tednvon
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I am going paste my post here as it appeared on the second page of George's very important thread. Maybe my story will keep everyone thinking about how quickly a pool can become a danger...Ted
George and all, life will never be the same for all involved...life will go on, but never the same.
Great thread to make some firm points...This has been discussed in threads before but it time to say it again.
One of the serious potential problems of all pools I have seen in Disney rental homes is lack of a real "shallow" end. They all start at 3 feet which can be well over the head of many small children. The pools slope quickly to 5 feet so even a child chest high in 3 feet will bounce down hill and quickly be over their head.
Two years ago there were SIX of us IN our pool... Granddaughter Emily was 4 years old...this is a 12 by 30 pool! All of sudden, NO Emily. She had bounced down hill and with all the splashing was underwater in 4 feet of water. She was not visable because of all the waves and splashing...Only one person happen to notice she was not visable and we pulled her out sputtering and choking...she was 2 FEET from an adult who did not notice she had slipped under.
NEW RULE: Every child who cannot stand in the 5 foot or swim easily from one end to the other MUST wear GOOD QUALITY floaties the fit snuggly around the upper arm and will not let the head go below the surface.
We were 1 minute from a horrible tragedy with 6 of us within 20 feet of her...
Ted
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George and all, life will never be the same for all involved...life will go on, but never the same.
Great thread to make some firm points...This has been discussed in threads before but it time to say it again.
One of the serious potential problems of all pools I have seen in Disney rental homes is lack of a real "shallow" end. They all start at 3 feet which can be well over the head of many small children. The pools slope quickly to 5 feet so even a child chest high in 3 feet will bounce down hill and quickly be over their head.
Two years ago there were SIX of us IN our pool... Granddaughter Emily was 4 years old...this is a 12 by 30 pool! All of sudden, NO Emily. She had bounced down hill and with all the splashing was underwater in 4 feet of water. She was not visable because of all the waves and splashing...Only one person happen to notice she was not visable and we pulled her out sputtering and choking...she was 2 FEET from an adult who did not notice she had slipped under.
NEW RULE: Every child who cannot stand in the 5 foot or swim easily from one end to the other MUST wear GOOD QUALITY floaties the fit snuggly around the upper arm and will not let the head go below the surface.
We were 1 minute from a horrible tragedy with 6 of us within 20 feet of her...
Ted
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