when idiots go into the water in these cases. Many of the times these same morons live while the hero trying to save them dies. Witnessed first hand a group of idiots giving cops the finger and telling them to F#$k off when told they couldn't be in the water. Another guy walked up and told them to go in and drown to save the gene pool.
All preventable deaths.
Its a lot. More in June than all of last year I think. Doesn't help that the rip tides have been really bad this year. But it is a double red so they shouldn't be in the water.
All of them haven't been under double red flag conditions but I'm sure many have. WCSO are ticketing people who ignore the flags. Other county's departments should too.
500 fine isn't enough and the warnings should stop. Bump it up to 1000 or more. Funny they can arrest people for drinking on the beach during March but this is an issue.
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Your right I think the Sunday ones were single red. 18-24th were double, changed to single but back to double then single on the 25th in PCB.
Knee deep is too deep under rip tide conditions they say.
Rip Current Survival Guide | Ocean Today
oceantoday.noaa.gov
Rip currents in Florida: What to look for, how to get out if caught
Rip currents lead to more than 100 drowning deaths every year in the U.S., according to the National Weather Service.
www.abcactionnews.com
This one shows what it looks like.
I went for a walk on the beach on Monday as the tide was just turning and the outflow was extremely strong. Had to change from mid calf depth to just toe deep.
We’ve had so many rescues and drownings here on the First Coast already. It seems like the news is talking about it every night. More so than usual.
We’ve had so many rescues and drownings here on the First Coast already. It seems like the news is talking about it every night. More so than usual.
It is against my constitutional rights to keep me out of the water!
I learned long ago that you can't fix stupid.
Then the rescue people shouldn't go in to get them. They should say sorry its a red flag we cant help, oh and who is paying the fine?
Sounds great but if you’re standing on shore and see a 10y/o screaming being dragged out to sea it’s probably not so easy to just throw your hands up and carry on with your day. I feel like that’s the classic story of someone going in after a child and them both drowning.
I dove a lot when I lived in WPB but never encountered currents on the reef that was close to a rip. How shallow were they?
My fil almost drowned in a rip current
Bil almost drowned rescuing him
Was in hospital for a few days
In Atlantic Ocean next to anglins pier
I tell all out of state visitors what to do to get out of it
But when panic sets in they freak out
It’s so easy to stay calm and get out of it
Bil almost drowned rescuing him
Was in hospital for a few days
In Atlantic Ocean next to anglins pier
I tell all out of state visitors what to do to get out of it
But when panic sets in they freak out
It’s so easy to stay calm and get out of it
Why would a 10 y/o be in that water under red flag conditions? Where are the parents? That's part of the problem. A kid with dumb parents or the dumb parents are in the water when its dangerous, one gets pulled out others try to save them and someone drowns.
I get that people want to go in to save someone, I've done it myself but the issue is people going in the water. There is no real fix other than to raise the fine but that probably doesn't work anyway. I was out there over the weekend and the BCS and Beach Police were out there but just warning people, out of about 20 contacts they cited one person.
The Lady Luck in Pompano sits at 126 feet and the Castor in Delray/Boynton is at 118 feet in the sand. Sometimes I struggle to pull myself down the line and have to hold on to the wreck to not get blown off while diving. I always carry a signaling device as well as a Nautilus LifeLine with me. It has a GPS beacon and can alert the US Coast Guard if I am floating away at sea. It also has CB radio capability to try an alert local boaters as well. Happy to say that I have never had to use it!
Some of the strongest underwater currents I’ve dealt with were in the keys
Especially in or near channels
And at tide changes!!
Brutal
Especially in or near channels
And at tide changes!!
Brutal
The Spiegel Grove has infamous currents, and the Dwayne is worse. Many a dive was cancelled due to the currents in Key Largo,
We went out the Boyton inlet then east to the reef. We were usually in ~60' of water. We would ride the current but it wasn't anything that alarmed us.
Having been a beach lifeguard in my earlier years, I can attest to the majority being drunk. Maybe not in this case, but I can't remember pulling out a sober adult person, some kids, but almost all drunk adults. There is also the ignorant, but if there were flags and lifeguards, then that is not an excuse. It takes a strong, knowledgeable swimmer to swim through rips, something that is in rare supply on the beach.
8 rescues from rip currents yesterday up in Fernandina Beach
Ten more rescues today in Fernandina Beach,
Should I mention that this beach is extremely popular with visitors from Southeast Georgia?
Maybe they think red flags mean WELCOME DAWG FANS?
Should I mention that this beach is extremely popular with visitors from Southeast Georgia?
Maybe they think red flags mean WELCOME DAWG FANS?
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