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No, this isn’t another article on the swine flu (H1N1) virus and how you should be reading this email from your underground hyperbaric chamber....
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Beach danger number 1: Sunburn

Making number one on our hit list of dangers facing visitors to the beach this summer is …. (drum roll please) …sunburn. That’s...
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Beach danger number 2: Rip Currents

Narrowly missing the top position on our list of beach dangers is the cause of many drowning deaths at our beaches; rip currents, the number two...
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Beach danger number 3: Dehydration

Let’s face it, we don’t head to the beach when it’s nice and cool outside, we go to enjoy the warm weather. We swim, run around in...
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Beach danger number 4: Lightning

I know you are probably tired of my statistics, but you are getting one anyway. The odds of you being struck by lightning this year are 1 in 700,000...
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Beach danger series: Avoiding and treating jellyfish stings

Jellyfish share the number five spot on our beach dangers list along with sharks and stingrays. Although dangerous sea creatures are the last on our...
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Beach danger series: Avoiding and treating stingray stings

As I noted in my introductory beach dangers article, you can find stingrays in the shallow coastal waters of temperate seas, exactly where we like to...
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Beach danger series: Avoiding shark attacks

I hesitated to put sharks on the beach dangers list at all, as the likelihood of getting attacked is so low. However, being the top fear of many...
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Beach danger number 5: Sharks and jellyfish and stingrays OH MY!

With the arrival of Memorial Day comes the unofficial start to summer and the migration of cold pale shut-ins to the warm sunny shores of our oceans....
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