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Heatwave water deaths - campaign required

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aurpod1980 · 29/05/2026 06:56

I saw the tragic news of two more lives lost in the heatwave, in water.

I believe there needs to be some sort of National campaign to warn people of the dangers of open water on hot days - or any day.

so many lives lost.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0p7j3lwepo

Search and rescue teams at the side of a pond

Teenage boys die in Kent and Oxford in latest heatwave water deaths

The body of a boy is recovered from a pond in Kent, while another teen dies in the River Thames in Oxford.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0p7j3lwepo

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Barrenfieldoffucks · 29/05/2026 07:22

Honestly, how many campaigns would be needed to tell us about what should already be obvious?

LlynTegid · 29/05/2026 07:21

TV public information films instead of endless commercial or promotions between programmes would be good, but given how low tv audiences are, not very effective.

cauliflowercheeseplease · 29/05/2026 07:19

Sadly the youth of today are a law unto their own. I live near a big lake and constantly see teenage boys going to it everyday at the moment. There are more than enough signs and warnings surrounding it to tell them how dangerous it is but obviously they know best. I genuinely don’t think it’s the parents fault here either, I live in a lovely area with great schools.. it’s teenager boys entitled, defiant don’t care behaviour.

WhatNoRaisins · 29/05/2026 07:17

I think anywhere that gets infrequent heatwaves like the UK is always going to have these cases regardless of warnings.

Pyjamatimenow · 29/05/2026 07:16

Teen boys have always done stupid things and they’ll continue to do them. You could have a massive sign next to every single piece of open water warning of drowning and death and they’d still jump in.

LaliqueSaltGrinder · 29/05/2026 07:13

Teenage boys do not heed warnings.

Wolmando · 29/05/2026 07:13

There are a lot of warnings, sadly mainly young teenage boys, alway has been.

HermioneWeasley · 29/05/2026 07:11

It is absolutely tragic but there are warnings everywhere

Gingernaut · 29/05/2026 07:10
  1. People are so locked in their own social media/media bubbles, that they often miss important messages
  1. Too many people overestimate their ability to swim
  1. Too many people can't grasp simple physics - very large bodies of water are very cold, even in warm weather, cold shock is deadly and even if one becomes accustomed to the cold, trying to swim in cold water is very tiring

If you jump into large bodies of cold water, especially on hot days, death is more likely

Bring on Donald Pleasance and the rest of the water safety ads

Which brings us to point number one again

rwalker · 29/05/2026 07:02

There plenty of campaigns there’s warnings every year and loads of info online