Heatwave water deaths - campaign required

[aurpod1980]

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

It's not the youth of today. It's just youth.

I noticed today our local council has done a Facebook post and referenced our local open waters - but teens don’t look at Facebook but parents can pass it on

Im the same generation as your partner and grew up in a small coastal town but not everyone managed to swim safely where I was. I remember one lad dying and another suffering life changing injuries tombstoning in separate incidents.

We did all get taught a huge amount of sea/water safety though so that was stupidity rather than ignorance. I spent most of the summer in the sea and being safe in water was drummed into us constantly. I can’t even remember when we started learning because it’s so engrained in me now.

I think all children should be taught from reception about staying safe in the sea and inland water. They’re genuinely skills for life; I did a basic lifesaving course and used that recently to fish someone struggling out of a very busy pool at a holiday park.

this. I think also, as with lots of things, increasing media coverage makes it seem like its a new and growing problem. The boy I knew who broke his neck never even made it into the local paper.

Agreed
The breathless tally of deaths is a bit grim.
Previously people might have known about local deaths

My husband's grandfather lost a dear friend through drowning when they were swimming together as boys. 70 years on he still went over the events often, it was clearly a profound trauma.

I'm not disputing this is really sad, I agree, but I'm not sure what can be done about it. As there's campaigns every year. I think they're ignored or not listened to. And I'm not blaming the teens or the parents at all because teenagers barely listen - that's what they are like! I was like that as a teen. I think most people don't really develop the same awareness of risk until they're older.

This is getting bad isn't it? 17 now! And I think they've nearly all been in the last month!

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There’s a beauty spot near us with medieval bridge
notices every about it’s illegal and prosecution and even a notice about deaths and people being paralysed
they still jump off it

It's really terrible. 😢

It's pretty bad that the lifeguards didn't see.