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022 _a1522-3264;
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100 _aDean, Cornelia,
245 0 _aStalking a Killer That Lurks a Few Feet Offshore.
_cCornelia Dean.
260 _bNew York Times,
_c2005.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
_nArticle 14,
_pScience,
_x1522-3264;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
500 _aOriginally Published: Stalking a Killer That Lurks a Few Feet Offshore, June 7, 2005; pp. D1+.
520 _a"When people think about natural hazards, they usually think about tornadoes or hurricanes or earthquakes. But there is another natural hazard that takes more lives in an average year in the United States than any of those--rip currents. Each year in American waters, rip currents pull about 100 panicked swimmers to their deaths. According to the United States Lifesaving Association, lifeguards pull out at least 70,000 Americans from the surf each year, 80 percent from rip currents." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article describes how rip currents form and explains what swimmers should do if they are caught in one.
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aDrowning
_xPrevention
650 _aDrowning victims
650 _aOcean circulation
650 _aOcean currents
650 _aOceanography
650 _aResearch
650 _aRip currents
650 _aSwimming
_xRules
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2006,
_pScience.
_x1522-3264;
942 _c UKN
999 _c37746
_d37746