Rip currents, undertows, and ocean water survival¶

Amazzi agakulukuta ge gakola ebitundu ebisoba mu 80 ku buli 100 eby’okununula abantu abakuuma obulamu mu mazzi mu nsi yonna era nga buli mwaka batta ebikumi n’ebikumi by’abantu ku mabbali g’ennyanja Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Great Lakes, ne Gulf of Mexico. Rip current gwe mukutu gwa maanyi, omufunda ogw’amazzi ogukulukuta okuva ku bbiici ne gufuluma nga guyita mu mazzi agamenya ku sipiidi ya mmita 2.4 buli sikonda (fuuti 8 buli sikonda), ku sipiidi okusinga omuwuzi wa Olympics bw’asobola okudduka. Okumanya engeri y’okulaba amazzi agakulukuta okuva mu musenyu omukalu nga tonnayingira mu mazzi, engeri y’okulengejja okukuuma omukka gwo n’okuwuga nga okwatagana n’olubalama lw’ennyanja okusinga okulwanyisa okukulukuta, n’engeri y’okununula omuwuzi alwanye ng’okozesa ekintu ekitengejja nga tonnabbira kitaasa obulamu ku bbiici.

Kino kikole kati¶

1. Sigala nga oli mukkakkamu era jjukira nti rip current TEJJA kukusika wansi w’amazzi: Okutya n’okufulumya empewo ennyo bivaako okubbira mu rip currents, so si mazzi gennyini. Rip current ye strictly omusipi ogutambuza ku ngulu ogw’okwebungulula; kikusika okuva ku bbiici, never down to the ocean floor.
2. Lekera awo okuwuga butereevu okudda ku bbiici ng’oziyiza okukulukuta: N’omuzannyi wa Olympics freestyler tasobola kuwuga butereevu ku nsingo ya rip current ya mita 2 buli sikonda (fuuti 6.5 buli sikonda). Bw’ogezaako okudduka butereevu ng’ogenda ku musenyu kifulumya ebitundu 100 ku 100 ebya glycogen ne oxygen mu binywa byo mu sikonda 60 ku 90.
3. Twala ennyiriri ya "Float to Live" okumala sekondi 60 okukwata omukka: Senga omutwe gwo emabega ng'amatu go gannyikidde mu mazzi, wummulamu omubiri gwo mu ngeri y'emmunyeenye oba emmunyeenye empanvu, leka amagulu go galengejja mu butonde, era mpola ssika emikono gyo ku bisambi byo okukuuma akamwa ko waggulu w'amazzi ng'okussa kwo kukendeera.
4. wuga nga okwatagana n’olubalama lw’ennyanja (oba olengejja n’oyita ku mayengo agamenya): Okussa kwo bwe kumala okufugibwa, tunuulira bbiici era owuge nga okwatagana n’olubalama lw’ennyanja (okudda ku mabbali wansi ku bbiici, ng’ogoberera obulagirizi bw’empewo ey’obutonde/okuwuguka kw’ennyanja empanvu era okuva ku jetty oba omwalo gwonna ogw’amayinja). Singa okuwuga ku mabbali owulira nga kizibu nnyo, bumala kulengejja ku mugongo gwo era oleke akasannyalazo kukusitule mita 30 ku 90 (fuuti 100 ku 300) okufuluma okuyita mu mayengo agamenya, "omutwe" gwa rip current mu butonde we gulekera awo okusika.
5. Angle diagonally back to the beach through the breaking whitewater waves: Bw’omala okuva mu narrow rip channel (eri rip necks ezisinga ziba mita 10 ku 30 zokka / ffuuti 30 ku 100 obugazi), kyuka ogende ku bbiici era owuge diagonally okuyita mu bitundu amayengo g’amazzi amazungu we gamenya, kubanga amazzi amazungu agamenya bulijjo gayiringisibwa ku shallow omusenyu n’akusika ng’oyolekera omusenyu omukalu.
6. Wuuba omukono gumu era oleekaane ng'osaba obuyambi (era ku lukalu nti, "Suula, Togenda"): Bw'oba tosobola kuwuga kudda mu, sigala ng'otengejja ku mugongo, situla omukono gumu butereevu waggulu, era oleekaanire omukuumi w'obulamu. Bw’oba oli ku bbiici ng’olaba omuntu ng’alwana mu rip current, kuba ku nnamba yo ey’amangu mu kitundu kyo (911 mu Amerika ne Canada, 112 okwetoloola omukago gwa Bulaaya, 999 mu Bungereza, oba 000 mu Australia; laba yaffe ennamba z’amangu guide) era towugangako nga tolina surfboard, bodyboard, life ring, oba empty latched picnic cooler.

