A Pennsylvania couple drowned in a rip current while on vacation in Florida with their six children, according to authorities.

  • TheDoozer@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Think of it like a river. If you were getting washed away down a river, would you try to save yourself by swimming up river to where you were? No, you swim to the bank and make your way back from there.

    A rip current is just a river in the ocean.

    Edit: meant to reply to Not_Rick