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Ever since buying our TS on Kauai, I have been running a daily Yahoo news tracker for Kauai. Even now after 4 years of news gathering I am still astounded at the number of drownings that occur just on Kauai (another one today). Earlier this week there was one at Tunnels. Couple that with the number of people that unthinkingly follow the Ultimate Guide's hidden trails to waterfalls and either fall to their deaths from cliffs or drown trying to cross rain swollen streams, it is clear that Kauai (and Hawaii in general) is a surprisingly dangerous place to vacation.

Hawaii is not a theme park!

This site would be a good one to check before heading for the beach. Just click on your favorite island. You can even get RSS feeds for beach status.
 

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...it is clear that Kauai (and Hawaii in general) is a surprisingly dangerous place to vacation.

Many people lose all common sense when vacationing where ever they may be.
 

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Many people lose all common sense when vacationing where ever they may be.


So true. In our area, we have a treacherous river. In spite of warnings to stay out of the water, tragically many ignore the warnings and are later pulled out from under rocks downstream.


Marty
 

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I would be curious to see a Stat showing how many of the tourists that drown had ever been in the ocean before their trip to Hawaii. I bet a lot of them hadn't been in the ocean before and didn't live in a coastal state.

On our trip to Kauai earlier this month there was high surf most of the time and I was astonished at the people who would walk out to the edge of the wet rocks with the surf crashing all around them and not realize that the next wave could knock them off the rocks. When we were at Lawa'i Beach a woman started walking out on the rocks in front of the Beach House Restaurant with her little girl and I had to say something. When I said, "Do you know that the waves come up on those rocks and can knock you off?" she gave me a blank stare and just said no in kind of a confused way, but at least she turned around and went back!
 

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Goes for Florida beaches too. People just don't realize.
 

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A couple winters ago we went to a beach on the north shore of Kauai to see the 50 feet waves that were forecast! Alas they were only 30 feet. Still the biggest waves we'd ever seen.

I was standing in the parking lot watching fools walk around the shore break and mentioned to a local how scary the waves and booming surf were to me.

She said she'd seen the waves break and end up right in the parking lot where we were standing. She said the folks walking by the stream emptying into the ocean were in the greatest danger because the current would pull you 100 yards out into the ocean.


Be safe folks. A death or injury can really ruin your vacation.



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There was an article in the NY Times two years ago that discussed the drowning statistics in Hawaii. The article had a statistic that was very surprising, nearly half of all drownings in Hawaii are locals.

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7 people are assumed drowned in NY yesterday due to rip currents.

Holy crap.

I was also the curmudgeon at the Nakelele Blowhill by not allowing my kids to enter the immediate area of the blowhole. I can imagine some fool standing near it only to have it suck him down into it following a rogue wave.

Don't get me started on the number of people who fall into the Grand Canyon each year. You'd think the words "Grand Canyon" would be the first clue...
 
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Don't get me started on the number of people who fall into the Grand Canyon each year. You'd think the words "Grand Canyon" would be the first clue...

Maybe the Gov should put a fence around it.:ignore:
 

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I lived on Oahu when I was in high school, and one winter (1969, I think it was), there was a huge storm north of the islands that sent huge surf onto the North Shore. Waimea Bay had waves breaking so far inland, they swept up the beach, across the parking lot, across the road, and washed up onto the hillside opposite the beach. It was incredible to see, and newsreel footage taken from the air shows how much bigger than normal the waves were. Naturally, my friends and I cut school and drove out to try and see everything, but the roads were closed, and the officials were trying to keep people safe.

Many surfers who were longboard experts were considering trying to surf those monsters (long before tow-in surfing was started) and a few tried but failed. As I recall, a couple of Marines from the base in Kaneohe decided they were good enough surfers, or whatever, and tried it. One guy had to be rescued. All they ever found of the other guy was half of his surfboard.

So it's not just tourists who do stupid things. Part of it can be put down to ignorance, like the people walking on the rocks. But part of it is exercising a lack of good common sense. The Darwin Awards exist for a reason.

Werner said it best earlier in this thread: Hawaii is not a theme park.

Dave
 

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So it's not just tourists who do stupid things. Part of it can be put down to ignorance, like the people walking on the rocks. But part of it is exercising a lack of good common sense. The Darwin Awards exist for a reason.

Dave

Along similar lines, I am always amazed at people in Yellowstone that think they can walk right up to the Bison and get their picture taken, pet them or whatever they are thinking. People just don't use common sense.
 

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My cousin's daughter was antler tossed by an elk in Yellowstone. :eek:

("They looked so cute....")
 

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2 summers ago we saw a mother GRIZZLY with three cubs near the road in the Grand Tetons. You guessed it, people were skidding up and leaping out of vans and positioning their children as close to them as possible for "that great picture". If a mother grizzly protecting her cubs won't put the fear of nature in you, I don't know what will. I think they would be the same people that would look at North Shore surf and say "I think I can boogie board that...!"
 

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There was an article in the NY Times two years ago that discussed the drowning statistics in Hawaii. The article had a statistic that was very surprising, nearly half of all drownings in Hawaii are locals.

(You may need to sign up for a free subscription to read the link)

Not too surprising, they don't have to pay airfare to get to Hawaii> :D

Sterling
 

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I think they would be the same people that would look at North Shore surf and say "I think I can boogie board that...!"

We saw that last week too - an overweight middle aged tourist paddled out to surf with the big boys and a surfer had to bring him back in after he got his bell rung!
 
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