I didn't know the Great Lakes had an undertow. Until yesterday

[raccoon]

I was reading about a true crime case that occurred in Lake Huron.

[abqtommy]

1. It can be interesting and good to learn new things, especially when it can save lives.

Thanks for passing this on.

[Buckeyeblue]

2. At times it is too severe to swim safely

[XanaDUer2]

3. Which crime? I love true crime nt

[XanaDUer2]

4. Which crime? I love true crime nt

[ret5hd]

5. The Mystery Of The Double Post

A crime so foul some say it should be a capital offense

[MrsCoffee]

7. Lol.

[raccoon]

14. Lana Stempien and Chuck Rutherford who were lost while

Boating on Lake Huron in ‘05.

I love true crime too!

[roamer65]

6. The Great Lakes can get nasty.

Edmund Fitzgerald, November 1975 is a prime example.

[Luciferous]

8. Yeah, I grew up near Lake Michigan and every

summer there are a couple of drownings. When we first took my son to Carol beach while visiting my parents, he thought that it was the ocean because of the waves 😄

[shrike3]

10. Still true today. I live about fifteen minutes from Lake Michigan. Every year, soon as the beaches

open, there are drownings.

[dsc]

9. Oh yes

I grew up in a town with a lot of Lake Erie beachline and we would routinely have one or two drownings a year due to undertow.

[edhopper]

11. FYI

[csziggy]

12. Rip currents are not the same as undertow

https://seagrant.sunysb.edu/cprocesses/pdfs/BeachHazards-RipCurrents0711.pdf

Can't copy & paste from this PDF from Florida International University.

[edhopper]

13. I knew that

I just read the OP too quickly.
But good info none the less.