"I'm the king of the world!" shouted Leonardo DiCaprio from the bow of the Titanic as it swept across the Atlantic. Apparently this is the attitude of many people when it comes to encountering risks in nature. The
Sacramento Bee reports that despite 3 people being swept over the falls at Yosemite a few weeks ago, children are now playing in the shallows just 50 yards upstream with their parents looking on. Amazing. Similarly, warnings are broadcast all the time about sneaker waves at the coast and yet every year kids are swept away in the surf or flattened by a log thrown ashore by the wave.
People have either become inured to risks like these or have watched too many video games. You do not get a "do-over." Mother Nature has a dark side that you ignore at your peril! If you are going out into the real world, it can be dangerous and
you are responsible for you and yours. Yosemite and the Pacific Ocean have not been tamed for your risk-free enjoyment. Pay attention - don't be a statistic or a blip on the 6 o'clock news!
www.sacbee.com/2011/08/13/3835136/yosemite-deaths-americans-may.html
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