One of the cruel ironies about Kauai is that so many of its beaches are so beautiful and inviting while also being deadly dangerous. The county signs are generic metal cartoon signs showing black stick figures being engulfed by a wave or flailing in the water. These local homemade signs, I feel, are so much more effective and to the point. Lives reduced to hash marks carved into a homemade sign, sad thing is people obviously fail to head the warning.