. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. THE nmi mail "The Back Page" is an update on Sea Grant activities — on research, marine education and advisory services. It's also a good place to find out about meetings, workshops and new publi- cations. For more information on any of the projects described, contact the Sea Grant offices in Raleigh (919/737- 2454). For copies of publications, write UNC Sea Grant, NCSU, Box 8605, Raleigh, 27695-8605. ©Rip currents are for real. Ask Roberta Nai- mark of Charlotte. In August, she and her hus-
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. THE nmi mail "The Back Page" is an update on Sea Grant activities — on research, marine education and advisory services. It's also a good place to find out about meetings, workshops and new publi- cations. For more information on any of the projects described, contact the Sea Grant offices in Raleigh (919/737- 2454). For copies of publications, write UNC Sea Grant, NCSU, Box 8605, Raleigh, 27695-8605. ©Rip currents are for real. Ask Roberta Nai- mark of Charlotte. In August, she and her hus- band were riding the waves during their vaca- tion in Duck. A woman swimming nearby began screaming that she was caught in a current. Roberta swam to help her. But it was useless. "All of a sudden we were way out," says Roberta. The powerful current was whisking them out to sea. Six others were caught — frightened and frantic to paddle their raft to shore. But Roberta stayed calm. The day before, she had read a Sea Grant poster in her rented cottage tell- ing the dangers of rip currents and how to swim to safety. "If I had not read that poster I would have thought the tide had pulled me ; But when she felt the pull and realized how fast she was moving, she knew it was more than an undertow. The force quickened just past a sand bar. Swimming back was impossible. For about 10 minutes, the current kept pushing them out to sea. As the two women swam to meet the raft, Roberta recalled tips in the poster. "I remember shouting, 'They're only 30 feet wide! Swim diagonally!'" she says. The group clung to the raft and swam across the current. Soon they were able to get close enough to the beach for rescuers to pull them in. Later the Naimarks found out rip currents ran one after another for miles along the beach that day. One swimmer had drowned. Hurricane Charley and a full moon were playing havoc with the tides. Roberta's level head and a few tip
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