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re: Three young fathers drown in rip tide at Panama City Beach
Posted on 6/22/24 at 8:31 pm to BrianFlanagan
Posted on 6/22/24 at 8:31 pm to BrianFlanagan
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Can someone explain to me like I’m dumb what a rip current truly is? I was a lifeguard every year in high school (long time ago at this point lol) but still consider myself a strong swimmer. I don’t understand how thigh/waist level water can pull me out and make me panic. I’ll hang up and listen.
Don't get it either. Have a camp in Grand Isle. Used to go surf fishing all the time when I was a kid with my grandfather. Never had problems. Usually make a yearly beach trip. Have never had a problem.
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Posted on 6/22/24 at 8:32 pm to GetCocky11
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Curious to see how the OT reacts to this sad drowning story compared to all the other sad drowning stories in the past that were posted.
Only people like you and the likes of CNN want to create something that's not there
Posted on 6/22/24 at 8:34 pm to fallguy_1978
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I could easily understand how people don't know what to do in a rip current, and even if they did still panicking if they aren't a strong swimmer.
Not knowing what to do and/or panicking is one thing. Having no understanding of or care for the flag system is another. It is literally there to save the lives of the people who don't know what to do or those who are unable to deal with rough seas. Part of the personal responsibility of going on a beach vacation is knowing and understanding this threat.
This post was edited on 6/22/24 at 8:35 pm
Posted on 6/22/24 at 8:40 pm to LegendInMyMind
I just think of my recent beach trips and how well my teenaged kids listen to me. I did so much stupid shite too on the water when an adult wasn't in the general vicinity.
3 of my friends drowned on the river when I was in the 8th grade and I was supposed to be with them.
3 of my friends drowned on the river when I was in the 8th grade and I was supposed to be with them.
This post was edited on 6/22/24 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 6/22/24 at 8:43 pm to WaydownSouth
Dude with your incredible muscle mass you’d drown in seconds if you encountered a rip tide
Posted on 6/22/24 at 8:43 pm to NorthshoreTiger76
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It time to ban water
Ole raciss arse waters
Posted on 6/22/24 at 8:50 pm to Bestbank Tiger
First step is knowing how to swim 2nd is to understand how to spot them
Posted on 6/22/24 at 9:00 pm to Bestbank Tiger
You know, I’ve thought about swimming into a rip and having someone on a jet ski video me working my way out of it. Might save some lives when people actually see what to do vs what not to do.
Posted on 6/22/24 at 9:21 pm to GRTiger
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What is inherently stupid about it?
Red flags on the beach due to the storm that hit Texas.
Posted on 6/22/24 at 9:25 pm to fallguy_1978
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3 of my friends drowned on the river when I was in the 8th grade and I was supposed to be with them.
Jesus
Posted on 6/22/24 at 9:29 pm to BrianFlanagan
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I don’t understand how thigh/waist level water can pull me out and make me panic. I’ll hang up and listen.
Have you ever been in the ocean and felt the strong undertow of a wave? One that you can’t fight against and get back to shore? And you just have to wait it out before you can get back?
Some people don’t know what to do in that situation. They’re also too far out, so the force of the current knocks them over if they don’t have good footing. Throw in a fear of the water and a lack of swim skills, and you’ve got people getting taken out while in a state of chaos.
Also don’t underestimate how weak many people are.
This post was edited on 6/22/24 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 6/22/24 at 9:30 pm to StringedInstruments
tragic
Posted on 6/22/24 at 9:32 pm to concrete_tiger
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Why do people that can’t swim go to places like pools, lakes, or beaches?
Those that can't swim are rarely the issue, it is those that overestimate their prowess in the water that usually are the ones that get in trouble.
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I can’t rock climb, think I’ll give El Capitan a go.
Plenty of people get out over their skis on El Cap and it is never the ones that can't climb at all.
Posted on 6/22/24 at 9:34 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
quote:But dem sharks past the second sandbar
Yep. People fight it. Just ride it out
Posted on 6/22/24 at 9:37 pm to CaliforniaTiger
Terrible.
Whether there had been double reds is irrelevant because the flags would have been down by the time they went in the water. The flags come down when the lifeguards leave (which would have been 6 PM).
Also, if they were coming on the beach from an Air BnB, they may not have been near a public beach access (or flag/lifeguard stand) anyway.
Whether there had been double reds is irrelevant because the flags would have been down by the time they went in the water. The flags come down when the lifeguards leave (which would have been 6 PM).
Also, if they were coming on the beach from an Air BnB, they may not have been near a public beach access (or flag/lifeguard stand) anyway.
Posted on 6/22/24 at 9:38 pm to GRIZZ
Many rip currents you don’t have to be an incredibly strong swimmer, you just have to be understanding of what’s going on and patient and not panic.
These guys likely were bad swimmers/ couldn’t swim and got tired and then I’d bet one of them fell down and it was just absolute panic. Shitty thing is with 3 grown men it would have been dangerous as hell for a single lifeguard to help especially without a paddleboard. A single female lifeguard swimming likely drowns saving them.
A rip current is the natural correction of the water being pushed in, the water has to go out somewhere. It’s basic physics. So you simply ride it out until you get to the deeper water where it stops which is just 50 yards or so at most usually, or you swim parallel to it until you get to the water that’s pushing in.
Water in the surf is basically either pushing in or pushing out (rip current).
These guys likely were bad swimmers/ couldn’t swim and got tired and then I’d bet one of them fell down and it was just absolute panic. Shitty thing is with 3 grown men it would have been dangerous as hell for a single lifeguard to help especially without a paddleboard. A single female lifeguard swimming likely drowns saving them.
A rip current is the natural correction of the water being pushed in, the water has to go out somewhere. It’s basic physics. So you simply ride it out until you get to the deeper water where it stops which is just 50 yards or so at most usually, or you swim parallel to it until you get to the water that’s pushing in.
Water in the surf is basically either pushing in or pushing out (rip current).
This post was edited on 6/22/24 at 9:39 pm
Posted on 6/22/24 at 9:57 pm to AuburnTigers
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sharks feed at night and there have been a lot of activity in the gulf
This what I thought when I read what time they went into the water.
Posted on 6/22/24 at 10:01 pm to baldona
Went too far out once, took everything I had to get back. Had my doubts for a time, will neva make that mistake again. Keep the water at waist level.
Posted on 6/22/24 at 10:11 pm to The Boat
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
I noticed that when I was in Panama recently that it gets dark very early
Posted on 6/22/24 at 10:19 pm to bakersman
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Red flags on the beach due to the storm that hit Texas.
Been going to the gulf coast for decades and have never seen a flag at night
Also have never seen someone go chest deep in the dark either
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