Amangu rip current okuwangaala n'okutoloka okukulukuta¶

Singa ebigere byo biva wansi w’omusenyu mu bwangu n’olaba ng’olubalama lw’ennyanja ludda emabega, goberera omuti guno ogw’okuwonawo omutendera ku mutendera nga gwesigamiziddwa ku bulagirizi okuva mu kibiina ekitaasa obulamu mu Amerika (USLA), NOAA, Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI, United Kingdom), ne Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA).

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    Step1 --> Step2["2. LIKOMIRIZA Okuwuga Butereevu Okwolekera Bbiici Against the Current"]
    Step2 --> Float60["3. ‘Float to Live’ okumala Sikonda 30 ku 60: Omutwe emabega, amatu mu mazzi, fuga okussa"]
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    SwimParallel --> Whitewater["5. Kyuusa era owuge mu diagonally okudda ku lukalu ng’oyita mu kumenya amayengo g’amazzi amazungu (Over Shallow Sandbars) ."]
    FloatOut --> SwimClear["Wuga mita 20 (fuuti 65) ku mabbali ebweru w’ebimenya, olwo n’okola enkoona n’amazzi amazungu agamenya"]
    SwimClear --> Whitewater

Rip currents vs undertows vs shorebreaks vs amazzi agakulukuta¶

Abagenda ku bbiici bulijjo batabula ebigambo "rip current," "undertow," "rip tide," ne "shorebreak." Olw’okuba buli kimu ku bintu bino ebitaano ebibeera mu nnyanja kitambuza amazzi mu kkubo ery’enjawulo ddala, okukozesa enkola enkyamu ey’okutoloka kiyinza okukuteeka mu kabi ak’amangu.

Okutegeera ebika 4 ebya rip currents n’ensonga lwaki ebimu bitambula mu loopu¶

Okunoonyereza ku nnyanja okw’omulembe ku lubalama lw’ennyanja (okukulemberwa abanoonyereza nga Dr. Rob Brander mu Australia, RNLI mu Bungereza, ne NOAA mu Amerika) kulaga nti si rip currents zonna nti zeeyisa mu ngeri y’emu. Okutegeera ebika bina eby'enjawulo ebya rips, n'ensonga lwaki floating ekola nga swimming parallel eremereddwa, kimaliriza ekitabo kyo eky'ebikozesebwa mu bulamu.

1. Ebika ebina eby’omubiri (physical classes) ebya rip currents¶

1. Channelized (Bathymetric / Low-Tide) Rips: Ekika ekisinga okubeera ku myalo gy’omusenyu ku mabbali g’ennyanja Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, ku lubalama lw’ennyanja Pacific, ne Australia. Nga ziyooleddwa mu mudumu omuzito ogw’ekitundu eky’olubeerera wakati w’omusenyu abiri ogutali muwanvu, ebiwujjo bino bisobola okusigala mu kifo kye kimu ddala okumala ennaku oba wiiki ne bifuuka eby’obulabe ennyo mu ssaawa 2 nga Low Tide tennabaawo n’oluvannyuma lw’amayengo, ng’omusenyu ogutali muwanvu gukugira amazzi okudda buli wamu okuggyako munda mu mudumu gw’omusenyu omuzito.
2. Boundary (Topographic / Structure) Rips: Emisinde egy’olubeerera, egy’amaanyi egy’okukutuka egikulukuta butereevu ku nnyanja ku mabbali g’ekizimbe ekikaluba eky’oku lubalama lw’ennyanja, gamba nga rock groin, stone jetty, concrete fishing pier, harbor breakwater, oba natural rocky headland. Buli omugga ogukulukuta ku lubalama lw’ennyanja oluwanvu lwe gukuba omwalo oba omukutu gw’amayinja, gukyusibwa diguli 90 butereevu ne guyingira mu mazzi amawanvu.
3. Flash Rips: Amasannyalaze aga rip ag'ekiseera, agatategeerekeka agava ku "set" ey'amangu ey'amayengo g'ennyanja 4 ku 6 amanene okusinga aga bulijjo gamenya mangu mu kifo kimu, ne gatuuma amazzi agakutuka ne gadda mu nnyanja nga tekyetaagisa mudumu gwa musenyu ogw'olubeerera. Flash rips zirabika okumala eddakiika 2 ku 5, zitambula wansi ku bbiici, ne zibula, ekizifuula eza bulijjo ku nnaku ezirimu omuyaga, ezirimu ebiwujjo.
4. ** Megarips**: Amasannyalaze amanene, ag’amaanyi aga rip currents agawanvuwa mita 300 ku 1,000 (fuuti 1,000 ku 3,300) okuva ku nnyanja munda mu embayments ne coves ezikaluba mu biseera by’okuzimba kw’omuyaga okunene okwa mmita 3 ku 5 (fuuti 10 ku 16).

