BE CAREFUL NEAR THE OCEAN - Democratic Underground

XemaSab

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Wed Dec-17-08 07:38 PM
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BE CAREFUL NEAR THE OCEAN

A birder in Crescent City died this past weekend after being swept off a jetty by a big wave. :(

http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/dec/16/onik-arian-former-st-johns-pleasant-valley-er-61/

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Rabrrrrrr

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Wed Dec-17-08 07:41 PM
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1. Goddamn dihydrogen monoxide! Why doesn't the government ban it already?!?!

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XemaSab

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Wed Dec-17-08 07:42 PM
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2. It's killed millions!

:cry:

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Tom Kitten

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Wed Dec-17-08 07:49 PM
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4. no kidding

A woman being proposed to got swept away a few weeks ago off Oregon Coast and except for those who cared for her she's been forgotten...

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DS1

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Thu Dec-18-08 10:32 AM
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24. of all the people recycling that 'joke'

You disappoint me, Mr. Rab6r

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arcadian

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Wed Dec-17-08 07:47 PM
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3. I know that place.

The jetty is made out of what look like giant concrete jacks. The lighthouse is on an island at high tide too.

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Orrex

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Wed Dec-17-08 07:50 PM
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5. Clearly we have to tighten our birder security

Until the coast is clear.

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quip

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Thu Dec-18-08 12:22 AM
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19. I'm not going to swallow any proposals from

A raven lunatic.

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Orrex

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Thu Dec-18-08 01:02 AM
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22. I see that you've come home to roost

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quip

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Thu Dec-18-08 10:31 AM
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23. Not eggsacally- I'm just chicken things out

On a lark.

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Arugula Latte

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Wed Dec-17-08 08:16 PM
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6. Also -- Stay away from logs on the beach!

Every year it seems someone is killed or injured when a sneaker wave comes in and rolls a big log onto them (at least on the Pacific Coast). It's amazing how little water it takes to move a massive log.

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XemaSab

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Wed Dec-17-08 08:18 PM
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7. In addition:

DON'T LET KIDS DIG CAVES IN THE SAND!

If you see kids digging a cave, STOP THEM!

Kids are killed by collapsing sand every year too. :(

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Arugula Latte

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Wed Dec-17-08 08:19 PM
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8. We had some neighbors whose two grandchildren were killed that way.

I think of those kids every time we go to the beach ... :cry:

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leftyclimber

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Wed Dec-17-08 08:46 PM
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12. And another thing or two:

don't turn your back on the ocean. Even for a second.

And if you get caught in a rip current, swim diagonally, not straight back to the beach.

I lost a friend to a sneaker wave a couple of summers ago. One second he was standing there, the next he was gone. They never found his body.

Be careful out there, folks.

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marzipanni

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Wed Dec-17-08 09:00 PM
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13. I know an older woman whose leg was broken by a log

thrown against her by a wave at Point Reyes National Seashore north of San Francisco.

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Arugula Latte

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Thu Dec-18-08 12:10 AM
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16. It's very scary.

You can also get trapped under them and drown.

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Danger Mouse

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Wed Dec-17-08 08:21 PM
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9. It's a coverup. The birds snuffed her. She knew too much.

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XemaSab

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Wed Dec-17-08 08:31 PM
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10. I think the deceased individual is a he

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Danger Mouse

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Wed Dec-17-08 08:38 PM
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11. The birds snuffed him! It was the only way!

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dixiegrrrrl

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Wed Dec-17-08 09:35 PM
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14. Mrs. Bundy...is that you???

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XemaSab

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Thu Dec-18-08 12:00 AM
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15. Safety kick!

:bounce:

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jobycom

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Thu Dec-18-08 12:14 AM
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17. Insurance companies will refuse to pay. They will consider it water polution. nt

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Kali

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Thu Dec-18-08 12:20 AM
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18. around here it is morons driving into normally dry washes

"Oh its just a few inches of water" _- hours later after the lost vehicle, rescue, and local teevee news humiliation they will be shocked when they are charged under the "stupid motorist law" (real)

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XemaSab

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Thu Dec-18-08 12:36 AM
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20. I've seen cars wrapped around trees

in "small" washes. :scared:

I also know people who have lost cars on the beach. :P

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hobbit709

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Thu Dec-18-08 10:35 AM
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25. I call low water crossings IQ tests

Is you or is you not smart enough to stay alive.

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Ellen Forradalom

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Thu Dec-18-08 12:55 AM
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21. It's happened at San Pedro and Mugu Point recently, too

You do gotta be careful.

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mike_c

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Thu Dec-18-08 11:52 AM
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26. damn-- that happens just about EVERY year up here....

Never never never turn your back on the ocean if you're in the wave zone, especially during winter on the rocky north coast. I cringe when I take guests tide-pooling or just to the beach and see them ignore the waves as though they weren't dangerous.

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