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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 go
by 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 agoI'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.
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