2. Lwaki "Float to Live" ne "Swim Parallel" zikolagana (Circulating vs Exiting flow) .¶

Okunoonyereza ku nnyanja GPS drifter kwalondoola enkumi n’enkumi z’ebiwujjo ebitengejja ebyateekebwa munda mu masanyalaze aga rip currents obulamu era ne kuzuula enkola bbiri enkulu ez’okukulukuta:

• The Eddying / Circulating Loop (roughly 70% to 80% of moderate surf rips): Mu kifo ky’okukuba abawuzi amasasi mu nnyanja enzito ne babaleka awo, rip current ekulukuta okuva mu Neck, esaasaana mu Head just past the breaking waves, curves sideways in a giant circle back over the adjacent shallow sandbar, and carries ekintu ekitengejja okudda ddala mu mazzi amazungu agamenyeka agatali mawanvu mu ddakiika 3 ku 5. Naye singa omuwuzi agezaako okuwuga parallel ne beach mu rong sideways direction (okuwuga against incoming feeder/longshore current), bayinza okuwulira nga bali ku treadmill eyimiridde.
• Etteeka ly'okutoloka okugatta:
• Bulijjo sooka kulengejja okumala sekondi 30 ku 60 ("Float to Live") okukomya okutya n'okuwulira ekkubo amazzi gye gakoona.
• Laba amayengo agamenya ku kkono ne ku ddyo: Londa oludda amayengo g’amazzi amazungu we gasinga okumenya okumpi otunuulire olabe ekkubo empewo n’okuwuguka ku mabbali kye baagala okukutwala.
• Bw’oba ​​oli kumpi n’omwalo, omukutu gw’amayinja, oba omutwe, TOwuga ng’oyolekera ekizimbe: Bulijjowuga nga okwatagana wala okuva ku mwalo oba amayinja.
• Kozesa amazzi amazungu agamenya okudda mu musenyu: Togezaako kuwuga kudda ku bbiici ng’okka ku mukutu gwe gumu omuddugavu, omupapajjo, ogulabika ng’okkakkamu ogwakuggyayo. Bulijjo wuga oddeyo ng’oyita mu foamy whitewater surf zone, ng’omusenyu ogutali muwanvu gukusobozesa okuyimirira era nga n’amayengo agayingira gakusika ku bbiici.

Engeri y'okulabamu rip current okuva ku bbiici (The 2-Minute Dune Check)¶

Nga tonnaleka baana kudduka mu mazzi oba okuteeka akatambaala ko wansi ku bbiici etakuumibwa, tambula waggulu ku berm y’omusenyu omukalu esinga obuwanvu, dune crossover, oba boardwalk, obugulumivu bufuula emikutu gya rip emirundi 10 egyangu okulaba, n’oyambala polarized sunglasses (eziggyamu surface sky glare osobole okulaba langi y’omusenyu ogw’okungulu).

