3 drowned this weekend

tomahawk

out of towners swimming in the meramec river at Sullivan..happens every time, strong current and undertow...better know the river and be a damn strong swimmer[V]

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We had 3 drown around here this weekend as well...Two rafters that fell out of a raft that flipped on the Couer d'Alene River and the other one was (I believe) a fisherman on Priest River...I think he fell into the water.

wsfiredude

Happens quite often off the Outer Banks here in NC.

Treacherous rip currents.

mogley98

Go with the flow so to speak. Here in SC we have some wicked undertows, you have to learn to swim with the direction of the current

grumpygy

So far heard of none in this area. But last weekend was a good hot one there were a few.

Problem here is water temp. This stuff is coming straight from snow melt.

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quote:Originally posted by mogley98
Go with the flow so to speak. Here in SC we have some wicked undertows, you have to learn to swim with the direction of the current


Actually, you swim perpendicular to the current...not with it, nor against it. I was an Ocean Life Guard in SC and I do understand rip tides.

tneff1969

Doesn't matter how you swim if you don't use common sense before you do it, it's amazing how many people just jump right in without having a clue about the area or water characteristics.

TangoSierra

Three died in flooding here on Sunday. Man and wife missed a flooded bridge on their driveway while driving home and were washed downstream. A 14 year old boy playing in a flooded ditch was swept in to a drainage tile and drowned. People just don't believe that water can be that powerful.