Seven people are dead within nine days from rip currents at the Panama City Beach in Florida. Rip currents have caused 55 deaths in the U.S. this year, according to the National Weather Service. NBC News’ Guad Venegas reports.
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So they died because they didn’t listen to the red flag warning? Idiots!
The most important skill I learned as a beach swimmer in New England was how to float on my back. We often floated our way out of currents and we would yell to our friends to watch out for the current. The absolute worst thing you can do is panic, but most visitors to the beach have little to no experience in those situations, so feeling that power can be very scary.
I'm Starting To Think This Is God Ridding This World Of Idiots. They Get Warned Of The Dangers Yet Still Do It. Just Like The Titan Submersible. Do Stupid 💩 Pay The Consequences.
I did it once when I was like 10 and I swam far into the ocean and finally i planted my feet and got out i kept trying to swim at first to no avail;and then finally i plant my feet and then wait for the wave to pass and just slowly get out
The Panama 7.😒
"I don't even know why people go to Florida. It's so dangerous." -the comments if this would have been in another country
Oh no that's horrible.
Prayers to that community from Wyoming °~•.☆.•~°
How nice to live near waters
I got caught in a nasty rip current before on the east coast of Florida. I swam with it, it never let go until I hit land in Portugal.
If the flag is red you will end up dead. Don't swim unless the flags are green. And your story is murky lacking any detailed or helpful info. I'm sure your audience does not go in the sun.🤡👎
Florida😝. Tourists😲Duh!
7 you sure it’s not 6 you wanna count again ? Ahhh there’s the 6 now I see it 7 dead in “9” days lol never fails sickos.
Man this is really getting out of hand we should start banning riptides…. What are the politicians going to become aware of this danger of riptides we need the ban them so this way people don't get killed by them anymore
Why would anyone want to go in that murky shark infested water
Rip
How sad 🙏
As a swimmer i pay attention to the weather and ocean conditions.
So many ignore the obvious.
Lol careless 😂
All that fresh water, pouring in causing chaos in the depths.
R.I.P
I’ll see my way out…
Coastguards-BIG GUVMENT Rick Scott🆘
florida is out of control!
in the big picture , that same # of folks would have had to depart in an alternate manner (?). Very Mysterious
Take a bath inside instead…Try to ignore stupidity , wanting you to go out in that …..
Happened to me, I been a swimmer since I was a kid, and I got a little to far out, it wasn't really intentional, I just was little over confident and kept slowly going further out saying to myself ill be cool, I can swim and a current caught me and at first I started to try and swim back, my heart was rushing like crazy and It kept taking me further out and under, and I thought to myself this is it, im dead, I said in mind since this is it, I said to myself, let me relax and let go and that's what saved my life. I preserved all my energy and calm my mind. As soon as I felt it stop, I started to swim back, it took all my energy and adrenalin to get back. If I kept trying to fight it and kept freaking out, it would be over.
Ignorance is fatal
Six died swimming during a red-flag no-swimming event.
Gotta love a gene pool that's self-cleaning.
I’ve been there and survived the rip currents at the age of 12.
Swim out of the rip, don't fight it.
Pro tip: swim near a HOT lifeguard
Should be mandatory that all Americans learn how to identify a rip current and other beach/ocean risks. We have enough beach tourism for it to be actually useful. Tourists are at most risk because they don't typically know all that the locals do.
🚩🚩Stay out of the water!
That's funny it was 9 last night
That's Flawiduh fo ya.
Seven people eaten by sharks. But they blame it on ‘rip currents’
In the 1960s, I recall learning about rip currents and undertows from the swim instructor at the YMCA swimming program in Oceanside, Calif. To escape rip currents, he emphasized staying calm and swimming parallel to the shoreline. I can remember swimming in Carlsbad as a 12-year-old and experiencing more than a few strong rip currents in a single day. Thanks to his instructions, I overcame them. Every parent should try to enroll their children in swimming lessons, especially those near oceans, and lakes. I lost two friends to swimming accidents. The dangers are real.
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Maybe we can search for them tens of thousands of feet below where its safe from rip currents. Some kind of expensive technology… technology….
The talking head needs to learn how to pronounce “Panama” in English.
If you’re in a rip current swim sideways instead of trying to swim in the rip tide
Swim back to safety at a 45 degree angle. Can’t believe they didnt say that after explaining how to exit the current.
Trying to swim against a rip current will only use up your energy; energy you need to survive and escape the rip current. Do NOT try to swim directly into to shore. Swim along the shoreline until you escape the current's pull. When free from the pull of the current, swim at an angle away from the current toward shore.
You don't ever swim DIRECTLY BACK TO SHORE.