PSA: The World is not Disneyland, Part Four Thousand Forty-Two
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 08:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rolanniOK, who here does not know better than to go swimming in the ocean when there's been a Big Storm within the last couple days? Show of hands, here, people.
Right. The ocean is not your friend. The weather is not your friend. I speak here as one who is very much attracted to both the ocean and to dangerous weather. I understand the allure. But for cryin' out loud, don't dice with either for your life. Unless you're very, very lucky, you will lose.
Right. The ocean is not your friend. The weather is not your friend. I speak here as one who is very much attracted to both the ocean and to dangerous weather. I understand the allure. But for cryin' out loud, don't dice with either for your life. Unless you're very, very lucky, you will lose.
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Date: 2009-08-25 03:38 pm (UTC)Even a calm sea, in some areas, must be watched at all times. We lost our camera when a rogue wave hit us while walking on a Mendocino beach. I was climbing on a rock and was able to hold onto it when water suddenly poured all over me from above. My husband was farther up on the beach, but he got knocked down. Neither of us saw the wave - me, because I was climbing and Rick, because he was trying to take my picture.
We were lucky. Every year, people die on those beaches because of rogue waves. There are warnings everywhere: "don't turn your back on the ocean!"
It's a serious warning.