What a tragedy.

[steveindenmark]

I saw the events of the Christmas Day swim on the south coast and was shocked that anyone would go into seas like that in Winter. I grew up 200m from the North sea.

Today there is a recovery mission going on in my home town of Withernsea, East Yorkshire.

4 people ended up in the water, not sure how. One has been recovered dead and the other three are still missing. It was a recovery mission because the seas were so heavy the lifeboat could not launch.

What a complete waste of life.

https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2...h5el0kr1w7zfm7347J_aem_LMsl65tuecrYAq_h6Py44w

 

[DRM]

It also puts at risk those who get called to rescue them

 

[Drago]

Being ex (land) SAR ive drummed it into Mrs D and Mini D that this is the sort of weather that kills the unwary. Why anyone would want to go near, never mind in, the water is beyond me.

Fingers crossed today's search has a positive result, but the odds are not good at all.

 

[oxoman]

Unfortunately it does happen. My local Cave rescue spent 10hrs rescuing a group from down an old mine and Mountain rescue pulled some people off the Cairngorm plateau in blizzard conditions in just trackie bottoms. Just makes you wonder why people take the risk.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Cairngorm details here.

Hillwalkers rescued after getting stuck in wintry conditions in Cairngorms https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgj4jzv24ko

Crazy to have set out, crazy not to have turned back when it was obvious they were well out of their depth.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Cairngorm details here.

Hillwalkers rescued after getting stuck in wintry conditions in Cairngorms https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgj4jzv24ko

Crazy to have set out, crazy not to have turned back when it was obvious they were well out of their depth.

These idiots make my blood boil.