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[Clammer]

I just woke up to Gale telling me two people loss their lives near the jump in Jamestown .
I went south today .&&& they kept getting bigger & bigger &&&& I turned around around Anawon because being alone it was a fools move ………..…..also I could see the water was really dirty >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> short trip unless ta wanted to play chase ………….. saw birds diving & waiting almost the whole trip

[DZ]

I'm not sure who the couple was that lost their lives. I'm going to assume they were subsistence fishermen. Asian/Hispanic? I find that many of them have NO CONCEPT of tides. They settle on a rock and stay there regardless of building sea and rising water. Obviously a recipe for disaster. Really sad. I'm not sure how this can be handled except for more education about the dangers.

[JohnR]

Terribly dangerous - takes the prepared as well as the ill-prepared.

[chris L]

It only takes that slit second and woosh . Happens to seasoned vets too just not as often . Very Sad

[Dick Durand]

As sad as it is, these needless drownings continue to occur. Earlier this year the town of Narragansett installed barracades along the Avenues. Yet around the same time I witnessed a couple with a kid about 12 near Black Pt. standing out on a rock awash with waves. One wave a little bigger than the norm could have resulted in a tragedy. In fact, I was prepared to call 911.
Around the same time I saw a subsistance fisherman rockhop his was to the top of Quahog Rock in the same area. A huge wave washed over the top of the rock soaking him before he hustled his way back to safety.
During the past weekend I saw fishermen tossing crab-baited rigs with 2 or 3 ounce sinkers into a surf with waves 12 feet high. Chances of catching a tautog seemed pretty slim to me.

[bart]

It’s too bad about the people who lost their lives at Wetherill, but usually that spot is one of the safer on the east side of the island. You don’t usually get massive surf there, at least from my experience. I wonder what caused her to go in. Terrible, regardless.

On another note, I watched a guy in flip flops bring his three very young children out onto the breachway the other day in treacherous conditions. Got my blood boiling. When he walked past me on the way in I made sure his kids couldn’t hear me and said “ WTF are you doing bringing them out here in these conditions, it’s way too dangerous.” He just looked at me like I had two heads. F’n clueless.
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