Swimmers urged to use only lifeguard-protected beaches
Photo credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr. | A surfer catches a wave in Long Beach. (Aug. 7, 2010)
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Lifeguards and park officials agree rip currents have been less dangerous this summer than in previous years but say the weekend drowning death of a woman in the Atlantic Ocean off Amagansett reinforces the need for people to swim only at ocean beaches protected by lifeguards.
"The rip currents this year really are not that different from most other years," said Tom Donovan, president of...
