Swimming advice and other things
Watching the news today they talked about 6 teenagers that drowned at the same time. I understand that how it happened was that one did not know there was a drop off. The part I find hard to believe is that of all the people there no one knew how to swim. I only want to ask is, if you don't know how to swim why do you not have some kind of flotation devise with you. Me, I'm a swimmer. But if I'm around someone who does not know how to swim I try to tell them to very careful. You never know what is under the water. They should also have something to hold onto when they are in water they are not sure of. I know they did mean to wade out so far but it happens when you lest expect it. My heart goes out to the families who lost their loved ones. Advice to all, no matter who you are if you plan on spending any time in or around the water you should know the basics even if it's just the dog paddle. And always have something with you that can float on. Even an experienced s...