Wtf is wrong with these idiots ?!

[d000hg]

People are knobs generally.

It's fun to get as close as possible to the raw power of nature. We lived in Cornwall for 15 years after spending holidays there since I can remember, and we always enjoyed going to St. Ives to see especially high tides flood the streets or storms breaking along one of the promenades. There were always people clustered where roads ran out onto the seafront, ducking aside as each wave hit. Similarly visiting Porthleven in a storm is simply amazing... but you do NOT go close to the edge in that case! We never got washed away but then it's pretty obvious you should be watching the sea carefully - you can see the waves coming and note larger ones. You don't just stand on the edge with your back to the ocean, you treat it with respect but that doesn't mean you can't safely get right in there. And of course, you don't go anywhere without having a way out, somewhere to run. This still leads to some risk, but no more than walking along a cliff-top path or going sailing in a stiff breeze.

[MarillionFan]

It's fun to get as close as possible to the raw power of nature. We lived in Cornwall for 15 years after spending holidays there since I can remember, and we always enjoyed going to St. Ives to see especially high tides flood the streets or storms breaking along one of the promenades. There were always people clustered where roads ran out onto the seafront, ducking aside as each wave hit. Similarly visiting Porthleven in a storm is simply amazing... but you do NOT go close to the edge in that case! We never got washed away but then it's pretty obvious you should be watching the sea carefully - you can see the waves coming and note larger ones. You don't just stand on the edge with your back to the ocean, you treat it with respect but that doesn't mean you can't safely get right in there. And of course, you don't go anywhere without having a way out, somewhere to run. This still leads to some risk, but no more than walking along a cliff-top path or going sailing in a stiff breeze.

Damn right. I remember once heading up to the top of Berry Head in Torbay as a massive lightening storm came in from the sea. One of the most exhilarating and scary things I've ever seen. It makes you feel alive to feel nature in all it's guises.

[psychocandy]

Some bellend went for a dip in Aberystwyth didnt he? Got into trouble but made it back himself only to get arrested. Serves him right.

[BoredBloke]

What gets me is how every Christmas without fail someone drowns trying to rescue their dog that has been swept into a torrent.

Then, equally inevitably, the dog manages to struggle out of the water downstream and survives

Don't they ever learn?

Agree 100%. Our dog managed this. I was pretty impressed given the number of bricks I'd tied him to before he 'fell in'.

[MarillionFan]

Agree 100%. Our dog managed this. I was pretty impressed given the number of bricks I'd tied him to before he 'fell in'.

Top tip. Use two sackclothes with both sewn shut while chucking kittens into the canal, it muffles the sound and they cannot get out of both.

[MyUserName]

What gets me is how every Christmas without fail someone drowns trying to rescue their dog that has been swept into a torrent.

Then, equally inevitably, the dog manages to struggle out of the water downstream and survives

Don't they ever learn?

Perhaps it is the same dog each time killing off each new owner as part of a ritual to summon Cthulhu?

Then again ... probably not.

[Platypus]

Agree 100%. Our dog managed this. I was pretty impressed given the number of bricks I'd tied him to before he 'fell in'.

[EternalOptimist]

Best raw nature I ever saw was one night at a market in Western Australia.
There was a firece lightning storm out in the Indian Ocean, so far away, you could see it but not hear it

There is always danger though, I was so pi**ed, I stumbled and fell down a wombat hole on the way back to the hotel