Stalking a Killer That Lurks a Few Feet Offshore. Cornelia Dean.
by Dean, Cornelia; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 14Science. Publisher: New York Times, 2005ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Drowning -- Prevention | Drowning victims | Ocean circulation | Ocean currents | Oceanography | Research | Rip currents | Swimming -- RulesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "When people think about natural hazards, they usually think about tornadoes or hurricanes or earthquakes. But there is another natural hazard that takes more lives in an average year in the United States than any of those--rip currents. Each year in American waters, rip currents pull about 100 panicked swimmers to their deaths. According to the United States Lifesaving Association, lifeguards pull out at least 70,000 Americans from the surf each year, 80 percent from rip currents." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article describes how rip currents form and explains what swimmers should do if they are caught in one.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Stalking a Killer That Lurks a Few Feet Offshore, June 7, 2005; pp. D1+.
"When people think about natural hazards, they usually think about tornadoes or hurricanes or earthquakes. But there is another natural hazard that takes more lives in an average year in the United States than any of those--rip currents. Each year in American waters, rip currents pull about 100 panicked swimmers to their deaths. According to the United States Lifesaving Association, lifeguards pull out at least 70,000 Americans from the surf each year, 80 percent from rip currents." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article describes how rip currents form and explains what swimmers should do if they are caught in one.
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