As heavy downpours continue across the length and breadth of the country, painful lessons continue to be learnt with human lives and property been lost during this wet period.
After long spells of dryness and high temperatures, it is important to celebrate the torrential rains with caution and reasonableness especially when all indications suggest that the rains are not going to stop anytime soon, especially in the northern parts of the country.
We want to encourage both the young and the old to refrain from any risky behaviour during this rainy season.
Batswana need to be on red alert and not take chances during the heavy downpours, as failure to do so may lead to many paying with their dear lives.
It is not only lives that may be lost, as hard-earned properties like motor vehicles and others could be lost to the rains.
We have realised that whilst people were forewarned about the possibility of incessant flash floods during the rainy season, there are still those who are ignoring the caution.
Their ignorance has resulted in lost lives whilst others were fortunate to have been rescued after disregarding warnings from the National Disaster Management office as well as other stakeholders about heavy downpours.
In a country be-devilled by shortage of recreational facilities, children often excitedly take chances to swim in stagnant water which often result in untold accidents that lead to some of them drowning.
We urge parents not to stop taking active roles of preventing their children from taking risks associated with swimming in these pools of water. Equally, motorists should exercise restraint and avoid taking chances from crossing submerged bridges and using flooded roads when they are purely impassable.
In the years of yore, during heavy downpours, elderly persons used to indiscriminately spank children who swam in pools of stagnant waters to prevent possible accidents.
Parents used to proactively prevent disasters. Just with a word reaching home that a child was spotted swimming in stagnant waters, such a child or children will further be caned to prevent further temptations. This form of village discipline is discouraged by today’s era of children’s rights.
Many people have drowned into pools of water whilst there were lucky escapes by some from flooded rivers.
We want to encourage Batswana to heed calls and remain vigilant during the rainy season and avoid tragedies that have already unfortunately befallen some of our people.
“If you don’t think it is safe, it probably isn’t.”– Jerry Smith
We want to encourage both the young and the old to refrain from any risky behaviour during this rainy season.
Batswana need to be on red alert and not take chances during the heavy downpours, as failure to do so may lead to many paying with their dear lives.
It is not only lives that may be lost, as hard-earned properties like motor vehicles and others could be lost to the rains.
We have realised that whilst people were forewarned about the possibility of incessant flash floods during the rainy season, there are still those who are ignoring the caution.
Their ignorance has resulted in lost lives whilst others were fortunate to have been rescued after disregarding warnings from the National Disaster Management office as well as other stakeholders about heavy downpours.
In a country be-devilled by shortage of recreational facilities, children often excitedly take chances to swim in stagnant water which often result in untold accidents that lead to some of them drowning.
We urge parents not to stop taking active roles of preventing their children from taking risks associated with swimming in these pools of water. Equally, motorists should exercise restraint and avoid taking chances from crossing submerged bridges and using flooded roads when they are purely impassable.
In the years of yore, during heavy downpours, elderly persons used to indiscriminately spank children who swam in pools of stagnant waters to prevent possible accidents.
Parents used to proactively prevent disasters. Just with a word reaching home that a child was spotted swimming in stagnant waters, such a child or children will further be caned to prevent further temptations. This form of village discipline is discouraged by today’s era of children’s rights.
Many people have drowned into pools of water whilst there were lucky escapes by some from flooded rivers.
We want to encourage Batswana to heed calls and remain vigilant during the rainy season and avoid tragedies that have already unfortunately befallen some of our people.
“If you don’t think it is safe, it probably isn’t.”– Jerry Smith