Ebintu bitaano ebirabika by’olina okukebera nga tonnayingira mu nnyanja¶

• 1. Ekituli ekiddugavu, ekipapajjo wakati w’amayengo g’amazzi amazungu agamenya: Omulyango ogw’obugazi bwa mita 6 ku 30 (fuuti 20 ku 100) ng’amayengo galekera awo okumenya mu bwangu ate ng’amayengo amazungu gagwa ku njuyi zombi.
• 2. Langi y’amazzi enzirugavu (Amazzi amawanvu gaddugavu; omusenyu ogutali muwanvu guba gwa tan/aqua): Olw’okuba ekitangaala kyeyoleka okuva ku musenyu ogutali muwanvu, omusenyu ogutaliiko bulabe gulabika nga gwa kiragala omutangaavu, ogwa zaabu oba ogwa turquoise omutangaavu. Omukutu omuzito ogukutuka gunywa ekitangaala era gulabika nga gwa kiragala omuddugavu, bbululu ow’amazzi oba amanda.
• 3. A choppy, rippled "river" texture moving against the waves: Ne bwe waba tewali bbanga ddene, kungulu kw'amazzi agakulukuta kulabika nga katabuse, nga kaliko ebikonde, era nga kavuyo, ng'omugga ogw'amangu ogukulukuta ebweru mu bizimba ebiyingira.
• 4. Ekiwujjo ky’omusenyu omucaafu, omuddo gw’omu nnyanja, oba ekifuba ekyeru ekibuukabuuka nga kiwuguka nga kigenda mu nnyanja: Laba ekifuba ky’ennyanja ekyeru ekirekeddwa emabega amayengo agamenyese. Bw’olaba layini y’ebiwujjo by’ebiwujjo, omusenyu ogwa kitaka oguwunya, oba omuddo gw’omu nnyanja ogwa sargassum nga gutambula nga gufuluma buli lukya nga guyita ku bimenya ne gufuuka ekire ekiringa ffene, oba otunuulidde butereevu amazzi agakulukuta.
• 5. Omwalo gwonna, ekifuba ky’amayinja, jetty, oba payipu y’amazzi g’omuyaga: Kitwale nti omugga ogw’enkalakkalira ogw’okusala ensalo gukulukuta ddala ku njuyi zombi eza buli mwalo, entuumu y’amayinja, oba bbugwe w’ennyanja ku lubalama lw’ennyanja. Sigala waakiri mita 45 ku 60 (fuuti 150 ku 200) okuva ku bizimbe byonna ebiri ku lubalama lw’ennyanja.

Safe bystander rescue: lwaki Abasamaliya Abalungi babbira mu mazzi n'engeri y'oku "suula, Togenda".¶

Ekimu ku bibalo ebisinga okuba eby’ennaku ebyawandiikibwa ekibiina kya United States Lifesaving Association (USLA), Surf Life Saving Australia, ne National Water Safety Forum (United Kingdom) kiri nti amakumi g’abazadde n’abazira abatunuulidde babbira mu mazzi buli mwaka nga bagezaako okununula omwana oba omuntu gwe batamanyi mu rip current, era mu bitundu ebisinga obungi ebyo eby’okununula abantu abafa, omuntu eyasooka eyakwatibwa mu rip current awona ate omudduukirize afudde.

Enkola y'okununula abantu ababeera ku bbiici ey'emitendera 5 ("Kuba, Mutendesi, Suula, Flotation-Go")¶

Bw’olaba omuntu w’omu maka oba omuntu gw’otomanyi ng’asimbuddwa amazzi agakulukuta ku bbiici nga tewali mukuumi wa bulamu alabika:

