https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46479/not-waving-but-drowning __________________________________________ David C Brown 43 Bings Road Whaley Bridge High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb *Sent from my etch-a-sketch* On 3 May 2018 at 14:35, RussellMc wrote: > This may help you to save someone's life. > > > https://www.soundingsonline.com/voices/drowning-doesnt-look-like-drowning > > Good (hopefully) article pointing out what behaviour to expect from a > drowning person, and how it is visibly very different from what we are > usually led to expect. > Best advice is perhaps to look for either these signs OR classically > expected ones. > > > Russell > ________________ > > Long long ago I was fortunate to be in just the right place to pluck a > small child, who was floating face down, from a river as they were whiske= d > around a bridge embankment* away from their wholly unaware family. In tha= t > case the "signs" were very obvious. The article may help others save a li= fe > in less obvious circumstances. (*Orewa estuary. Outgoing tide. ) > > __________________ > > Posting this seemed like a useful social service. > No cat videos, though. > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .