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Unlike a rip current, this seems basically unescapable. Is there anything you can do if you get caught in one?

• ip26 5y ago
  Supposedly you swim downwards, in a downstream direction, when you reach the river bottom. Note the path of the blue arrows escaping downstream in the diagram.
  • waste_monk 5y ago
    The catch being that you're submerged, being spun around in the currents and disoriented, and you have a very brief window to claw yourself along the riverbed. I can't find the source but have seen reports where people have been caught in a weir, drowned, and remained spinning in the currents for a couple of days before they're eventually spat out by chance and the bodies are recovered. They've well earned the name "drowning machines". I have no intention of going anywhere near one of these dams, if I can help it.
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• redis_mlc 5y ago
  Point Pelee frequently has deadly rip currents: "Point Pelee - Swimming section" https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/on/pelee/securite-safety https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/on/pelee/securite-safety Even in ankle-deep water, the outflowing sand and rocks can suck you out into Lake Erie. Then your family jumps into the water to save you ...