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HashtagGirlboss posted:This is California but could probably be posted up here too, lol drat that's hardcore. I would respect that sign's wisdom
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To me, every beach is dangerous and wants me loving dead! That doesn't mean anything to me. I've been swept out by two riptides, flung by 7 ft waves, beat up by a reef break that wanted to drown me by never providing some small opportunity to cut over the breakers. gently caress it. You take your life into your own hands any time you get in any water - that's the way of the world. Pray to Poseidon.
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FistEnergy posted:drat that's hardcore. I would respect that sign's wisdom My favorite part is “do not attempt to rescue people or dogs”
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Jul 4, 2023 16:44
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Always rescue dogs. 
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dr_rat posted:Always rescue dogs. From the article I got the image from: quote:An 8-year-old Fortuna girl, Silvia Jane East, died in April after jumping into the waves. In 2012, Howard Kuljian, 54, and his 16-year-old son Gregory “Geddie” Kuljian were in mid-calf deep water when they tried to retrieve the family dog from the waves and were swept away. When Howard Kuljian’s wife Mary Elena Scott, 57, made an attempt to grab Geddie Kuljian in shallow water, she was also swept away, according to the statement. The dog survived.
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If my dog died and I never made any attempt to prevent that, you might as well kill me anyway. Don't wanna live with that knowledge
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The Great Lakes have waves that have an extremely short wavelength when compared to either of the two oceans. On a semi-rare but sad occasion we see a nee'r-do-well going out from shore on a pontoon best meant for inland Michigan lakes and sinking from surprise 4ft swells that batter them in rapid succession. Pontoons shouldn't go out on big inland freshwater seas when the forecast suggests ~30mph wind gusts.
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HashtagGirlboss posted:An 8-year-old Fortuna girl, Silvia Jane East, died in April after jumping into the waves. In 2012, Howard Kuljian, 54, and his 16-year-old son Gregory “Geddie” Kuljian were in mid-calf deep water when they tried to retrieve the family dog from the waves and were swept away. When Howard Kuljian’s wife Mary Elena Scott, 57, made an attempt to grab Geddie Kuljian in shallow water, she was also swept away, according to the statement. The dog survived. jesus
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reminds me of that scene from under the skin
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Troutful posted:jesus I think the science is that like 4" of moving water has enough force to move a car, people think they're safe but just get blindsided. From the sign it looks like the currents trap you in a washing machine-like vortex, just like low-head dams in a river. Plus there's so much air in the agitated water that you are no longer buoyant, so your body is trapped in the current until someone can get a rope around you so there's something to bury.
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HashtagGirlboss posted:From the article I got the image from: One of my coworkers died in a similar way: she went to vermont on vacation, went for a walk with her dog, and never returned. It turns out her dog jumped into some lake or stream with a very strong invisible current, she jumped in after it, and both died. Fast-moving water is outrageously deadly
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There's a famous gorge in Oregon, I forget the name, but the river is like 4 feet wide and looks calm, but it's actually like 20 feet deep and fast moving. If you go in you don't come out.
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smoobles posted:There's a famous gorge in Oregon, I forget the name, but the river is like 4 feet wide and looks calm, but it's actually like 20 feet deep and fast moving. If you go in you don't come out. On the coast? If so you might be thinking of devil’s churn at cape perpetua. It can be pretty wild but on the right weather and right tide conditions it can look deceptively calm. A guy lost his footing there a few years ago and tried to jump across and fell in and it took something like an hour for emergency crews to even respond https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Churn
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Strabo4 posted:I think the science is that like 4" of moving water has enough force to move a car, people think they're safe but just get blindsided. From the sign it looks like the currents trap you in a washing machine-like vortex, just like low-head dams in a river. Plus there's so much air in the agitated water that you are no longer buoyant, so your body is trapped in the current until someone can get a rope around you so there's something to bury. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDGlN6mluGA
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Water is just bad in general and you shouldn't go in it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCSUmwP02T8
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Oceans, rivers, lakes, and streams just want to get back the water our bodies stole from them.
