Hi everybody! Hope you all had a great weekend. I had a lot of my friends ask me over the last several days about a story that we ran last week about pool safety, specifically pool drains. And I've ...
When it comes to pool safety, teaching your child how to swim isn't enough. Even if your child knows to walk on the pool deck and only swim when a lifeguard or adult is watching, there's another ...
HOUSTON – In a recent incident that has alarmed parents, an 8-year-old girl died after she was caught in a pool drain pipe at a hotel pool in northwest Houston, raising concerns about the safety ...
Legislation to protect young children from the tragic hazards of pool drains passed the U.S. Senate on Thursday and appears headed for enactment. The dangers were dramatized by two incidents this ...
In 2007 my son Zachary drowned after his arm got stuck in the drain of the pool. I had done everything I thought was needed for water safety, from swim lessons to having an adult nearby. We started a ...
Whether you have a permanent swimming pool setup or a child's paddling pool, you might be wondering if you can drain your pool water on to the lawn without damaging it. The easiest solution might also ...
PLYMOUTH, Minnesota — A drowning Sunday night in a pond at Loring Park marks the fourth one in the Twin Cities in about 10 days. With summer-like temperatures now here, a lot of people are ready to ...
A 6-year-old girl who sat on an open drain in a wading pool lost part of her intestinal tract to the drain’s powerful suction, her family said. Abigail Taylor was injured in the wading pool on June 29 ...
There's a lot more to draining a pool than meets the eye. Not only are there concerns over proper water disposal, but emptying a pool also puts the structure itself at risk. That's because many pool ...