Public perceptions of a rip current hazard education program: “Break the Grip of the Rip!”

Rip currents pose a major global beach hazard; estimates of annual rip-current-related deaths in the United States alone range from 35 to 100 per year. Despite increased social research into beach-goer experience, little is known about levels of rip current knowledge within the general population...

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Main Authors: C. Houser, S. Trimble, R. Brander, B. C. Brewster, G. Dusek, D. Jones, J. Kuhn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-07-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/17/1003/2017/nhess-17-1003-2017.pdf