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📢It’s Time To Re-Apply for the State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry (STEAR) Program!

📢2022 Galveston County Disaster Guide Out Now (Click Here)

Gulf Coast Rip Current and Beach Hazard Awareness Week DAY 2

March 1, 2022

On Day 2 of Gulf Coast Rip Current and Beach Hazard Awareness Week, we will give you some tips on how to spot a rip current.
Tips to Spot a #RipCurrent: Look at the water texture, color, and movement. Rip currents are often found in areas where waves are *not* breaking. The flat water located between breaking waves is the rip current flowing away from the beach out to sea.
MYTH: You don’t have to worry about #RipCurrents if you don’t see any when you enter the water.
FACT: Rip currents are easier to identify from an elevated point (lifeguard stand, dune line, beach access point).
🏖 If you’re unsure about conditions, ask a lifeguard.
Learn how to spot a #RipCurrent with the NWS online weather school called JetStream. www.weather.gov/jetstream/ripcurrents
Be #BeachSmart!
May be an image of ocean and text that says 'Rip Currents: Spot Them! A rip current is LANCE FTZANCK fast-flowing channel of water moving away from the shore and out to sea Clues to identify arip current: Water Texture Rip currents are often found in areas where waves are *not* breaking Water Color The water is often darker in rip current Water Movement Look for line of foam, seaweed, or debris moving away from the shore National Weather Service weather .gov/beach'

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MAILING ADDRESS:
Galveston County Office of Emergency Management
1353 FM 646 Rd West
Suite 201
Dickinson, TX 77539

PHONE:
281-309-5002

HOURS:
Mon – Fri: 8am – 5pm
(Closed Weekends & Holidays)

TO REPORT AFTER-HOURS INCIDENTS:
888-384-2000

MEDICAL EMERGENCIES:
911

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