Don't Mess With Hurricanes

Read an interesting CNN piece today about how hurricane waves can cause damage to innocent ocean swimmers that most people probably don't realize.

Aside from the known damage that hurricanes can cause to property and human life, Dr. Roy Cragway Jr. a physician with Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, Maryland says that hurricane waves can cause a variety of less obvious damage.

Hurricane Danielle never reached the US, but swimmers still acquired cervical and shoulder damage. Additionally, hurricane waves can be so forceful that they can rupture eardrums. Usually ear damage is slight, bur Dr. Cragway says surgery is sometimes required.

Of course, Cragway also mentions that you can break your neck diving into water and a handful of other freak injuries that can happen any day at the beach. Nevertheless, hurricanes are obviously not worth messing with.