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...
Main Authors: | C. Houser, S. Trimble, R. Brander, B. C. Brewster, G. Dusek, D. Jones, J. Kuhn |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-07-01
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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 |
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