Careful at the beach this weekend!

by · Saturday, July 12, 2008

7/12/2008:

Plan on taking a dip in the ocean this weekend?

If you are heading to the Atlantic beaches along the East Coast this weekend, please be aware that rip currents will be stronger than normal. Hurricane Bertha, which is well out in the Atlantic, will nevertheless continue to send higher swells toward the coast into early next week as the storm crawls northward.

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HansBrix
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[quote comment=”92745″]Out of shape bennies should stay out of the water.[/quote]

They were from the Philly area. “Shoebee” is the proper pejorative.

Sunday, July 13, 2008 10:29 pm
rag246
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Out of shape bennies should stay out of the water.

Sunday, July 13, 2008 9:03 pm
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They should have read 411! Waves claim 3 swimmers in NJ philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/sta...3swimmersinnj2fromphiladelphia.html Storm-driven waves and currents appear to have claimed the lives of three swimmers at the Jersey shore, authorities said Sunday. One swimmer drowned and another is missing following a Saturday evening swim off the Wildwood beach, while a swimmer died after being rescued from waves in Atlantic City on Saturday afternoon. The tricky surf is because of Bertha, now a tropical storm, far out in the Atlantic Ocean and approaching Bermuda. Coast Guard personnel, using a vessel and a helicopter, searched for the missing swimmer in Wildwood until 7:29 a.m. Sunday, when the effort was halted, Coast Guard Petty Officer Chris McLaughlin said. “It’s beyond the chance of survivability for someone to be out there without a life vest,” McLaughlin said. The missing swimmer, Juan Moore, 28, was among three friends who swam toward a buoy about 100 yards off the beach around 7 p.m. Saturday, McLaughlin said. Two made it back to shore, but one was unconscious and was pronounced dead after efforts at resuscitation, he said. Moore was from Philadelphia, as was the man who died, Ismael Lopez, 36, Wildwood police said. In Atlantic City, lifeguards in a surf boat and in the water came to the aid of a man being carried from shore by a rip current about 3 p.m. Saturday, Beach Patrol Chief Rod Aluise said. The man grabbed a line thrown from the boat, and lifeguards in the water helped bring the… Read more »
Sunday, July 13, 2008 8:46 pm
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