Originally Posted By: BW
Jake should go back and read his attached news article again, he made some assumptions on the cause. There was mention of a "big wave" but no definitive cause for the accidents. I'm sure these deaths could have been prevented but no one know what happened including Jake


http://www.chinookobserver.com/co/local-news/20180206/two-die-in-rare-winter-drownings

Quote:
Both parties left lights on to make it easier to navigate back to their vehicles in the dark, Matlock said. But he noted that there were numerous boats not far from shore that also had lights on. It’s possible that one or both of the women became disoriented, he said.


I didnt make the assumptions. Your right no one knows. But two Women died on seperate beaches at the same time under nearly identical circumstances.
This is after WDFW and social media annoucements of planned night time clam digs. These announcements bring in people from all around.
What will happen at some point is we will lose the ability to have night time digs for safety reasons. Then we will have less opportunites.
This can be prevented by having reasonable seasons like everywhere else on the West Coast.