Body found floating at Outer Banks marks 2nd drowning off NC coast in days

Rip currents are no joke, and it only takes a few seconds to realize you are in one. Do not fight it swim side ways (parallel to shore)

I got caught it one at Oak Island on Thursday this week. I really thought this was it.
I couldn’t believe it happened so fast. I was in waist deep water then it changed just like that.
 
Call me a girly man, but I've had my fun in natural bodies of water and have no intention of sticking any body part of mine in any more. No ocean, lake,
pond, river, creek, etc.

Between gators, jelly fish, brain eating amoebas, and those minnows that try to swim up your pecker, nope. Just ain't doing it.

I'm not sure I'll get back into a swimming pool again.
 
kcult said:
Call me a girly man, but I've had my fun in natural bodies of water and have no intention of sticking any body part of mine in any more. No ocean, lake,
pond, river, creek, etc.

Between gators, jelly fish, brain eating amoebas, and those minnows that try to swim up your pecker, nope. Just ain't doing it.

I'm not sure I'll get back into a swimming pool again.
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Yup. Personal rule : when I lose sight of my feet, I'm in too deep.
 
kcult said:
Call me a girly man, but I've had my fun in natural bodies of water and have no intention of sticking any body part of mine in any more. No ocean, lake,
pond, river, creek, etc.

Between gators, jelly fish, brain eating amoebas, and those minnows that try to swim up your pecker, nope. Just ain't doing it.

I'm not sure I'll get back into a swimming pool again.
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Yep once you’re in over ankle deep your not the top predator anymore....
 
I absolutely love the water. I was a fish in a previous life. But I still respect it.

If I’m on a boat I have a life jacket on. Because it doesn’t matter how well you can swim if you get knocked unconscious when you get thrown from the boat.
 
Chdamn said:
I absolutely love the water. I was a fish in a previous life. But I still respect it.

If I’m on a boat I have a life jacket on. Because it doesn’t matter how well you can swim if you get knocked unconscious when you get thrown from the boat.
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I definitely enjoyed it. Jumping off the pier, water skiing, snorkeling, all that.

No mo.
 
I’ve had it happen. It is easy to panic if you lose sight of shore (behind the swells).

I had lost my desire to be in the water, but then I did one of those helmet dives as part of a cruise and now I want to be in the water again.
 
It's all about staying calm. Once you get into a rip current, or a river current, it's in charge. All you can do is work WITH it until you're out. You may as well just float and enjoy the ride.

I'll jump into any river, lake, Creek, pond, or even a large mud puddle. I swim in my pool almost daily from April until Fall. I paddle around the marshes of Topsail Isliand and get out and walk around all the time. (My feet have crab scars to prove it.)

I could live in a floating tent and be a happy guy.

I've tried to figure out why so many people drown in rip currents. I think it's spme sort of deep-seeded urge to "get back to where you were". "My stuff is over there. My people are over there. I must fight to get back over there."

If people would let go of that and (literally) go with the flow, they would he much better off. "This thing is taking me over there. I'll get up with you guys later when I find solid ground." This attitude would save a lot of lives, I think.

But I get it. Sometimes your brain goes nuts. I jumped off a boat once in shallow little White Lake. I nearly drowned when one little wake wave went over my head. Suddenly my brain went into "We're dead" mode and I started kicking and paddling randomly. I almost blacked out before I calmed down.
 
It’s the ocean. It is a whole lot bigger and a hell of a lot more powerful than you.

Creation/nature is awesome, but it can also be lacking in forgiveness. I still love the water and always will, but every time I get into it, I always remember than I am at its mercy. The water is going to do what it wants and I sure as hell don’t have the strength to fight it, so roll with it.

Respect the environment you’re in and the fact that it can kill you without remorse...that’ll keep your mind right.
 
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two fingers said:
It's all about staying calm. Once you get into a rip current, or a river current, it's in charge. All you can do is work WITH it until you're out. You may as well just float and enjoy the ride.

