5 Things You Should Know – Part 123

jazz

August 28, 2017

Here are 5 things you should know.

1. Flood water is more than just rain.

It contains sewage and chemical run-off that can make you sick or cause rashes.

Flood waters that are high enough to enter homes or impede traffic are usually high enough to have filled sewage systems. If businesses or factories or storage facilities have flooded then gasoline, cleaning chemicals, and production chemicals might have been washed away. If the flood affected areas with septic tanks there will be sewage and strong acids meant to dissolve the sewage.

Don’t play in the rising water, and don’t let your pets walk in it or drink it. Carry your children so they don’t fall into it.

If you use a raft or flotation device for safety avoid paddling with your hands.

2. Now when you search for “clinical depression” on Google on mobile, you’ll see a Panel that will give you the option to tap “check if you’re clinically depressed”, which will bring you to a clinically validated questionnaire to test what your likely level of depression may be.

There’s a post in their blog explaining about it: https://www.blog.google/products/search/learning-more-about-clinical-depression-phq-9-questionnaire/

3. The difference between the Swastika used by religious groups and the one used by the Nazis.

Many Hindus and other religions might have one drawn on their car or on the stoop of their home door. The swastika originated centuries ago and is still a sacred symbol of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

The characteristics of the Nazi Swastika include it being tilted so that only a point is touching each side of an imaginary circumscribed square. The one that is used by Hindus, Jains, and Buddhists is not tilted and might have four dots in between each of the Swastika’s “arms”