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beach safety

Florida Shark Bite Fatality Raises Important Questions About Beach Safety

February 6, 2010

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
I don’t usually make comments about shark bite incidents. Most shark bite reports in the newspapers and on news channels tend to lack enough detail to really explain what happened. This latest case of a kite surfer being fatally bitten south of Stuart Beach in Florida is different, and instructive. [...]

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Conquer Your Fear of the Water and Learn to Swim

September 28, 2009

Poste by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Not everyone takes to the water like a fish. Many people have a fear of the water that prevents them from really enjoying all that our beaches, lakes, rivers, springs and swimming pools have to offer. According to Melon Dash of the Miracle Swimming Institute in Sarasota, Florida, regular adult [...]

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Lightning Strikes-Again

July 9, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com.
Every summer I am saddened to read about people killed by lightning while at the beach. Florida Today has a story of a 54 year old visitor from Oklahoma who was struck and killed by lightning while vacationing in Melbourne Beach with his family.
If you can hear thunder, get off [...]

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