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SPECIAL REPORT: There have been a rash of Lake Michigan drownings this year. But what can be done about it?

Lee Newspapers Over Father’s Day weekend and into that following Monday, four youths were pulled from Lake Michigan and did not survive, three along Wisconsin’s southern shore in Racine and one on Indiana’s south shores in Michigan City. Another was also pulled from the water along Michigan City’s beach that weekend and was last reported on life support. The unpredictability of a powerful body of water like Lake Michigan — the deadliest of the Great Lakes — is what is blamed for these recent tragedies. At least 11 people have drowned in Lake Michigan in May and June of this year, bringing Lake Michigan water-safety and education to the forefront of public conversation, according to statistics maintained by the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project.

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How rare were last month's drownings in Lake Michigan? Very

Drownings are rare in Racine County. They are even rarer in public waters like Lake Michigan without a compounding factor, such as an unrelated medical event preceding a drowning. Never in the past four years prior to last month has a drowning in Racine County been attributed to a rip current. But rip currents were a factor in all three deaths in June, according to the Racine County Medical Examiner’s Office. That’s part of what made the three youths who died in unrelated drowning events last month so shocking. Officials have said it’s practically impossible to be prepared for a rip current since they can seemingly come out of nowhere.