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Perry Mason Jar posted:I took some non-American friends to their first American beach this year. lol euros and their smokies HashtagGirlboss posted:My favorite part is “do not attempt to rescue people or dogs” People attempt to rescue dogs from hot springs sometimes. It does not go well.
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HashtagGirlboss posted:In Oregon the beaches are universally free and pretty much laissez-faire as far as enforcement of any official rules go The Peggy's Cove plaque is good in this vein too 
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smoobles posted:There's a famous gorge in Oregon, I forget the name, but the river is like 4 feet wide and looks calm, but it's actually like 20 feet deep and fast moving. If you go in you don't come out. That sounds similar to The Strid in Britain. There's a Tom Scott video about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCSUmwP02T8. It doesn't exactly look calm but it's very narrow and deep
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Jul 4, 2023 22:21
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Slippery rocks are weather now
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The warming climate and drier weather will dry out that moss and algae, making the rocks less slippery and the stream less dangerous
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The Oldest Man posted:Slippery rocks are weather now rivers are just ground weather
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FistEnergy posted:drat that's hardcore. I would respect that sign's wisdom They have some good signs at Point Reyes in California https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/safety_beaches.htm Dangerous: - cliffs - riptides - sneaker waves - large hungry sharks - tsunamis - hypothermia - contaminated water
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Platystemon posted:lol euros and their smokies that one from yellowstone is loving grisly
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Do you respect water?
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I only respect wood
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Milo and POTUS posted:that one from yellowstone is loving grisly You’re going to have to be more specific. Likely you’re thinking of the one with Moosie in the 1980s, but in 2021 and woman tried to rescue her dog from Yellowstone’s Maiden’s Grave Spring in Yellowstone. She was unsuccessful and was hospitalized for four months. She had eighteen surgeries and a birthday in there.
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SirPablo posted:Do you respect water? it’s my favorite of the 4 elements
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Every one knows heart was the best element. Oh and Yesterday was the hottest day globally on record apparently.
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SirPablo posted:Do you respect water? I only respect iron
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Rubellavator posted:That sounds similar to The Strid in Britain. There's a Tom Scott video about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCSUmwP02T8. It doesn't exactly look calm but it's very narrow and deep Brits just can’t swim
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Strabo4 posted:I think the science is that like 4" of moving water has enough force to move a car, people think they're safe but just get blindsided. From the sign it looks like the currents trap you in a washing machine-like vortex, just like low-head dams in a river. Plus there's so much air in the agitated water that you are no longer buoyant, so your body is trapped in the current until someone can get a rope around you so there's something to bury. Good thing the new hummer weighs 10k lbs then
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hifi posted:Good thing the new hummer weighs 10k lbs then shhhhthe marketing department will hear you
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posting is internet weather
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Sandy Beach in Hawaii is also known as break neck beach because the break is so incredibly close to the shore. If you gently caress up and get crushed you are being slammed into the ground in about 2ft deep water. Water bad.
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HashtagGirlboss posted:In Oregon the beaches are universally free and pretty much laissez-faire as far as enforcement of any official rules go my dad loves to talk about a spot called The Wedge that was like this but also with a long-rear end jetty along one side where the break comes in, it used to have telephone polls all along it for some reason and he bought slices for all his buddies when they took the poles out. people get hosed up there regularly, i've been and it just seems awful. (body)surf culture is loving weird. e: the 'beach' is regularly an easy ten feet of sheer sand cliff above where the break hits the shore Chard has issued a correction as of 06:16 on Jul 5, 2023 |
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dr_rat posted:Every one knows heart was the best element.
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The best element is the Honda Element I don't know why they stopped makng them
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ex post facho posted:reminds me of that scene from under the skin
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dr_rat posted:Every one knows heart was the best element. DIM THE SUN! DIM THE SUN!
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