Blade_Runner wrote:
We're talking about dampening the spirits of unruly mobs, suppressing a r**tous crowd. Best I can tell, grandmothers don't generally participate in such behavior. If there is a grandma in the crowd throwing bottles or bricks, tough s**t.
Takes around 4 or 5 minutes for a person to drown. Be rather difficult to drown someone with a water stream from a fire hose.
At our annual firefighters picnic, we had water fights. Big water fights with multi-purpose nozzles on 2-1/2 inch hoses supplied by fire pumps. Maybe 10 or 12 firefighters on each side. The objective was to disrupt the other team's ability to fight. The water streams were powerful enough to knock a man down. We got hit with lots of water but never came close to drowning anyone. The thought never crossed our minds.
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A person can drown in less than 60 seconds.
It has been reported that it only takes 20 seconds for a child to drown and roughly 40 seconds for an adult—and in some cases, it can take as little as a ½ cup of water to enter the lungs for the phenomenon to occur. Jul 9, 2019
The article deals with the drowning from submersion so five of the items aren't really applicable , items 2, 3 ,5 are the ones that are. In case of statement 2 if the person hit with the stream of water and inhales it can cause the dry drowning.
You are right though after 4 minutes , after inhaling water the body shuts down.
One question at the firefighter picnic were helmets used?
The eight t***hs about drowning;
1 This is the difinition of drowning it occurs when water enters the lungs from being in or below the water. It typically occurs in one of the two following manners:
A person will involuntarily take a breath and bring water into his or her airway—which ultimately closes it. With a lack of oxygen, a person becomes unconscious and water eventually fills the lungs.
A person will experience a laryngospasm, where the vocal chords spasm and seal that pathway. This can be seen in many drowning instances, especially when someone is trying to hold his or her breath underwater.
2 This is applicable dry drowning’ isn’t technically drowning. Instead, it’s a type of submersion injury in which water enters the larynx, but never actually enters the lungs. “In fact, it’s not even an official diagnosis,” Dr. Watkins adds. According to the pediatrician, it is a non-medical (or “slang”) term for this symptom of respiratory distress that occurs shortly after water enters the body through the nose or mouth.
3 Time frame for a person to drown is less than 60 seconds. It has been reported that it only takes 20 seconds for a child to drown and roughly 40 seconds for an adult
4 not applicable ,swallowing water is not drowning. “Sometimes you will notice that someone will exit a pool or the ocean and begin coughing and spitting out water,”
5 If coughing persists after 20-30 minutes, seek medical attention. If you notice that someone is coughing, vomiting, has trouble breathing, complains of tightness in the chest, has difficulty speaking and/or experiences any changes in levels of consciousness after being in the water, call 9-1-1. “A laryngospasm (or ‘dry drowning’) can progress rapidly,” he warns
6 If an individual appears to be breathing normally after exiting a body of water, you do not need to worry. Really not applicable.
7 Drowning is a real concern this is just a paragraph explaining the concern.
8 This list methods of prevention
https://www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/HealthU/2019/07/09/8-t***hs-about-drowning-and-dry-drowning-revealed/https://www.healthline.com/health/how-long-does-it-take-to-drown