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 Examinerâs Office. Thatâs part of what made the three youths who died in unrelated drowning events last month so shocking. Officials have said itâs practically impossible to be prepared for a rip current since they can seemingly come out of nowhere.