Great Lakes Surf Rescue visits Alanson, Pellston after student drownings last summer

Great Lakes Surf Rescue visits Alanson, Pellston after student drownings last summer
Great Lakes Commission
The Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project often visits communities and schools to educate them on drowning prevention. The organization will be working with first responders in northern Michigan. Read the […]
The Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project often visits communities and schools to educate them on drowning prevention. The organization will be working with first responders in northern Michigan. Read the […]
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Xenopoulos: Warmer weather leading to vanishing winters in Great Lakes

Xenopoulos: Warmer weather leading to vanishing winters in Great Lakes
The London Free Press
Winter conditions in the Great Lakes are getting much shorter — by about two weeks fewer each decade since 1995
Winter conditions in the Great Lakes are getting much shorter — by about two weeks fewer each decade since 1995
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Xenopoulos: Warmer weather leading to vanishing winters in Great Lakes

Ex-lifeguard leads push to educate swimmers on deadly Great Lakes rip currents

The Lucknow Sentinel

A former lifeguard is on a crusade to help local swimmers understand the dangers posed by rip currents, and how to survive them.

Former lifeguard Nathan MacIntyre is on a crusade to teach others about the dangers lurking in Southwestern Ontario Great Lakes after an especially deadly summer in the surf. MacIntyre, 43, is a massage therapist who worked 18 seasons as a lifeguard until 2016, guarding swimmers at Port Stanley’s main beach. Following the drowning death of 14-year-old Omer Buz there in July, MacIntyre’s passion for water safety was reignited. The 43-year-old is part of the Elgin County Drowning Prevention Coalition and hopes to raise awareness of rip currents through presentations to first responders and the public. He spoke with LFP reporter Brian Williams. Read More

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Ex-lifeguard leads push to educate swimmers on deadly Great Lakes rip currents
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