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Four People Die in Water Park Garden Pool
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shiner
Lifer
Pretty obvious from the following that they intended to get into the pools...
"The Rev. Gerald M. Dew, pastor of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, said the man and children had gone to the Fort Worth Water Gardens to play because the pool at their nearby hotel was closed. "
"The Rev. Gerald M. Dew, pastor of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, said the man and children had gone to the Fort Worth Water Gardens to play because the pool at their nearby hotel was closed. "
GigaCluster
Golden Member
Apparently, God told the pastor of the church whose event the deceased family was attending what to say to console his "flock".
Ryan
Lifer
If a home pool pump can rip the intestines out of your body (by sitting on it with your butt), I'd hate to imagine what a larger pump in an area not designed for swimming could do to a person.
http://www.lifesaving.com/issues/articles/17pool_spa_entrapment.html
http://www.fox5dc.com/_ezpost/data/57.shtml
http://www.lawyersweeklyusa.com/usa/5topten2003.cfm
GroundZero
Diamond Member
one last baptism for that lot
well design pool in terms of aesthetics and practicality. poorly design in terms of safety. there should've been a heavy duty cover over the pump (under two feet of water?)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~water
#################cover
-----------_____------------pump
______/_____\________
tragic 🙁
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~water
#################cover
-----------_____------------pump
______/_____\________
tragic 🙁
GigaCluster
Golden Member
rbloedow, excellent articles. I did not realize that this is such a problem. The two-outlet solution seems perfect -- if one outlet becomes clogged by someone's body part, the other outlet relieves the pressure. No need for elaborate high covers.
Pliablemoose
Lifer
I heard on a local news report that the pump in question was running 4K gallons/minute
Rapidskies
Golden Member
I agree on the poor design. Nobody should die from being in water fountain pool. If the suction is that strong, I would expect some sort of fence around it.
HomeBrewerDude
Lifer
I don't think this is the first fatality either....
Many years ago, a man was killed when one of the light poles at the water gardens fell on him.
Oh, and if any you remember Logan's Run, thats where they shot the 'escape'.
Many years ago, a man was killed when one of the light poles at the water gardens fell on him.
Oh, and if any you remember Logan's Run, thats where they shot the 'escape'.
GigaCluster
Golden Member
You'd think so, but apparently the pumps are marketed with having a pulling force of 700 pounds. This is according to a brochure of Sta-Rite, a leading manufacturer of pool supplies. The brochure was dredged up at a trial for another accident involving pool pumps.
Fingolfin269
Lifer
Heh, well what if they're idiots who couldn't read? I don't think they should get any money but I do think that they should have actually put some sort of 'warning' up. No Swimming signs don't generally mean anything other than 'please keep our water clean' or 'we don't want your nasty body in our fountain because it is beautiful'. I know the average person would not associate a 'No Swimming' sign with 'If you swim here then there is a chance that your intestines will be ripped out of your body through your arse'
A very sad story 🙁 I would not assume they went swimming there, they probably suited up for the pool @ their hotel and then just went to a fun place when they found it was closed. Water is a very powerful attraction for little kids. I don't think they are idiots, I think the one girl made a mistake and the rest lost their life trying to rescue her.
Phoenix86
Lifer
Then you haven't seen this water garden. 10k of water rushing isn't a play park, it's quite obvious it's dangerous. I work a couple of blocks away from it.
The signs are small, the local officials wanted to increase the size of the signs over the last two years, but park officials didn't want to ruin the astetics of the place.
It's a pretty screwed up situation, but let me just point a few things out. It's hot here, and humid. 90F plus humidity, plus walking around downtown all day (the convention center, hotel and water park are all within walking distance). The pool was not open at thier hotel (why mention this if they weren't trying to get wet and cool down).
Edit: The parent(s) shouldn't have taken kids there w/ swimming suits on, there is no swimming allowed. Should have changed the kids so as not to encourage them to get in.
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