Are some signals just plain stupid?

[OldNSalty]

I think is was stated almost immediately in the early posts. The waving straight arm..... its been in place, likely since the sixties or earlier...... I know it is in my texts, and was covered in class back in 1988, and in subsequent classes. This MOF thing appeared in Stress and Rescue as a Potential indicator of someone not comfortable, and a subset of other symptoms. Nowhere (that I am aware of) is it listed as a signal to present for formal communication....

k:

...if only boat cpts, divemasters and instructors understood this...I don't always put the mask up there nor do I always have a snorkel with me but in those cases there is always someone around to tell me I am wrong.

 

[rhwestfall]

A sign and a signal at the same time! Whodathunk?!?

[video=youtube;O3ZOKDmorj0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ZOKDmorj0[/video]

 

[The Chairman]

Arm waving is as much a universal signal/sign of distress as glasses or a mask on your forehead is not. I don't see how others fail to see this.

 

[RJP]

...if only boat cpts, divemasters and instructors understood this...I don't always put the mask up there nor do I always have a snorkel with me but in those cases there is always someone around to tell me I am wrong.

 

[kevindsingleton]

Arm waving is as much a universal signal/sign of distress as glasses or a mask on your forehead is not. I don't see how others fail to see this.

Precisely! Arm waving is used in numerous ways to indicate any number of conditions, some of which may be distress.

 

[boulderjohn]

Precisely! Arm waving is used in numerous ways to indicate any number of conditions, some of which may be distress.

Full arm waving from water level to above the head is used for numerous reasons while sitting on top of the water? What would some of those be?

 

[Akimbo]

Full arm waving from water level to above the head is used for numerous reasons while sitting on top of the water? What would some of those be?

A jellyfish that found its way into your wetsuit's armpit perhaps?

 

[rhwestfall]

you wiped the "snot-cicle", and it stuck to your glove?

then again, that might be "stressful"....

 

[Akimbo]

… Beyond that, anyone who grew up on Sea Hunt knows it looks cool, to wear it like that...

True, but Mike was in distress several times in each episode. And all this time I thought it was because it was because it was in the script instead of wearing his mask on his forehead.

 

[CptTightPants21]

Precisely! Arm waving is used in numerous ways to indicate any number of conditions, some of which may be distress.

You should read more closely. He is disagreeing with you.