p.s. i just noticed the link to speakeasy! yay! i’m glad we are right up there with anderson cooper.

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Drowning is the second leading cause of death among kids under 15. There’s a new device pool owners can use to make sure help arrives before it’s too late. Bill Whitehurst is setup to give his demonstration.

“…and all I’m gonna do is take Timmy…and this little kid just fell in the pool. One. Two. Three. Four. Five *alarm* Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten. *alarm*”

In a matter of seconds, dual alarms alert pool owners of trouble in the water. Whitehurst says if the shrill of the alarm doesn’t get your attention, a wall mount located inside your home will.

“With this alarm if it goes off. 99.9% of the time, something 18 pounds has fallen in the pool, you need to be out there to check it out.”

Bill Whitehurst, of Aqua Sensor, demonstrates a technology that’s been used in Europe for a number of years and is just making it’s way to the U.S. He places a pool skimmer in the pool to pick up debris to simulate surface distractions.

“Just what I’m doing…most of the other pool alarms would go off because I’m stirring the water up getting this stuff out of the pool. That’s because all of that was really surface signal noise, and not much down eight inches deep sub-suface signal.”

That’s what makes this alarm unique. If the alarm is tripped, this magnet and this remote silence the noise. And it only takes a matter of minutes for the device to reset itself. Its a reassuring feeling to homeowner Chris Lacy.

“I’ve had a couple move-in in the back, especially this house here, and they’ve got tons of kids, and they’ve come over to the fence, ‘Hey… you know… I see you have a pool’ and that’s just really got me paranoid.”

Chris doesn’t have children but says the neighborhood kids could easily find themselves in danger.

“You know, I sleep better at night…and with the price that they’re at…you know..it’s a small price to pay for a piece of mind.”

Whitehurst says the Swim Alert retails for 300-dollars. The higher end Sensor Espio will cost you 700 bucks. Right now, these devices are not sold in local stores. But they are available to buy online. You can find their link on the Turn To 2 page.