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Wow, the photos on https://krcproject.groups.et.byu.net/browse.php https://krcproject.groups.et.byu.net/browse.php are amazing: for many of these I don't thin

by schoen 5y ago

Wow, the photos on https://krcproject.groups.et.byu.net/browse.php https://krcproject.groups.et.byu.net/browse.php are amazing: for many of these I don't think I would have considered them frightening at all from their appearance. Most of them look tiny, but these are all places where people were drowned by the current.

imadethis 5y ago
In the same vein of deadly water features that look innocuous, I think the Strid in England is up there: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bolton-strid https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bolton-strid
- twiddling 5y ago
  I am fascinated with the Bolton Strid. Especially when it is in a low water state and you can get a sense of the enormity of it.
hypertele-Xii 5y ago
I live near a hydroelectric dam. Once when I was a kid, I was swimming near the floodgates. It was horridly frightening how unexpectedly suddenly the current got strong and started sucking me towards the gate, to which in my opinion I wasn't even that close. Inverse square law and all that. The immediate realization that if I don't start swimming away right now with every muscle I got I'd get sucked in startled me. I'd see nightmares for years involving water and dark holes I'd be unable to stop myself from flowing into.
- telesilla 5y ago
  I've experienced the same, it's truly the stuff of nightmares and I'm very very careful around water now. It's scary how quickly we can be overpowered.
- laurent92 5y ago
  A good complement on water education for adults is the well-known website: http://spotthedrowningchild.com/ http://spotthedrowningchild.com/ Water is dangerous, pushing a little bit more education at each opportunity saves a lot of lives.
nine_k 5y ago
What puzzles me is why these areas are not marked on the shore with tall posts with signs saying: DANGER! STRONG CURRENTS! TURN BACK. Such signs should likely start like 150-200 yards upstream to warn boats and kayaks.
- matkoniecz 5y ago
  some are, see https://krcproject.groups.et.byu.net/site_images/Boone%20Water%20Works%20Low-head%20Dam%20-%20(site%2028).JPG https://krcproject.groups.et.byu.net/site_images/Boone%20Wat... at https://krcproject.groups.et.byu.net/browse.php https://krcproject.groups.et.byu.net/browse.php
twic 5y ago
Indeed! According to that, The Dennett Dam drowned three people (between 2006 and 2009, so perhaps many more since it was built in 1933 and ruined in 1940). It's now been removed, and you can see when it's dry that it's about six feet tall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeCaEHsIa_U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeCaEHsIa_U https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2018/08/damned-if-you-do-dam-damned-if-youwell.html https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2018/08/damned-if-you-do-dam...

by schoen 5y ago

imadethis 5y ago

In the same vein of deadly water features that look innocuous, I think the Strid in England is up there: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bolton-strid https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bolton-strid

twiddling 5y ago
I am fascinated with the Bolton Strid. Especially when it is in a low water state and you can get a sense of the enormity of it.

hypertele-Xii 5y ago

I live near a hydroelectric dam. Once when I was a kid, I was swimming near the floodgates. It was horridly frightening how unexpectedly suddenly the current got strong and started sucking me towards the gate, to which in my opinion I wasn't even that close. Inverse square law and all that. The immediate realization that if I don't start swimming away right now with every muscle I got I'd get sucked in startled me. I'd see nightmares for years involving water and dark holes I'd be unable to stop myself from flowing into.

telesilla 5y ago
I've experienced the same, it's truly the stuff of nightmares and I'm very very careful around water now. It's scary how quickly we can be overpowered.
laurent92 5y ago
A good complement on water education for adults is the well-known website: http://spotthedrowningchild.com/ http://spotthedrowningchild.com/ Water is dangerous, pushing a little bit more education at each opportunity saves a lot of lives.

nine_k 5y ago

What puzzles me is why these areas are not marked on the shore with tall posts with signs saying: DANGER! STRONG CURRENTS! TURN BACK. Such signs should likely start like 150-200 yards upstream to warn boats and kayaks.

matkoniecz 5y ago
some are, see https://krcproject.groups.et.byu.net/site_images/Boone%20Water%20Works%20Low-head%20Dam%20-%20(site%2028).JPG https://krcproject.groups.et.byu.net/site_images/Boone%20Wat... at https://krcproject.groups.et.byu.net/browse.php https://krcproject.groups.et.byu.net/browse.php

twic 5y ago

Indeed! According to that, The Dennett Dam drowned three people (between 2006 and 2009, so perhaps many more since it was built in 1933 and ruined in 1940). It's now been removed, and you can see when it's dry that it's about six feet tall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeCaEHsIa_U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeCaEHsIa_U https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2018/08/damned-if-you-do-dam-damned-if-youwell.html https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2018/08/damned-if-you-do-dam...