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I was most impressed by the attentiveness of the life guards. While we know someone is going to start struggling in the next 20-30 seconds they've likely been s
by rusbus 11y ago
I was most impressed by the attentiveness of the life guards. While we know someone is going to start struggling in the next 20-30 seconds they've likely been staring at the pool for several hours. They were still able to spot the victims in a huge pool almost instantly.
- monk_e_boy 11y agoI was a lifeguard at a beach. I didn't have any dramatic rescues like the video, but you soon get a feeling of which kids are a little too adventurous and need keeping an eye on. Your brain soon kicks into holding your breath while watching kids swim, if one is splashing around while you start to feel uncomfortable it's time to wade in and drag them to the surface. Often for us it was the uneven sea bottom, someone takes a step forward and plunges out of their depth. Run over and hoik them out. To this day, when the surf is up and I see toddlers paddling I get chills and can't stop watching them. Doesn't take more than an inch of water for them to fall and start rolling out with the backwash.
- parfe 11y ago>hoik I learned a new word today. >2. To lift something up wildly.
- redblacktree 11y agoHah! Thanks for pointing it out. I thought it was made up.
- thekingofspain 11y agoIt appears to me like a portmanteau of hoist and yank.
- rustynails 11y agoThat's a it it. Hoist, buy yank quickly. It also has a different meaning that came back to me, http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=golly&defid=6002104 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=golly&defid=6... To hoik a golly. I last heard that in the 70s. Not so charming...
- monk_e_boy 11y agoI've never written that word down, had to just go phonetically
- bentcorner 11y ago> Doesn't take more than an inch of water for them to fall and start rolling out with the backwash. https://bob520.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/tragedy-by-the-sea-pulitzer-prize-winning-photograph-1955/ https://bob520.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/tragedy-by-the-sea-p...
- gohrt 11y ago1. They should be rotating their position every 15 minutes, and taking hourly breaks. 2. They are are at the pool, not watching a grainy video via YouTube