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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
500 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

RIP CURRENT AWARENESS WEEK CONTINUES TODAY WITH A REQUEST TO BECOME 
A RIP CURRENT SPOTTER FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

AS WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 
CHARLESTON HAS DETERMINED WHAT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO LEAD TO THE 
DEVELOPMENT OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE LOCAL BEACHES. HOWEVER...UNLESS WE 
GET REPORTS OF RIP CURRENTS ACTUALLY OCCURRING WE DO NOT KNOW IF 
THEY INDEED DID FORM.

IN ORDER TO HELP US WITH THE SIGHTINGS WE HAVE SEVERAL RIP CURRENT 
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 US AND IN TURN TO 
YOU...BY LETTING US KNOW WHEN AND WHERE RIP CURRENTS DEVELOP.

HOWEVER...DESPITE THEIR ASSISTANCE WE COULD STILL USE ADDITIONAL 
BEACH GOERS WHO WOULD 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 
EARLY 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 ARE MOST INTERESTED IN HAVING SPOTTERS WOULD BE 
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...GIVE US A CALL AT 1-888-383-2024 AND 
LEAVE A MESSAGE. 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. 

TUNE IN TOMORROW FOR OUR LAST STATEMENT ON RIP CURRENT AWARENESS 
WEEK. 

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