There have been 9 drownings along the Florida panhandle this month.
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That’s what I’m reading.Wasn't he really tall, like 6'8". Did he get caught in a rip tide?
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.Wasn't he really tall, like 6'8". Did he get caught in a rip tide?
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?
It must be an outlier given the coverage it's getting.Man, that is a lot. Is this anything close to typical numbers, or an outlier?
Water temperatures are way up, correct?
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#$k off when told they couldn't be in the water. Another guy walked up and told them to go in and drown to save the gene pool.
Its a lot. More in June than all of last year I think. Doesn't help that the rip tides have been really bad this year. But it is a double red so they shouldn't be in the water.It must be an outlier given the coverage it's getting.
All of them haven't been under double red flag conditions but I'm sure many have. WCSO are ticketing people who ignore the flags. Other county's departments should too.And one in Alabama. Some of these drownings were people trying to save someone else one of which was a off duty firefighter. All of this happened under double red flags which means the water is closed. Blatant stupidity is whats to blame when idiots go into the water in these cases. Many of the times these same morons live while the hero trying to save them dies. Witnessed first hand a group of idiots giving cops the finger and telling them to F#$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.
The local sheriff is saying the same thing, and is visibly upset by it.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.
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.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.
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.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.
Knee deep is too deep under rip tide conditions they say.Without doing any research.. in regards to riptides, are those drowning, swimming out where they can’t touch the bottom and getting pulled that way?
I feel like any time I’ve been to the beach, rarely have I ever gone out where I couldn’t touch. Maybe never.
It is against my constitutional rights to keep me out of the water!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.
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?It is against my constitutional rights to keep me out of the water!
I learned long ago that you can't fix stupid.
I love that idea. That MIGHT fix stupid if that was implemented!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.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?
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?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.
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.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.
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!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?
The Spiegel Grove has infamous currents, and the Dwayne is worse. Many a dive was cancelled due to the currents in Key Largo,Some of the strongest underwater currents I’ve dealt with were in the keys
Especially in or near channels
And at tide changes!!
Brutal
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.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!
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.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.
Double reds?8 rescues from rip currents yesterday up in Fernandina Beach