Disaster at local beach

[TooBig]

From the local news I understand that a flash flood earlier revived a normally dry, buried creek that flows under the sand. This created a quicksand that trapped two of the men and the other three died attempting to save them.
We shall have to wait for the inquest to be sure, but sadly no beach is really "safe" it's just that the odds on disaster are very long ones.

[Torchwatch]

I came back from Dieppe on Saturday's midnight ferry. The wind had been building up bigger and bigger waves along the Normandy coast. I visited the famous falais at Etratat where Monet painted and saw the sea crashing against the cliffs. The French lifeguards were flying the red flag at Dieppe warning it was too dangerous for swimmers.
The crossing on the ferry was rough as the storm was raging, no one was eating or drinking and it was difficult to walk around. This was the storm that moved the sand around at Camber creating the dangerous gullies that caught the visitors.