over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoHow effective are life jackets in rapidly flowing deep flood waters?message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up174arrow-down1message-squareHow effective are life jackets in rapidly flowing deep flood waters?over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-text
I am surely not a swimmer, but after the recent tragic flooding in Texas, it got me and my roommate wondering…
minus-squareFermion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoAnd you hitting submerged objects that aren’t flowing. I remember cutting my hand on a rock while going through rapids with a life jacket on. You need to practice keeping your feet downstream when in whitewater conditions.
And you hitting submerged objects that aren’t flowing. I remember cutting my hand on a rock while going through rapids with a life jacket on. You need to practice keeping your feet downstream when in whitewater conditions.