"know before you go" Way to set the example, ladies.:clap_1:
BTW, this sign is posted at the entrance to the walkover in Grayton Beach State Park (camping access).
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"know before you go" Way to set the example, ladies.:clap_1:
We love the panhandle and especially Grayton, but anymore, we just walk ankle deep in the water. About 10 years maybe, we began noticing all of the 'seaweed' in the water and that was discouraging - so we would stay out on those days.
Then a few years ago, either the water has changed dramatically or the drownings are being publicized further away. A woman in Indiana drowned just before we came down there.
But not just the panhandle. We were in Fort Lauderdale (for the Orange Bowl and in one day, there was one drowning and more people rescued than usually in a month.
The waters aren't so friendly any more. I'm not one for a pool when I go to Florida, but that might become a search criteria for an occasional cooling off.
We do like to bring our bikes so we're not one dimensional.
These deaths are so disconcerting at any time, but can you image if you are on vacation, away from home, and have to deal with this.
I don't think people will quit going to the beaches - yes there will be some who go elsewhere, but anymore, people do so many other things.
Yes, please alert people to the risks somehow.
Again, I agree with you all around, but if they don't see 2 red flags would a black one get their attention any more? It would to those who see the flags a lot, but to those who are only here 1 week a year? Who knows? It would be worth a shot though!
I do know one thing; when folks are able to get away and come down for their 1 or 2 weeks of vacation a year, come double red flag or high water they're going to get in some ocean time. I can't tell you the number of people last year I had to suggest it was a good idea to get out of the water as lightning was hitting. Nobody needs a flag to know lightning will kill you but there they are, swimming in a lightning storm.
To borrow a quote from Upton Sinclair which appears in An Inconvenient Truth, "You can't make a man understand something if their salary depends upon them not understanding it." Replace "salary" with "enjoyment" and it may hold relevence to our discussion.
I'm for whatever saves lives. Good discussion, unfortunate day.