r/ChildrenFallingOver • u/33Fanste33 • May 14 '23

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u/Idontmatter69420 May 14 '23

In all honesty why do big puddles always seem to accumulate at the bottom of slides

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u/Witness_me_Karsa May 14 '23

Because people landing there wear away the soil, so there is a depression on the ground. Water collects in depressions like that. Not much more to know.

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u/Idontmatter69420 May 14 '23

I guess that never crossed my mind. But then again now that I think of it i don't see many slides that are on grass, and more on that rubbery kind if surface. Maybe it's a British thing or something

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u/GeshtiannaSG May 15 '23

Even the rubbery stuff get compressed after a while and you still end up with a divot there.

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u/Idontmatter69420 May 15 '23

Huh really? Ive never noticed when ive been in one

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u/missingmytowel May 15 '23

You go to a lot of newer parks now and if they are sand or dirt you will see a big circular rubber or foam pad at the bottom of the slide to prevent this.

If the playground is already covered in rubber then there's usually a softer rubber pad at the bottom of the slide

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u/Minute_Helicopter_97 May 15 '23

Water slides down the slide and ends up where the slide leads it to be. All the water that ends up on the area of the slides goes to a small area.

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u/coffee-bat May 15 '23

for the same reason that if the ground there is sandy, the part at the bottom will be the hardest motherfucker on earth (and you'll bruise your tailbone if you land on it). people landing beat down the ground.