1. Teeka omuntu okukuba ku ssimu 911 / 112 / 999 / 000 amangu ddala n'assaako akabonero ku kifo ku musenyu:
2. Laga butereevu omuntu yennyini amulabye ku bbiici ogambe nti: "Ggwe mu ssaati eya bbululu, kuba 911 kati obategeeze nti omuwuzi ali mu rip current ku [Beach Access / Street Number]."
3. Suula akatambaala, cooler oba omuggo ogugolokofu mu musenyu omukalu ogusimbye ennyiriri butereevu n’omuwuzi n’akabonero akanywevu emabega wo osobole okulondoola ewala gye biwuguka ku mabbali.
4. Dduka okutuuka ku mabbali g'amazzi oleekaane ekiragiro ky'okutendeka eky'ebigambo 6:
5. Abantu abasinga mu rip current bakyali waggulu w’amazzi era basobola okukuwulira singa oleekaana mu ddoboozi limu n’abagenda ku bbiici abalala. Ekikopo emikono gyo n'oleekaana nti: "FLOAT ON YOUR BACK. SWIM SIDEWAYS." ng'okozesa emikono gyombi okusonga mu bbanga wansi ku bbiici mu ludda omugga we gukulukuta. Okulaba abantu ku lukalu nga babatendeka amangu ago kimenyawo enzirukanya y’okutya kw’oyo ayisiddwa.
6. Kwata EKINTU KYONNA ku bbiici ekitengejja nga tewali ayingira mu mazzi:
7. Sikaani ku bbiici okumala sekondi 5. Kumpi buli bbiici erina waakiri ekintu kimu ekibuuka ennyo ekitudde ku musenyu mu mmita 30:
   • A surfboard, longboard, bodyboard (boogie board), oba stand-up paddleboard (by far the #1 lifesaving tools ku lubalama lw'ennyanja yonna, bendera wansi omuvubi yenna mu mazzi amangu ddala).
   • Ekiveera ekitaliimu kintu kyonna ekinyogoza ppikiniki ng’ekibikka kikubiddwa oba nga kiggaddwa: Suula ice, ebidomola, ne sandwiches ebweru ddala ku musenyu n’onyiga ekibikka. Ennyogoza ya pulasitiika eya liita 30 ku 50 (lita 30 ku 50) eya bulijjo erimu empewo emala ekwatiddwa okusobola okulengejja abakulu babiri abakulu awatali kufuba kwonna.
   • A beach rescue ring buoy oba torpedo buoy essiddwa ku bikondo by’oku boardwalk (mu Bungereza, kuba 999 osabe Coastguard ng’oteeka layini z’okusuula mu lujjudde).
   • Jacket y’obulamu (PFD), omutto gw’okusuula eryato, oba ekibbo ky’amazzi eky’obuveera ekya liita 4 (ggaloni emu) ekyerere ekissiddwaako ssimu. (Weetegereze: Weewale eby’okuzannyisa mu kidiba ebifuuwa omukka oba emitto egy’empewo mu mpewo ezifuuwa amangu okusinga bw’osobola okuwuga.)
8. Singa omuntu alina obumanyirivu mu kuwuga mu nnyanja afuluma n'olubaawo oba cooler, TOKUkwatako butereevu ku muntu oyo:
9. Bw’oba oli muwuzi wa nnyanja ow’amaanyi, eyeesiga ng’olina surfboard, bodyboard, oba cooler etaliimu kintu kyonna era ng’olina okuyingira mu mazzi, teeka akaguwa k’engalo y’olubaawo ku kisambi/engalo yo era oyimirire **mita 2 (fuuti 6) okuva ku muwuzi abadde akasattidde.
10. Sindika ennyindo ya surfboard, bodyboard, oba cooler mu maaso go mu ngalo zaabwe era oleekaane nti: "Kwata board. Kwata ku board, tonkwata."
11. Bwe zimala okunywerera ku kintu ekitengejja ne zikwata omukka, linda okutya kwazo okukka okumala sekondi 30, olwo oba leka rip ekutwale mwembi okuyita mu bimenya oba okusamba parallel ne bbiici okutuusa lw’onooba waggulu w’omusenyu ogw’amazzi amazungu ogutali muwanvu.
12. Okukeberebwa kw'abasawo oluvannyuma lw'okutaasa ku musenyu (Secondary / Delayed Lung Injury):
13. Singa omugenzi aba taddamu era nga tassa nga asimbuddwa ku musenyu, tandika okussa 5 okusooka okununula nga ogobereddwa 30:2 CPR amangu ddala (kubanga okuzirika kw’omutima kuvugibwa enjala ya oxygen, omukka ogw’okutaasa gukulu nnyo; laba waffe ekitabo ky’okuzuukusa okubbira mu mazzi).
14. Omuwuzi eyanunuddwa ne bw’aba atambula okuva mu mazzi ng’ayogera, singa baziyira amazzi g’ennyanja, nga basesema obutasalako, amalusu agafuukuuse, okussa amangu, okulumwa mu kifuba, oba obukoowu obutali bwa bulijjo, batwale mu kitongole ky’abalwadde ab’amangu mu ddwaaliro mu bwangu. Amazzi g’omunnyo agayitibwa aspirated hypertonic saltwater goonoona ekirungo ekikola ku mawuggwe ne gasika amazzi okuva mu misuwa mu nsawo z’empewo (non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema), ekiyinza okuvaako okugwa kwa oxygen okw’akabi oluvannyuma lw’essaawa 2 ku 8 ng’ovudde ku bbiici.

Okusannyalala kw’amazzi agannyogoga, okukutuka kw’ennyanja ennene, n’obulabe bw’empewo eziva ku nnyanja¶

Embeera ez’amangu ez’amazzi g’ennyanja zisukka ku myalo egy’ebbugumu ery’omu bitundu eby’obutiti. Okutegeera enkola y’amazzi agannyogoga, amazzi amayonjo agakulukuta mu nnyanja ennene, n’empewo ezifuluma ku nnyanja kiziyiza ebikangabwa mu mbeera y’obudde ey’obutiti.

