Kia ora, in Te Ngahere Whaea Tracey came in and taught us about water safety. Usually Whaea Tracey teaches us the same thing every year just to remind us, but this time she taught us some new things. For this lesson that just passed she taught us about flares and an EPIRB (Emergency Positioning Indicating Radio Beacon or Emergency Beacon). EPIRB’s send a bright light into the sky but you have to call Coast Guard so they can search for you. Here are a fews things I learnt, the flare that sends up a orange cloud is seen better at night time; flares also have a flaw though, that is they’re not waterproof. The reason they’re not waterproof is because the longer you hold them the hotter they get, so to cool them down you need to dip them into the water. An EPIRB however is waterproof and it sends a bright light up into the sky (not high enough to interfere with planes the same with the flares), but they come at a great price, $500+ however your life is worth a lot more. Another thing that’s costly is, you have to pay Coast Guard for every hour they go searching for you (this includes them preparing and getting their equipment on), the price is $250 a hour.
So what would you rather? Paying a lot of money or keeping your life?
Kia ora Ben,
ReplyDeleteIt’s Cheyenne here from Te Naghere. I read your interesting blog post about Swim safe. I enjoyed reading your post because you told me what you were learning and listened to what Tracy said. I also like the design of your DLO. What do you think you could of done better in your post?