DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
ArishMell · 70-79, M
It is NOT "bullshit".
It's not the depth of the water that is killing people who try escaping from the Sun's heat by diving into cold water, but a combination of cold-shock and panic making them unable to save themselves, even where they might be able to stand with their heads clear of the surface.
We do not know, from the source you quote, if that was the case here.
River and canal waters are rarely transparent, too, naturally carrying suspended sediment that hides the floor. That will tend to make panic even more likely.
Besides, we do not know the depth of the water entered by the unfortunate man, if he drowned in the canal. If he fell into a full lock, the water could be over ten feet deep. The mean depths quoted are just that - the mean depths.
He could have struck his head on something in a fall, rendering him unconscious so unable to save himself. E.g. the brick sill in an "empty" lock.
The source you quote says "currently unexplained", meaning we do not know why or how he came to be in the canal, nor exactly where. Nor how he died; but it is fairly evident he died alone and unseen.
You have taken some news article at face value about a tragedy you know no more about than I do, ignored its clear statement of limit of incident knowledge, so sneered at it rather than trying to understand it.
It's not the depth of the water that is killing people who try escaping from the Sun's heat by diving into cold water, but a combination of cold-shock and panic making them unable to save themselves, even where they might be able to stand with their heads clear of the surface.
We do not know, from the source you quote, if that was the case here.
River and canal waters are rarely transparent, too, naturally carrying suspended sediment that hides the floor. That will tend to make panic even more likely.
Besides, we do not know the depth of the water entered by the unfortunate man, if he drowned in the canal. If he fell into a full lock, the water could be over ten feet deep. The mean depths quoted are just that - the mean depths.
He could have struck his head on something in a fall, rendering him unconscious so unable to save himself. E.g. the brick sill in an "empty" lock.
The source you quote says "currently unexplained", meaning we do not know why or how he came to be in the canal, nor exactly where. Nor how he died; but it is fairly evident he died alone and unseen.
You have taken some news article at face value about a tragedy you know no more about than I do, ignored its clear statement of limit of incident knowledge, so sneered at it rather than trying to understand it.
RedundantTiffanyIsAxolotl · 22-25, F
@ArishMell Locks make up less than 1% of a canal's total length. The depths of narrowboat canals (rather than canal locks) are fairly uniform, because canals, back when they were originally dug centuries ago, they had to make sure horse-drawn barges could run through them, so they had to be consistently shallow so that the horses heads would be above the water.
Thevy29 · 41-45, M
How high was the fall? 3-4 ft want save you if you go in head first.
Did they land on something submerged in the water that injured them?
Why did the other man need a carer? Was immobile. intellectually challenged. If he panicked he could have drowned the carer then himself if he didn't know how to swim.
What time of day did this happen and what was the season?
Did they land on something submerged in the water that injured them?
Why did the other man need a carer? Was immobile. intellectually challenged. If he panicked he could have drowned the carer then himself if he didn't know how to swim.
What time of day did this happen and what was the season?
If you can't post about anything else...