Children die playing with scuba gear left in pool - Jensen Beach, Florida

[HKGuns]

Would you let your 7 & 9 year old children scuba underwater, even in a shallow pool, unsupervised?

When I owned a pool, the kids were always under adult supervision, if not in the pool, on the deck watching. Kids to stupid stuff at times, it is how they learn.

If there were any scuba equipment involved, I would be in the water with them to closely monitor what was going on.......No way I'd leave them alone for 1 second.

 

[Wookie]

When I owned a pool, the kids were always under adult supervision, if not in the pool, on the deck watching. Kids to stupid stuff at times, it is how they learn.

If there were any scuba equipment involved, I would be in the water with them to closely monitor what was going on.......No way I'd leave them alone for 1 second.

My house in Houston had a child resistant fence put up around it.

After a baby drowned in it....

 

[HKGuns]

My house in Houston had a child resistant fence put up around it.

After a baby drowned in it....

That is horrible beyond belief......No response to that one, sorry.

 

[DandyDon]

Several years back my daughter and SIL were looking to buy a new house and wanted one with a pool. Aside from the challenges of upkeep, I was scared to death that a visiting toddler might fall in unseen, insisted that they had to have a locked fence - preparing myself to pay for it myself if needed, but they got one without one. Now they are raising two of my great grandkids. We watch them constantly but they sneak out the front door at times, try to sneak off to the alligator swamp when we go camping, etc!

Children are so delicate and special. I have been backing into my garage since I got a house with one 15 years ago so I can watch for neighborhood kids when I leave. I can't understand why that is not the norm. I am so glad that state laws require toddlers to ride in backseat, buckled chairs now as we just didn't think of the risks on our own.

 

[2airishuman]

Europe tried this with the "M26" valve which is specifically for oxygen. It is unpopular.

I had understood that this went off the rails because it was mandated for nitrox even if <= 40%.

 

[rjack321]

Several years back my daughter and SIL were looking to buy a new house and wanted one with a pool. Aside from the challenges of upkeep, I was scared to death that a visiting toddler might fall in unseen, insisted that they had to have a locked fence - preparing myself to pay for it myself if needed, but they got one without one. Now they are raising two of my great grandkids. We watch them constantly but they sneak out the front door at times, try to sneak off to the alligator swamp when we go camping, etc!

Where I grew up in CT there were zoning requirements for pools. Below ground pools had to have a minimum 4ft high fence with a latching gate. Above ground pools had to have a removable ladder. To at a minimum, have physical barriers to toddlers accessing any pool. You could not get a building permit for a pool or pass final inspections without complying with the fencing/ladder requirements.

Boggles my mind that some regions just let homeowners do whatever

 

[yle]

Trimix separates (not unlike salad dressing) due to helium being significantly less dense than oxygen and nitrogen. It is standard operating procedure to rock or roll them (or take them for a bouncy car/boat ride) before analyzing if they have sat still and upright for a while. .

This goes against what physics says. If fluids (gases or liquids) are miscible, they will mix. Only question is how fast. And when they are mixed, they stay mixed.

In the case of the salad dressing used as an illustration, the liquids aren't miscible, so they separate according to density.

So if I'm reading your post properly, you're saying if we fill a scuba tank with salad dressing and then roll it around, the dressing will mix.

 

[OTF]

My salad dressing post may have been incorrect, it seems there is some debate.

 

[Wookie]

So if I'm reading your post properly, you're saying if we fill a scuba tank with salad dressing and then roll it around, the dressing will mix.

Depends on the dressing, and the gasses. If the gasses (and the dressing ingredients) are miscible, say vinegar and water, they will mix (eventually) and stay mixed. If they are not miscible (say oil and vinegar) they will separate. Helium, nitrogen, and oxygen may not be miscible, but once they mix, the kinetic energ of the gasses bounding around the cylinder keeps them mixed just fine.

 

[Jcp2]

I don’t think miscible applies to non liquids.