NOAA Highlights the Dangers of Deadly Rip Currents. .
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Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 14Science. Publisher: PR Newswire, 2005ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Ocean currents | Rip currents | Swimming -- Rules | U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adm | U.S. National Weather ServiceDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Rip currents are channels of fast-moving water that can pull even seasoned swimmers away from shore. Panic and exhaustion can cause victims to drown. Rip currents kill an estimated 100 people each year. 'Anyone who swims in the Atlantic or Pacific oceans, Gulf of Mexico, or Great Lakes needs to know what a rip current is capable of and how to react if caught,' said Brig. Gen. David L. Johnson, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), director of NOAA's National Weather Service." (PR NEWSWIRE) This article describes rip currents and discusses how the NOAA monitors them.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: NOAA Highlights the Dangers of Deadly Rip Currents, June 2, 2005; pp. 1.
"Rip currents are channels of fast-moving water that can pull even seasoned swimmers away from shore. Panic and exhaustion can cause victims to drown. Rip currents kill an estimated 100 people each year. 'Anyone who swims in the Atlantic or Pacific oceans, Gulf of Mexico, or Great Lakes needs to know what a rip current is capable of and how to react if caught,' said Brig. Gen. David L. Johnson, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), director of NOAA's National Weather Service." (PR NEWSWIRE) This article describes rip currents and discusses how the NOAA monitors them.
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