I am surely not a swimmer, but after the recent tragic flooding in Texas, it got me and my roommate wondering…
A life jacket is what can help save you once you exhaust yourself fighting against a torrent of water. If you need to do something a bit reckless to save yourself or someone else, then it can help you catch your breath a bit and keep your head above water.
The thing is, if you are needing to rely on a lifejacket, the situation may already be a bit desperate. If you are able to get some kind of an early warning system, then that will go a lot farther at helping you get to safety. Getting a lifejacket could help make a difference if you are in a potential flood zone.
A warning like a map of where the most dangerous fast moving flood waters will be? A place where cabins should not be built?
You would hope that no houses would be built in potential flooding zones, but that involves pesky things like ‘regulations’ or ‘caring about other peoples lives’.
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The cabins at the camp predated the flood maps, but the owners were explicitly warned and just didn’t want to move them. Nobody made them and now children are dead.
