Accident Alert: Kitui

[Mwalimu-G]

Unfortunately It's a common thing.

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And the bonobos never learn....i know, i know, i know it is victim shaming.
They only needed to wait for two hours but they were in a hurry.

 

[Aviator]

Ebu explain because I've also noted instances where cars are being swept but people walking unperturbed towards the car to rescue

When you go swimming at coast, and you are not good, unapewa tube imekwa pressure so that you stay afloat.
That bus has 6 such floaters, and this significantly reduces it's grip on the road. So a very small force is enough to push it aside. Thus, slow moving water can very easily sweep a 26-wheeler.

A human being sinks in water under ordinary circumstances. So you can easily walk through slow moving water even at waist level, coz your feet have proper grip with the riverbed.

 

[Aviator]

And speeding through the water does not help

Makes it worse

 

[Aviator]

And the bonobos never learn....i know, i know, i know it is victim shaming.
They only needed to wait for two hours but they were in a hurry.

They had waited for two hours. And they were the entertainers and directly family of the bride and groom.
Such anxiety is enough to impair judgement.
Tbh, most people, including me and you, would behave in a similar manner. Especially if you don't understand the dynamics of buoyancy, aka Archimedes law.

 

[Mwalimu-G]

So you can easily walk through slow moving water even at waist level, coz your feet have proper grip with the riverbed.

I guess once the water is blocked its weight becomes the pushing force (with the bus becoming a rather weak dam because it is not anchored) increasing in weight every second.

 

[Mwalimu-G]

Tbh, most people, including me and you, would behave in a similar manner. Especially if you don't understand the dynamics of buoyancy, aka Archimedes law.

Even if I can't remember Archimedes Law I have waited out flash floods at many a drift in this Eastern and N Eastern.

 

[Aviator]

I guess once the water is blocked its weight becomes the pushing force (with the bus becoming a rather weak dam because it is not anchored) increasing in weight every second.

Exactly.
A floating dam for that matter.

 

[Clemens]

They are not bridges, they are drifts. Concrete slabs that are most ideal where rivers are likely to flood for a few hours then disappear. They are cost-effective where very long span bridges may be built that have water under them for only 10 per cent of the time in a year.

Niliona watu wakiuliza wapi guard rails?, I shook my head, most Kenyans from the high potential areas do not understand the reality of ASAL areas.

 

[Mwalimu-G]

Niliona watu wakiuliza wapi guard rails?, I shook my head, most Kenyans from the high potential areas do not understand the reality of ASAL areas.

They were even accusing Mama Ngilu of eating the bridge money.

 

[Meria]

The matatu that gave bus driver confidence to cross river Enziu,in Mwingi central constituency,kitui county

 

[Mwalimu-G]

The matatu that gave bus driver confidence to cross river Enziu,in Mwingi central constituency,kitui county
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You can clearly see the dangerous river crossing becomes a kind of carnival in the locality.

 

[Aviator]

Even if I can't remember Archimedes Law I have waited out flash floods at many a drift in this Eastern and N Eastern.

Survivors say they pressurized the driver after several other vehicles, including smaller Nissans, crossed through successfully.

 

[QuadroK4000]

And the bonobos never learn....i know, i know, i know it is victim shaming.
They only needed to wait for two hours but they were in a hurry.

Or they could have even postponed the event because essentially it wasn't an emergency or something along that line.

They could even have scheduled the event when it's hot and dry.

But anyway

 

[mzeiya]

When you go swimming at coast, and you are not good, unapewa tube imekwa pressure so that you stay afloat.
That bus has 6 such floaters, and this significantly reduces it's grip on the road. So a very small force is enough to push it aside. Thus, slow moving water can very easily sweep a 26-wheeler.

A human being sinks in water under ordinary circumstances. So you can easily walk through slow moving water even at waist level, coz your feet have proper grip with the riverbed.

You are an excellent teacher.

 

[Meria]

4 children, 3 boys and a girl have died while swimming in a dam at Mwitika location in Kitui East. Area chief Daniel Mutinda has confirmed.

 

[Okiya]

Niliona watu wakiuliza wapi guard rails?, I shook my head, most Kenyans from the high potential areas do not understand the reality of ASAL areas.

Why shake your head? Kwani rivers za ASAL areas hazifai kuwa na guard rails?

 

[Aviator]

You are an excellent teacher.

I hope you mean it.
Coz in these streets you can't be sure of anything

 

[Clemens]

4 children, 3 boys and a girl have died while swimming in a dam at Mwitika location in Kitui East. Area chief Daniel Mutinda has confirmed.

When it rains it pours in the land of your in-laws?

 

[Makmende]

Me

From this view, it may look like the driver missed the bridge.
What's not obvious is that he was unable to put the bus on the right path on account of the water.
Any time you plan to drive through a river, bear in mind that 6 inches of slow moving, water which a child can effortlessly wade through, is enough to wash away a Fielder or equivalent.

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This driver would have maintained that bus on the right it would have been safer , even the guys directing him were running to that side,how could he be going to the opposite direction or is it the water that is pushing that bus to the extreme end ? That driver couldn't have made it seeing the bus nosedives immediately the moment it overturns .

 

[Aviator]

s it the water that is pushing that bus to the extreme end ?

Therein lies the answer.
And trying to steer in the right direction just makes matters worse