1. Emitendera 3 egy'okunnyika mu mazzi agannyogoga ne "Float to Live" (RNLI UK & Coast Guard protocol) .¶

Mu Bungereza, Ireland, Canada, obukiikakkono bwa Amerika, n’obugwanjuba bwa Australia/New Zealand, amazzi g’ennyanja n’ennyanja ku lubalama lw’ennyanja gatera okusigala wansi wa diguli 15 Celsius (diguli 59 Fahrenheit) ne mu biseera by’omusana ogw’emisana.

• Stage 1: Cold Water Shock (First 1 to 3 Minutes , The #1 Killer): Tofa to kufa bulwadde bwa hypothermia mu ddakiika 3 ezisooka mu mazzi agannyogoga; hypothermia etwala eddakiika 30+. Wabula, okukuba amazzi wansi wa 15°C (59°F) kivaako Cold Shock Response etali ya kyeyagalire: gasp reflex etayimirizibwa (ssinga omutwe gwo guba wansi w’amazzi ng’osika omukka, ossa liita z’amazzi 1.5 butereevu mu mawuggwe go), n’ogobererwa okussa ennyo ku ssa 60+ buli ddakiika n’okulinnya okw’amaanyi mu kukuba kw’omutima ne puleesa.
• Engeri y'okuwona Cold Water Shock: Goberera etteeka lya UK Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) "Float to Live": Lwana n'obuzaale bwo okukuba oba okuwuga ennyo okumala sekondi 60 ku 90 ezisooka. Senda omutwe gwo emabega ng'amatu go gali mu mazzi, kuuma ekkubo lyo ery'empewo nga litangaavu, era omala kulengejja nga tegukyuse okumala eddakiika 1 enzijuvu ng'omukka omunnyogovu gukutte ayitawo era okussa kwo ne kudda wansi w’obuyinza bwo obw’okumanya. Olwo lwokka okuwuga oba okulaga obuyambi.
• Omutendera 2: Okulemererwa okuwuga mu nnyonta / Okuwuga (eddakiika 3 okutuuka ku 30): Nga omusaayi gukyusibwa okuva ku mikono n’amagulu okukuuma omusingi gwo nga gubuguma, obusimu n’ebinywa eby’okumpi n’engalo zo, emikono egy’omu maaso, n’ennyana binyogoga ne bibulwa okukwatagana. Mu ddakiika 10 ku 15 mu mazzi aga 10°C (50°F), n’abawuzi ab’amaanyi babulwa obusobozi bw’okusika stroke oba okukwata omuguwa ogw’okutaasa; weenyweze ku kintu ekitengejja oba sala emikono gyo ng’emikono gyo teginnazirika.

2. Ennyanja Ennene n’ennyanja ennene ez’amazzi amayonjo eziyitibwa rip currents¶

Bangi ku batambuze ku nnyanja tebakimanyi nti Ennyanja Ennene ez’omu Bukiikakkono bwa Amerika (Ennyanja Michigan, Ennyanja Superior, Ennyanja Erie, Ennyanja Huron, n’Ennyanja Ontario) zikola amazzi agakulukuta agatta, amasannyalaze ag’ensalo z’enzimba ku myalo emiwanvu egya seminti, n’amazzi aga seiche agatta abawuzi amakumi buli kyeya.

• Olw’okuba amazzi amayonjo gatono ebitundu 2.5 ku buli 100 okusinga amazzi g’ennyanja ag’omunnyo**, abantu balengejja wansi nnyo mu nnyanja ennene okusinga mu Atlantic oba Gulf of Mexico.
• Amayengo ga Great Lakes galina ekiseera ky’amayengo ekimpi ennyo (sekondi 3 ku 5 wakati w’amayengo, bw’ogeraageranya ne sikonda 10 ku 14 mu nnyanja), ekitegeeza nti amayengo agamenya gakuba omuwuzi akooye mu kuddirira okw’omuliro ogw’amangu ng’obudde butono okussa. Tobuukangako ku mitwe gya seminti egy’emyalo ku nnyanja ennene ng’amayengo gamenya ku mwalo.

