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The title seems like a cover-up for a kid who almost died while "ensnared" (quoting the article). Barbed wire isn't as terrifying as people think. It's often confused with razor wire. Barbed wire is for animals; razor wire is generally for humans. All that being said, I do not think I would survive being ensnared by barbed wire during a flood. Fencing laws are a deceptively interesting rabbit hole. I've never thought about this consequence.