Heatwave deaths! Spate of Drownings!

Stinicker

A neighbor of miy families got drowned yesterday and three more people got drowned today bringing to 11 the number of drownings since the fine weather started. We all love to go swimming and cool off but for gods sake people know your limitations and becareful, if the water is too deep to stand in then stay out of it. There has also been an increase in car crashes and very sadly some children have also died in farm accidents.

Just take care and look out for each other.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0720/463685-man-drowns-in-donegal/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2369291/UK-weather-Cool-folks-heatwave-.html

IM0

who drowned them, the bastards :mad:

Norwesterner

Over 700 deaths in the U.k.
Surely (per capita) we should be having at least dozens of heat related deaths.
Check up on your elderly neighbours. Do their shopping/messages etc.
It's not just cold that kills.

Miss Lockhart

Dozens of members of a support group for a condition I have have been hospitalised over the past fortnight. Some of those at the worst end of the illness spectrum probably won't recover if this continues much longer.

Plenty of other conditions would be similarly exacerbated by the heat. I have no doubt there have been deaths here because of the heat.

Skull Murphy

Got drowned? Bejay ...

Norwesterner

10'000 died during a heatwave in France a few years ago.
Mostly elderly people dying of stroke as their kids and grandkids were on holidays at the beach.

PizzamanIRL

IM0 wrote: »

who drowned them, the bastards :mad:

Don't be such a cunt.

Skull Murphy

Miss Lockhart wrote: »

Dozens of members of a support group for a condition I have have been hospitalised over the past fortnight.

Hayfever?

IM0

Skull Murphy wrote: »

Got drowned? Bejay ...

was it bejay again?, they should have locked that fooker up years ago when they had the chance :mad:

Skull Murphy

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Don't be such a cunt.

It's cUnt. Or cunt.

PizzamanIRL

Skull Murphy wrote: »

It's cUnt. Or cunt.

Yes and you're one of them.

Skull Murphy

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Yes and you're one of them.

"If the water is too deep to stand in, stay out" What's the fucking point in being able to swim?

Skull Murphy

Hopefully I'll drown like a fucking cunt or get run over by a tractor before I die of hayfever.

keith16

Stay safe everyone. It's easy to get complacent in this weather.

Stinicker

Skull Murphy wrote: »

"If the water is too deep to stand in, stay out" What's the fucking point in being able to swim?

More people cannot swim than can, if you are in shallow enough water then it lessens the risk of drowning, although you can drown in a foot of water but seeing people going into deep water thinking they'll be grand and they not having a clue how to swim is just a recipe for disaster.

blah blah whatever

Why 80-degree temperatures kill in the U.K.

Skull Murphy

Stinicker wrote: »

seeing people going into deep water thinking they'll be grand and they not having a clue how to swim is just a recipe for disaster.

Big loss. There are already far too many people in the world. No room for sentiment.

cassid

I could never understand why people swim in quarries ? for some reason I always think the water is dirty.

Swimming lessons should be part of school curriculum.

apollo8

Skull Murphy wrote: »

Big loss. There are already far too many people in the world. No room for sentiment.

Stop trolling on the back of eleven deaths will ya.

PizzamanIRL

apollo8 wrote: »

Stop trolling on the back of eleven deaths will ya.

He think he's funny. He's the only one who thinks that though.

blah blah whatever

Skull Murphy wrote: »

Big loss. There are already far too many people in the world. No room for sentiment.

What about these Tall Whites? They're everywhere.

cassid wrote: »

I could never understand why people swim in quarries ? for some reason I always think the water is dirty.

It's fine until people/farmers start using it as dumping ground.

darced

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JJayoo

IM0 wrote: »

who drowned them, the bastards :mad:

You just failed at being funny, good lad.

keelanj69

JJayoo wrote: »

You just failed at being funny, good lad.

Says who?

blah blah whatever

will all the sensitive souls run along like nice chaps. The internet is obviously no place for alot of ye.

apollo8

keelanj69 wrote: »

Says who?

WTF is the joke?eleven Irish families are in mourning,some could even be reading this thread.
NOT a thread to be acting the dick in.

ian87

cassid wrote: »

I could never understand why people swim in quarries ? for some reason I always think the water is dirty.

Swimming lessons should be part of school curriculum.

They are. http://www.curriculumonline.ie/en/Primary_School_Curriculum/Physical_Education/PE_Curriculum.pdf

keelanj69

apollo8 wrote: »

WTF is the joke?eleven Irish families are in mourning,some could even be reading this thread.
NOT a thread to be acting the dick in.

I don't know what the joke is, if I'm honest.

In regards to family members reading this thread, how bloody wierd would that be? I know it's a possibility and all but the thought of it baffles me.

'My x or y just drowned. Oh a thread on drownings.' etc etc just seems like an odd thought process.

Not the point though anyway. I didn't find it funny or anything.

PizzamanIRL

The point is he used a thread about people drowning to try (and fail) to be funny and get thanks or a pat on the back or something. He reads a post about people dying and all he thinks is 'Oh there's a mistake in that sentence, let's point it out in a very distasteful way'

dr.bollocko

Lets be honest. We're all cranky in this heat.