PSA: The World is not Disneyland, Part Four Thousand Forty-Two

[rolanni]

OK, 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.

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Re: I had NO idea

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

I think the coho fisherman debacle (long time ago, fading memory) involved people thinking that because they could *launch* a trailer boat from a beach, they'd be able to *land* that boat on that beach. Without dying in the process.

This happened on the Michigan side of the lake, below Leland, where actual harbors get scarce for a ways.

My family came from Traverse City, so we noticed.