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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
500 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 2012

...A REQUEST TO BECOME A RIP CURRENT SPOTTER...

IN ORDER TO HELP WITH SIGHTINGS OF RIP CURRENTS WE HAVE SEVERAL
CONTACT POINTS ACROSS MOST OF OUR COASTAL COUNTIES. THIS 
INCLUDES...LIFEGUARDS...FIRE DEPARTMENT RESCUE PERSONNEL...STATE 
PARK PERSONNEL...MARINE RESCUE AND EVEN SURFERS AND SURF SHOPS. 
THESE PEOPLE ARE PROVIDING A HELPFUL SERVICE TO YOUR NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AND IN TURN TO YOU...BY LETTING US KNOW WHEN AND
WHERE RIP CURRENTS DEVELOP.

HOWEVER...DESPITE THIS ASSISTANCE WE COULD STILL USE ADDITIONAL
BEACH GOERS WHO CAN INFORM US WHEN RIP CURRENTS DEVELOP.
THEREFORE...YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON IS LOOKING
FOR ANYONE WHO IS OFTEN ON THE BEACH DURING THE SPRING...SUMMER
AND FALL. THIS COULD BE A SURFER...A SWIMMER...A JOGGER...PEOPLE
WHO FISH OR WALK THEIR DOG...OR EVEN ANYBODY ON VACATION AT THE
SHORE.

THE BEACHES THAT WE NEED RIP CURRENT SPOTTERS ARE CAPE ROMAIN...ISLE
OF PALMS...SULLIVANS ISLAND...FOLLY BEACH...KIAWAH ISLAND...EDISTO
BEACH...HUNTING ISLAND...FRIPP ISLAND...HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND
DAUFUSKIE ISLAND IN SOUTH CAROLINA...AND TYBEE ISLAND...OSSABAW
ISLAND...WASSAW ISLAND...SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND
IN GEORGIA.

ALL THAT IS NEEDED IS YOUR DESIRE TO KEEP WATCH FOR ANY RIP CURRENTS 
WHEN YOU ARE AT THE BEACH...AND THEN PASSING THE INFORMATION ONTO 
OUR OFFICE OR TO THE LIFEGUARDS AT THE BEACH.

FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPOTTER FOR RIP
CURRENTS...OR WOULD LIKE TO REPORT A RIP CURRENT...CALL OUR OFFICE 
TOLL FREE AT...1-888-383-2024.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.

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