3. Obulabe obukwekebwa obw’Empewo z’oku nnyanja n’ebidduka ebifuuwa omukka¶

Empewo bw’eba efuuwa okuva ku lukalu n’efuluma ng’eyolekera ennyanja (Empewo ey’oku nnyanja), efuumuula amayengo agayingira okumpi ne bbiici, n’efuula amazzi okulabika ng’ag’endabirwamu mu ngeri ey’obukuusa era nga gakkakkamu ng’ekidiba ekiwugirwamu.

• Abaana abatudde ku nsolo ezifuuwa omukka, emitto gy’empewo, ttanka z’omunda oba ku bipande ebizitowa ebiyitibwa foam paddleboards mu mpewo ey’oku nnyanja bafuuwa mmita 200 ku 500 (fuuti 650 ku 1,600) okuva mu nnyanja mu ddakiika ezitakka wansi wa 3.
• Singa ekyuma ekifuuwa omukka kiba kifuuwa okutuuka ku nnyanja: Tosigala waggulu ku kifuumuuka ekidduka okutuusa ng’oli kiromita emu okuva ku nnyanja, era towugangako kufuluma oluvannyuma lw’akazannyo akafuuwa omukka. Suula ekyuma ekifuuwa omukka amangu ddala ng’okyali mu mazzi agatuukira ddala mu kiwato okutuuka mu kifuba okumpi ne bbiici, era tokozesangako bifuuwa mpewo ebitasibiddwa mu nnyanja enzigule.

Bendera z'ensi yonna ezirabula ku bbiici n'etteeka ly'obukuumi bw'abakuumaddembe erya "10-to-1".¶

Okusinziira ku bibalo by’ekibiina ekitaasa obulamu mu Amerika (USLA), emikisa gy’okubbira mu mazzi ku bbiici ekuumibwa ennyo abakuumi abakakasibwa giri wansi wa 1 ku bukadde 18. Buli lwe kiba kisoboka, wuga mu kifo kyokka ng’olaba ekifo ky’abakuumi b’obulamu abakola, era mu Bungereza, Australia, New Zealand, Bulaaya, ne South Afrika, bulijjo wuga nnyo WAKATI wa bendera eziriko ekitundu kya Red-and-Yellow.

Ebibuuzo ebitera okubuuzibwa¶

Ensonda zeekebeddwa¶

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ne National Weather Service (NWS, Amerika): "Break the Grip of the Rip." kampeyini y'obukuumi bw'eggwanga, rip current bathymetric ne hydrodynamic forecasting models, n'okubuulirira kwa Great Lakes structural/seiche current.
• Ekibiina ekitaasa obulamu mu Amerika (USLA, United States): Ekitongole ky’eggwanga eky’ebibalo by’okutaasa abantu ku bbiici, ebiragiro ebikwata ku bulamu bw’abakuumi b’obulamu mu mazzi, n’okwekenneenya okufa kw’abatunuulizi b’omu mazzi.
• Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) ne HM Coastguard (United Kingdom): "Float to Live" obulagirizi bw'okusannyalala n'okusika amazzi agannyogoga (bwakolebwa ne Prof. Mike Tipton, Extreme Environments Laboratory, University of Portsmouth).
• Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) ne UNSW Beach Safety Research Group (Dr. Rob Brander, Australia): Okunoonyereza ku GPS Lagrangian drifter ku circulating eddy rips okusinziira ku nsalo escapes, "Think Line" rip spotting protocols, n'omutindo gw'obukuumi bwa bendera emmyufu ne kyenvu.
• Ekibiina ky’ensi yonna ekitaasa obulamu (ILS): Omutindo gw’ensi yonna ogw’obukuumi ku mwalo n’amawulire agalaga bendera (ISO 20712) n’ebiwandiiko ebikwata ku mbeera y’okuzuukusa abantu mu mazzi mu nsi yonna.
• American Red Cross and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC): "Tuuka oba Suula, Togenda" ensengeka y'okununula amazzi mu mazzi abatali bawuga n'okusunsulamu obulwadde bwa hypoxia / pulmonary edema oluvannyuma lw'okunnyika.

Ebiragiro ebikwatagana nabyo¶

• Okuzuukusa okubbira mu mazzi n’okutaasa amazzi obujjanjabi obusookerwako
• Enseenene, stingray, n’ebiwuka by’omu nnyanja obujjanjabi obusookerwako
• Okuvuga amaato okugwa n’okuwona amazzi agannyogoga
• Obubonero obulabula ku sunami n’okusengulwa ku lubalama lw’ennyanja
• Ennamba z’amangu okusinziira ku nsi