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PNSWSH PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 122 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS... NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF...MARINE AND COASTAL SERVICES BRANCH
SUBJECT: 2006 RIP CURRENT AWARENESS WEEK: JUNE 4-10 2006:
BREAK THE GRIP OF THE RIP
THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION /NOAA/ DESIGNATES THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF JUNE EACH YEAR AS RIP CURRENT AWARENESS WEEK. THIS YEAR BREAK THE GRIP OF THE RIP CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF ON JUNE 4. THE CAMPAIGN CONTINUES THE MISSION ESTABLISHED IN 2004 TO HEIGHTEN THE AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS OF RIP CURRENTS AT SURF BEACHES. BY JUNE 5 THE FOLLOWING NEW VIDEO CLIPS WILL BE POSTED ONLINE AT THE NOAA RIP CURRENT WEB SITE /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.RIPCURRENTS.NOAA.GOV
NEW FOOTAGE OF RIP CURRENTS...PROVIDING PERSPECTIVES FROM THE
BEACH AND FROM ABOVE THE BEACH...INCLUDING A DEMONSTRATION OF HOW
AN INDIVIDUAL CAN ESCAPE THE CURRENT AND SAFELY RETURN TO SHORE.
...A WAVE BASIN DEMONSTRATION OF RIP CURRENTS ...NEW ANIMATION DEPICTING RIP CURRENTS AND HOW TO SAFELY ESCAPE...NEW INTERVIEWS WITH A NWS METEOROLOGIST AND A COASTAL SCIENTIST
ACCORDING TO IAN CROCKER... FOUR TIME OLYMPIC MEDALIST FOR THE U.S. SWIMMING TEAM...A RIP CURRENT IS ONE COMPETITOR ALL SWIMMERS SHOULD AVOID CHALLENGING. FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE SEASON... IAN IS SUPPORTING NOAA/S/ PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS. HIS RADIO PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NOAA RIP CURRENT WEB SITE.
RIP CURRENTS ARE NARROW CHANNELS OF FAST MOVING WATER THAT PULL SWIMMERS OUT TO SEA. PANICKED SWIMMERS FAIL IN TRYING TO COUNTER THE CURRENT BY SWIMMING STRAIGHT TO SHORE...PUTTING THEMSELVES AT RISK OF DROWNING BECAUSE OF FATIGUE. LIFEGUARDS RESCUE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM RIP CURRENTS IN THE U.S. EACH YEAR BUT IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 100 PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY RIP CURRENTS ANNUALLY.
TAKE THESE TIPS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO HEART:- CHECK ON SURF CONDITIONS BEFORE YOU LEAVE FOR THE BEACH. MANY COASTAL NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES /WFOS/ PROVIDE A DAILY SURF ZONE FORECAST THROUGH THE SWIMMING SEASON FOR THEIR AREA. FOR A LIST OF WFOS PROVIDING A SURF ZONE FORECAST GO TO /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/MARINE/FORECAST.HTM#SURF - NEVER SWIM ALONE AND TRY TO SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD.
- IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT DO NOT FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. WHEN FREE OF THE CURRENT... SWIM AT AN ANGLE...AWAY FROM THE CURRENT...THEN TOWARDS SHORE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE NWS RIP CURRENT PROGRAM PLEASE CONTACT:
TIMOTHY SCHOTT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE E MAIL: TIMOTHY.SCHOTT@xxxxxxxx PHONE: 301-713-1677X122THIS AND OTHER NWS NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/NOTIF.HTMTHIS MESSAGE IS LISTED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE...ABOVE THE SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE AND TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE BOX.
$$ NNNN -- Linda Miller - lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Community Services, Unidata University Corporation for Atmospheric Research P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307-3000303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690
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