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So look, I suppose we're heading into the Easter weekend.
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It's one of the busier weekends of the year on the clear coast.
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And this year, I suppose, we're very direct with people
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because, I suppose, the forecast is reasonably serious.
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So we're already looking at moderate refresh.
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Westerly winds today and strengthening now,
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particularly on Saturday as Storm Dave tracks close
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to the west and northwest coast.
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So it's going to be bringing gale force winds along the Irish coast
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and the clear coast, in particular, with some more widespread rain.
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So this really isn't the weekend for cliff edges and rock platforms.
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So to see the sea really now is a no mood for visitors
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So I think the forecast is pretty straightforward, to be honest.
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So check the weather and rain forecast before you go anywhere near the water
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this weekend, not just the general weather forecast,
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but the wind swells, sea stays.
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If it's rough, the coastal path is a wonderful walk.
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But fishing will still be around next weekend.
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So steer clear of that.
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If you're going anywhere near the water is the edge at any point,
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whether it's walking, fishing, kayaking,
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where life jackets and tell someone your plan and when
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and where and exactly you'll be coming back.
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Would you discourage people from participating in those activities
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like fishing or kayaking or something
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that actually involves you getting into the water?
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Well, look, I don't think we can brush past the recent tragedy
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of the Safi family recently in the blue pool near Duneveg.
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So this is really an absolutely devastating loss
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over two brothers that built their life here
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over the last decade and enjoying a day off.
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This is the real human reality at the moment.
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So like, for example, the blue pool is a very specific
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and well-known hazard with certain unexpected swells,
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rogue waves, et cetera.
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So you can be standing on rocks and what
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looks like to be very reasonable conditions
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and a wave can come from nowhere and simply take you.
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So this is the problem really.
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So I suppose the conditions the past two weeks
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have been particularly rough and as well
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built out in the Atlantic.
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And it doesn't necessarily show itself in the surface
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in a way that might feel alarming.
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So I think it's sort of something to know too.
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At communication, always important.
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I'm sure you degree here to make sure that people around you
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know what you're doing, where you're going,
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what time you'll be back.
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And another point too, as well, the one thing people consistently
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underestimate this time of year's water temperature.
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The sea after clear coast right now could be 9 or 10 degrees,
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if you unexpectedly go into the water called shark,
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the cold water shark can take cold in seconds.
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So it can bring on cardiac events very rapidly.
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And most people's instinct is to swim hard,
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but that's the wrong response.
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It's actually the opposite.
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We want people to float, lean back, spread their hands
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and legs and let the shark pass.
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Take about 60 to 90 seconds if you don't panic.
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And that's why we call float to live.
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And it's a message that we come back to again and again.
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And it genuinely saves lives.
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Is there a final message you want to get out to people
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heading to the water with this weekend, Charlie?
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So I suppose, look, if you see somebody in trouble,
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call 999-112 immediately and ask for the co-scars.
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Look, if the exact location do not enter the water
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after somebody, it's completely an actual instinct.
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But entering cold and rough water without training
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without a life jacket almost always
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results in two casualties instead of one.