Comments on: In Memory of Larry LaMotte: Be Safe at the Beach http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/ ...politics, pictures, pugs and all that jazz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:35:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hurricane Bill: Rip Currents Kill http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-50201 Hurricane Bill: Rip Currents Kill Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:13:40 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/#comment-50201 [...] rip currents kill. One killed my friend Larry LaMotte, along with several others. He wasn’t a surfer or a risk-taker, just a dad protecting his [...] [...] rip currents kill. One killed my friend Larry LaMotte, along with several others. He wasn’t a surfer or a risk-taker, just a dad protecting his [...]

]]> By: Karoli http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-51968 Karoli Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:48:31 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/#comment-51968 Jim, thanks for coming and posting your thoughts. I appreciate that, and completely agree with you about water being a hostile environment. I truly hope people (and beach communities) learn about rip currents and only go to lifeguarded beaches. Jim, thanks for coming and posting your thoughts. I appreciate that, and completely agree with you about water being a hostile environment. I truly hope people (and beach communities) learn about rip currents and only go to lifeguarded beaches.

]]> By: Jim Lasswell http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-51926 Jim Lasswell Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:02:46 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/#comment-51926 I spent 22 years as a year round lifeguard and lifeguard supervisor on Florida's west coast. In 1987 I received questions from an attorney pursuing suits against Panama City and bay County Fl for ineptitude in the way they handled safety on Pan Handle beaches. In 1991 Jim Lushine with NOAA published the results of a ten year study of Rip Currents. It wasn't until Larry Lamotte died that I heard anyone in the media make any reference to Rip Currents. In 2007; the year I left the profession a member of my own agency was quoted in the media stating that rips were unpredictable. Nonsense!<br>Rips, run outs, seapusses; whatever you call them are highly predictable. On shore winds of 15 mph or more almost certainly will produce them. Topography of the underwater area aids in their formation. These are called 'occasional rip currents' and real professional lifeguards will expect them in the right conditions. Then there are mechanical rip currents caused primarily by obstructions in the path of the longshore current forcing it to detour. Swim in front of professional lifeguards; there for that purpose alone and take advantage of their knowledge. Remember that water is an environment nearly as hostile to human life as space and educate yourselves and your children to the fact that a drowning is not an unpreventable act of fate. I spent 22 years as a year round lifeguard and lifeguard supervisor on Florida's west coast. In 1987 I received questions from an attorney pursuing suits against Panama City and bay County Fl for ineptitude in the way they handled safety on Pan Handle beaches. In 1991 Jim Lushine with NOAA published the results of a ten year study of Rip Currents. It wasn't until Larry Lamotte died that I heard anyone in the media make any reference to Rip Currents. In 2007; the year I left the profession a member of my own agency was quoted in the media stating that rips were unpredictable. Nonsense!
Rips, run outs, seapusses; whatever you call them are highly predictable. On shore winds of 15 mph or more almost certainly will produce them. Topography of the underwater area aids in their formation. These are called 'occasional rip currents' and real professional lifeguards will expect them in the right conditions. Then there are mechanical rip currents caused primarily by obstructions in the path of the longshore current forcing it to detour. Swim in front of professional lifeguards; there for that purpose alone and take advantage of their knowledge. Remember that water is an environment nearly as hostile to human life as space and educate yourselves and your children to the fact that a drowning is not an unpreventable act of fate.

]]> By: karoli's status on Sunday, 28-Jun-09 19:50:48 UTC - Identi.ca http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-49730 karoli's status on Sunday, 28-Jun-09 19:50:48 UTC - Identi.ca Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:51:01 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/#comment-49730 [...] http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/ [...] [...] http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/ [...]

]]> By: Karoli http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-49729 Karoli Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:48:31 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/#comment-49729 Jim, thanks for coming and posting your thoughts. I appreciate that, and completely agree with you about water being a hostile environment. I truly hope people (and beach communities) learn about rip currents and only go to lifeguarded beaches. Jim, thanks for coming and posting your thoughts. I appreciate that, and completely agree with you about water being a hostile environment. I truly hope people (and beach communities) learn about rip currents and only go to lifeguarded beaches.

]]> By: Karoli http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-51927 Karoli Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:48:31 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/#comment-51927 Jim, thanks for coming and posting your thoughts. I appreciate that, and completely agree with you about water being a hostile environment. I truly hope people (and beach communities) learn about rip currents and only go to lifeguarded beaches. Jim, thanks for coming and posting your thoughts. I appreciate that, and completely agree with you about water being a hostile environment. I truly hope people (and beach communities) learn about rip currents and only go to lifeguarded beaches.

