On 20/07/2017 12:15, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:09:51 +0100, Dave Liquorice
wrote:

On Thu, 20 Jul 2017 08:28:28 +0100, Brian Gaff wrote:

How about a strong mesh over the top just below the surface that stops
them going in.

You can drown in an 1" of water...

No you can't, unless you're unconscious. Otherwise you simply lift
yourself out of the water. Conscious people can only drown in water
deeper than their own height. And then only if they're so ****ing
unbelievably stupid as to have never learned to swim. Why do we care
for these fools?

Incorrect. There are rare cases of people falling over into a puddle and
a small amount of cold water hitting the back of the throat, this has
caused a sudden and instant inability to breath resulting in death.

There is also "dry" drowning where someone has aspirated some water, but
seems okay afterwards. Hours or even days later they can deteriorate and
die.

Even when someone can stand up in the water, if they are unable to get
out, they can rapidly suffer loss of body heat, loss of consciousness
and drowning. A young child falling into a pond or pool mid-winter could
easily suffer this.

SteveW