. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. "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 publications. For more information on any of the projects described, contact the Sea Grant office in Raleigh (919/737-2454). Rip currents along the Outer Banks killed five people in August. Rescuers battled the heavy surf to save many others. The deadly currents were blamed on a combination of things: several days of northea
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. "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 publications. For more information on any of the projects described, contact the Sea Grant office in Raleigh (919/737-2454). Rip currents along the Outer Banks killed five people in August. Rescuers battled the heavy surf to save many others. The deadly currents were blamed on a combination of things: several days of northeast winds, which mounded nearshore waters especially high; a full moon, which further raised the tide, and Hurricane Charlie, making waves from off the coast of Virginia. The pull was intense, but not un- usual. Rip currents are common in North Carolina. They can form when water, shoved against the shoreline un- der pressure, breaks through a sand bar and rushes to sea at a rate of several feet per second. Rip currents can also form when longshore currents moving in opposite directions meet, often in a bay, or when a longshore current is diverted by a jetty or some other struc- ture. How can you avoid them? Watch the signs: especially green or murky water, a gap in advancing breakers where the current pushes seaward, or a floating object that moves steadily seaward. If you're caught in a current, don't panic. Don't try to swim against the flow. Instead, swim diagonally toward shore until you break the current. If you can't break it, float calmly out with the current until it dissipates, usually just beyond the breaker zone. For more about rip currents, write for Sea Grant's free poster, "Rip ; The address is UNC Sea Grant, Box 5001, Raleigh, When it comes to seafood, North Carolina and Japan have a lot to talk about. That's why Frank Thomas, project director of seafood science and technology for UNC Sea Grant's marine advisory services, is
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