What does Fern Ridge have to do with sneaker waves, which, by the way, most assuredly do exist?  Growing up in Oregon and being very familiar with the ocean, I know that I don't want to be on the beach in the winter with a storm approaching, and I also have grown up with the mantra "never turn you back on the ocean".  I know people that have been caught in these waves and luckily lived to tell about it.  What a sad, sad event for this family.......