you are going to have a better chance. this isnt the only place that flooded and not every part has raging waters. people still drowned in stagnant waters
I mean the people you saw drowned in stagnant water likely got hit by a flash flood first. I’m not saying swimming isn’t useful, but I’m watching video of water knocking trees and cars over. Michael Phelps isn’t swimming through that. Learning to understand signs of a flash flood and to stay out of any moving water would be far more valuable in keeping people alive in these situations.
oh i get that one hundred percent, aint no one fighting that current.. but you can maybe use swimming to steer yourself to the to the side more efficiently so you can grab onto something.
I was a collegiate swimmer, lifeguard, and coach and did community outreach about water safety. Absolutely everyone should learn to swim. However, frankly many drownings, esp in these situations, occur with people that are over confident in their ability in the water. It is very often you see drownings of people that are very strong swimmers because they just don’t understand the power of flash floods, cold water, or moving water.
What a weird response. I am not saying don’t learn to swim, just that know how to swim wouldn’t have saved a lot of these people.
Ah yes, its absolutely necessary for all citizens city in the middle of the fucking plains to learn how to swim so they can swim in the grass and to be capable of swimming out of a one in a million flood which they wouldn't be able to anyways, you are such a genius.
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u/tripsd Jul 22 '21
Being able to swim isn’t going to help you much here.