Ever notice that once someone has a personal tragedy, they make it their mission to bug everyone else about it?
The latest threat to beachgoers, just in time for summer solstice, is sand.
Well, to elaborate, sandy holes. (Despite the implication, SFW.)
Key quote: “Since 1985, at least 20 children and young adults in the United States have died in beach or backyard sand submersions.”
For you non-math majors out there, that’s almost one kid (about 91 percent of one) a year for the past 22 years. I think we’ve got ourselves a epidemic–nay! pandemic–here, folks!