]]> By: Jim Lasswell http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-49728 Jim Lasswell Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:02:46 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/#comment-49728 I spent 22 years as a year round lifeguard and lifeguard supervisor on Florida's west coast. In 1987 I received questions from an attorney pursuing suits against Panama City and bay County Fl for ineptitude in the way they handled safety on Pan Handle beaches. In 1991 Jim Lushine with NOAA published the results of a ten year study of Rip Currents. It wasn't until Larry Lamotte died that I heard anyone in the media make any reference to Rip Currents. In 2007; the year I left the profession a member of my own agency was quoted in the media stating that rips were unpredictable. Nonsense!<br>Rips, run outs, seapusses; whatever you call them are highly predictable. On shore winds of 15 mph or more almost certainly will produce them. Topography of the underwater area aids in their formation. These are called 'occasional rip currents' and real professional lifeguards will expect them in the right conditions. Then there are mechanical rip currents caused primarily by obstructions in the path of the longshore current forcing it to detour. Swim in front of professional lifeguards; there for that purpose alone and take advantage of their knowledge. Remember that water is an environment nearly as hostile to human life as space and educate yourselves and your children to the fact that a drowning is not an unpreventable act of fate. I spent 22 years as a year round lifeguard and lifeguard supervisor on Florida's west coast. In 1987 I received questions from an attorney pursuing suits against Panama City and bay County Fl for ineptitude in the way they handled safety on Pan Handle beaches. In 1991 Jim Lushine with NOAA published the results of a ten year study of Rip Currents. It wasn't until Larry Lamotte died that I heard anyone in the media make any reference to Rip Currents. In 2007; the year I left the profession a member of my own agency was quoted in the media stating that rips were unpredictable. Nonsense!
Rips, run outs, seapusses; whatever you call them are highly predictable. On shore winds of 15 mph or more almost certainly will produce them. Topography of the underwater area aids in their formation. These are called 'occasional rip currents' and real professional lifeguards will expect them in the right conditions. Then there are mechanical rip currents caused primarily by obstructions in the path of the longshore current forcing it to detour. Swim in front of professional lifeguards; there for that purpose alone and take advantage of their knowledge. Remember that water is an environment nearly as hostile to human life as space and educate yourselves and your children to the fact that a drowning is not an unpreventable act of fate.

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]]> By: Marmaris http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-41999 Marmaris Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:58:44 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/#comment-41999 most cases, simple actions such as not panicking, not fighting the current and swimming parallel to the beach would have enabled the victims to save themselves. In fact, that’s exactly how an educated bystander helped my Ryan get safely out of the water. But by then Larry was far out in the waves most cases, simple actions such as not panicking, not fighting the current and swimming parallel to the beach would have enabled the victims to save themselves. In fact, that’s exactly how an educated bystander helped my Ryan get safely out of the water. But by then Larry was far out in the waves

]]> By: Melanie Brindley http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-38942 Melanie Brindley Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:56:25 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/06/08/in-memory-of-larry-lamotte-be-safe-at-the-beach/#comment-38942 Hello, I am Melanie Brindley, widow of Ken Brindley, the man who tried to save Larry on that tragic day. I was not at the beach at the time of the drownings and I am not sure if I could have stopped my husband from going in to help. However, we did obey the red flags that day and kept our family out of the water all day. I believe if Ken had known how to swim out of a current perhaps he would not have drown. Since that summer, my children, now 7 and 10, and I have returned to beaches and we are constantly aware of the flag system. I have taught my children about the dangers of rip currents and how to escape. Whenever asked about my husband's death, I always follow with a rip current safety speech. While it doens't ease my pain, it helps to see the shocked look on someone's face and hopefully they will be more aware of the dangers of the water when they vacation on a beach one day. I wish to spare the pain of someone in a hospital waiting room. Please read the warnings, obey the signs, follow your instincts even on the yellow flag days it can be too rough and change in a minute....teach your children and swim at beaches with life guards. In His Hands, Melanie Brindley, July 6, 2007 4600 Bay Hill Drive Conway AR 72034 Hello,
I am Melanie Brindley, widow of Ken Brindley, the man who tried to save Larry on that tragic day. I was not at the beach at the time of the drownings and I am not sure if I could have stopped my husband from going in to help. However, we did obey the red flags that day and kept our family out of the water all day. I believe if Ken had known how to swim out of a current perhaps he would not have drown.

Since that summer, my children, now 7 and 10, and I have returned to beaches and we are constantly aware of the flag system. I have taught my children about the dangers of rip currents and how to escape. Whenever asked about my husband’s death, I always follow with a rip current safety speech. While it doens’t ease my pain, it helps to see the shocked look on someone’s face and hopefully they will be more aware of the dangers of the water when they vacation on a beach one day. I wish to spare the pain of someone in a hospital waiting room. Please read the warnings, obey the signs, follow your instincts even on the yellow flag days it can be too rough and change in a minute….teach your children and swim at beaches with life guards.

In His Hands,
Melanie Brindley, July 6, 2007
4600 Bay Hill Drive
Conway AR 72034

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