[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Public Information Statement : PHI@ 6/7/2013 6:07:16 AM

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
545 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

...NATIONAL RIP CURRENT AWARENESS WEEK THROUGH JUNE 8TH...

THIS IS THE SIXTH IN THE DAILY SERIES OF CONSIDERATIONS FOR SWIMMERS 
AND WADERS HEADING FOR THE OCEAN THIS SUMMER. 

RIP CURRENTS FIRST WERE IDENTIFIED BY LIFEGUARDS WITH THE FIRST 
PUBLISHED INFORMATION IN THE 1930S.

RIP CURRENT FATALITIES ARE PREVENTABLE.  

LIFE GUARDS ARE TRAINED TO RECOGNIZE RIP CURRENTS...INFORM THE 
PUBLIC AND RESCUE SWIMMERS.  SIGNAGE IS NOW FOUND ALONG MANY BEACH 
ENTRANCES AND ALSO IN SOME PLACES WHERE RIP CURRENTS CONSTANTLY 
RECUR.

THE CHANCE OF DROWNING AT A BEACH UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF A 
LIFEGUARD IS 1 IN 18 MILLION.  THEREFORE...THE STRONG 
RECOMMENDATION...ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE NOT A GOOD SWIMMER... SWIM 
ONLY WHERE LIFEGUARDS CAN SEE YOU!  

IF YOU SEE SOMEONE IN TROUBLE...CALL FOR A LIFEGUARD, AND OTHERWISE 
CALL 9 1 1.  THROW THE VICTIM SOMETHING THAT FLOATS...FOR EXAMPLE A 
LIFE JACKET...A COOLER OR A BALL.  YELL INSTRUCTIONS TO TREAD WATER 
OR FLOAT...THEN ENCOURAGE THE SWIMMER TO CUT ACROSS AND OUT OF THE 
SEAWARD MOVING CURRENT OF WATER. 

FOR THOSE SAFELY ON THE BEACH... BE CAREFUL TRYING TO SWIM OUT TO 
HELP.  YOU COULD BECOME A VICTIM TOO!  
  
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DRAG