{"id":13528,"date":"2021-05-28T15:47:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T19:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=13528"},"modified":"2021-05-28T15:47:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T19:47:53","slug":"rip-currents-know-your-options-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/rip-currents-know-your-options-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rip Currents: Know Your Options"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contact:<\/em>
\nKatie Mosher, kmosher@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/em>
\nSpencer Rogers, rogerssp@uncw.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Note to Editors:<\/strong> Follow daily rip currents forecasts from your coastal National Weather Service Office<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

North Carolina\u2019s coastal region will be busy this summer \u2014 and partners across the state are working to ensure beachgoers have safety on their minds.<\/p>\n

\u201cNorth Carolina\u2019s beach communities, offices of the National Weather Service, North Carolina Sea Grant, state and federal parks, and other organizations have joined forces again to provide useful information to keep visitors safe,\u201d explains Spencer Rogers, who has been a leader in state and national safety efforts for more than 40 years.<\/p>\n

\"QuoteAgain this year, Sea Grant has shared materials that feature Rip Currents: Know Your Options<\/em> graphics developed by a national rip current safety task force that includes partners at NOAA and the U.S. Lifesaving Association. Rogers is among the experts on the panel.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a strong response to our direct shipments of brochures last year to ocean rescue teams, along with others partners,\u201d notes Katie Mosher, Sea Grant communications director. \u201cThey say that our specific messages to spot, avoid and, if needed, escape a rip current have alerted visitors to the dangers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rogers also reminds beach goers to heed other key beach safety messages: \u201cNever swim alone and swim near lifeguards,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can never be too safe at the beach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rip Current Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n