The Gobierno helicopter just flew by; somebody must be lost

[Janet]

The weather was forecast, along with pleas for people to stay away from the coast. It is incomprehensible to me.

[Marion]

One injured and one life lost within a few yards of each other.  What a waste.

[Michael]

I've watched the rock pool at LG loads of times and it seems to be considered fun to sit on the wall on the sea side and let the incoming waves knock you off. 

[Janet]

Apart from the two incidents yesterday in Puerto Santiago and Los Gigantes, another search is now into its third day for an angler who fell into the sea the day before yesterday off the Los Realejos coast.

[Perikles]

Would it be heartless to say this is just natural selection?

[Geordie Maggot]

Would it be heartless to say this is just natural selection?

well you do have to question their sanity / decision making etc. Down stupidity springs to mind

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

You really have to wonder.  The sea is rough and loud and the waves are breaking as high as I have ever seen them. 

I went for a run this morning.  One stairway was cordoned off by police tape; the rest of the normal places people access the sea were not.  There was a guy in a swimming costume at the Playa Chica and I assume he was intending to go in the water despite the red flag.  The waves at Playa Chica were absolutely huge.  There was tape across the beach at Playa la Arena, but they do that most every morning while they clean the beach.  I was surprised to see no one in the water there as there are at least three red flags, normally a guarantee some idiots will be out there. 

People really should respect the sea but clearly a lot don't. 

[Perikles]

I was surprised to see no one in the water there as there are at least three red flags, normally a guarantee some idiots will be out there. 

People really should respect the sea but clearly a lot don't.

This is part of my (not very serious) argument that learning to swim can be dangerous. Somebody who knows they can't swim will avoid the danger. Knowing how to swim does not increase your intelligence.

[Janet]

All of these latest incidents, though, were people being swept off rocks. They weren't trying to swim, mostly they were trying to fish. Why can they not see that the waves are likely to wash them off the rocks when they sit there and set up their rods?

[Marion]

As fishermen you would think they would be aware of the sea conditions and what it can do and act appropriately.