[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Public Information Statement : PHI@ 6/9/2011 4:26:01 AM

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
417 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...RIP CURRENT AWARENESS WEEK JUNE 5-11...

THIS IS THE FIFTH IN A DAILY SERIES OF SHORT CONSIDERATIONS FOR 
SUMMER BATHERS ALONG THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WATERS. 

EACH YEAR...LIFE GUARDS IN THE UNITED STATES RESCUE 60 THOUSAND 
PEOPLE FROM DROWNING.  ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF THESE RESCUES ARE FOR 
PEOPLE CAUGHT IN RIP CURRENTS.  MANY MORE WOULD DROWN IF THE LIFE 
GUARDS HAD NOT BEEN THERE TO RESCUE! YOUR CHANCES FOR SURVIVING AN 
UNEXPECTED RIP CURRENT EPISODE ARE MUCH BETTER IF YOU SWIM ON THE 
GUARDED BEACHES. 

RIP CURRENTS WERE FIRST IDENTIFIED BY LIFEGUARDS AND INFORMATION ON 
THIS PHENOMENON WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE 1930S. 

WHILE STATISTICS LAST YEAR RECORDED 64 DEATHS CAUSED BY RIP 
CURRENTS...THERE ARE ESTIMATES THAT THESE DEATHS ARE UNDER 
REPORTED...POSSIBLY BY 50 PERCENT.

UNLIKE THE DRAMA OF A HURRICANE OR TORNADO...RIP CURRENTS EXIST 
EVERY DAY AT SURF BEACHES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.  ON SOME 
DAYS THE RISK IS MUCH HIGHER THAN NORMAL.  THIS IS WHERE THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH THE IMPROVING SCIENCE OF RIP CURRENT 
IDENTIFICATION DAYS...CAN PROVIDE HELPFUL INFORMATION ON EXPECTED 
GENERAL RISK. 

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