Rarely a week goes by down along the Florida panhandle and I am sure the same on over the Alabama coastline where folks don't drown by a rip current. And usually it involves multiple people because those that attempt to save, usually the parents, drown and sometimes the person they try to save also drowns. People ignore the flags and even the double red flags all the time. Tourists probably don't see the news every night showing the drownings but it is very common. You can have calm looking water on the surface but a nasty rip just below.

Unfortunately, the ignorant folks ruin it for the smarter ones.

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it"