Although I would generally agree that the government tends to over-regulate many trivial aspects of our society, from the details I’ve heard of this incident it was due to a fairly serious flaw in the way older pools were constructed.
From what I have heard, this girl was playing in a shallow portion of the pool and unknowingly sat on the drain described. This pool apparently had only one main drain, as many old pools did/do I am told, and thus the girl was unable to get up after she sat on it. Horrifically, the drain had so much suction that it literally removed the majority of her bowels before she could be rescued.
It is possible that a more vigilant parent or a more thorough maintenance staff might have prevented the incident, but I certainly wouldn’t want this to happen to my young children, or even want my children swimming in a pool where there was a risk that this could happen.
At least we still have abortion: Thank God those millions of children didn’t have to suffer under George Bush.
I think if Al Gore had gotten enough votes in Florida to become president, we’d be another country right now. Some other nation with money would have had to buy us out and take over because Al Gore and his Global Socialism and related taxes and policies would have flushed us down the crapper by now.
This legislation has caught a lot of pool operators in a bind because the new drain covers were not widely available until late October. To replace them, the operators need to incur costs of thousands of dollars to drain the pools in order to perform the work.
If you are a pool operator, please visit this site:
and rent an underwater air powered hammer drill that can help you become compliant with a lot less difficulty and expense. There are thousands of pools that will probably not make the 12/19 deadline.
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Although I would generally agree that the government tends to over-regulate many trivial aspects of our society, from the details I’ve heard of this incident it was due to a fairly serious flaw in the way older pools were constructed.
From what I have heard, this girl was playing in a shallow portion of the pool and unknowingly sat on the drain described. This pool apparently had only one main drain, as many old pools did/do I am told, and thus the girl was unable to get up after she sat on it. Horrifically, the drain had so much suction that it literally removed the majority of her bowels before she could be rescued.
It is possible that a more vigilant parent or a more thorough maintenance staff might have prevented the incident, but I certainly wouldn’t want this to happen to my young children, or even want my children swimming in a pool where there was a risk that this could happen.
Thanks for the sane explanation. If we can protect from these dangers, why not?
At least we still have abortion: Thank God those millions of children didn’t have to suffer under George Bush.
I think if Al Gore had gotten enough votes in Florida to become president, we’d be another country right now. Some other nation with money would have had to buy us out and take over because Al Gore and his Global Socialism and related taxes and policies would have flushed us down the crapper by now.
This legislation has caught a lot of pool operators in a bind because the new drain covers were not widely available until late October. To replace them, the operators need to incur costs of thousands of dollars to drain the pools in order to perform the work.
If you are a pool operator, please visit this site:
http://www.rentaltoolsonline.com/Underwater-Air-Hammer-Drill-ATEX-Approved-p/101239.htm
and rent an underwater air powered hammer drill that can help you become compliant with a lot less difficulty and expense. There are thousands of pools that will probably not make the 12/19 deadline.