I'll jump into any river, lake, Creek, pond, or even a large mud puddle. I swim in my pool almost daily from April until Fall. I paddle around the marshes of Topsail Isliand and get out and walk around all the time. (My feet have crab scars to prove it.)

I could live in a floating tent and be a happy guy.

I've tried to figure out why so many people drown in rip currents. I think it's spme sort of deep-seeded urge to "get back to where you were". "My stuff is over there. My people are over there. I must fight to get back over there."

If people would let go of that and (literally) go with the flow, they would he much better off. "This thing is taking me over there. I'll get up with you guys later when I find solid ground." This attitude would save a lot of lives, I think.

But I get it. Sometimes your brain goes nuts. I jumped off a boat once in shallow little White Lake. I nearly drowned when one little wake wave went over my head. Suddenly my brain went into "We're dead" mode and I started kicking and paddling randomly. I almost blacked out before I calmed down.
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Yep.

Roll onto your back and float.
 
REELDOC said:
And be extra careful if you're wearing chest waders.
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Exactly why I do not wear waders when I’m surf fishing at the coast. I’ll wade out to wast-deep and sometimes a bit more than that to cast my line...shorts/t-shirt/H2O shoes and that’s it.

If it’s fall, I don’t wade out to cast...just do it from the beach. Being cold or wet can make you miserable; being cold and wet can make you dead.

All goes back to respecting nature and what it is capable of.
 
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two fingers said:
...deep-seeded urge to "get back to where you were". "My stuff is over there. My people are over there. I must fight to get back over there." ...
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Isn't this why most deer-automobile collisions happen? Deer gets spooked before you ever see it... and is in a panic to "get back to where it came from", which was, apparently, "over there" ...on the other side of the road.
 
One severe leg cramp and you could be dead. Respect the distance to safety. I have been around water all my life. I have seen death and near death in water.
Being unable to find someone who went under never leaves you when you are around bodies of water.
 
Heh. I once waded chest deep with a flashlight and a hammer (my buddy had a machete) into a swamp to hunt alligators (down in Colombia). Shined the light around the shore and they lit up like Christmas trees (alligator eyes show orange in the light). Lots of greens, too... those are snakes. Found out later that the farmer who owned that swamp dynamited it in an attempt to kill a giant boa who had killed and eaten some of his cows.

Riptides aren't the only dangers in the water! lol Your own stupidity may be your worst enemy.... the things you do when you are 22 years old and indestructible.......
 
kcult said:
Call me a girly man, but I've had my fun in natural bodies of water and have no intention of sticking any body part of mine in any more. No ocean, lake,
pond, river, creek, etc.

Between gators, jelly fish, brain eating amoebas, and those minnows that try to swim up your pecker, nope. Just ain't doing it.

I'm not sure I'll get back into a swimming pool again.
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My how many of you forget that you aren't safe on land or sea..............

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kcult said:
Call me a girly man, but I've had my fun in natural bodies of water and have no intention of sticking any body part of mine in any more. No ocean, lake,
pond, river, creek, etc.

Between gators, jelly fish, brain eating amoebas, and those minnows that try to swim up your pecker, nope. Just ain't doing it.

I'm not sure I'll get back into a swimming pool again.
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Yeah same here, if god meant for me to be in the ocean he'd given me fins.
 
One of the guys that drowned was a lawyer...just saying.
 
I like water with bass swimming in it.
When I’m on it I am either stand on a trolling motor or skidding across the surface at 65.
 
Darkhorse said:
Rip currents are no joke, and it only takes a few seconds to realize you are in one. Do not fight it swim side ways (parallel to shore)

I got caught it one at Oak Island on Thursday this week. I really thought this was it.
I couldn’t believe it happened so fast. I was in waist deep water then it changed just like that.
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The waves were really bad in oak island today. I only went out knee deep. I didn’t even do any fishing today Too rough.
 
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