[Xploit Machine]

Villagers Drown While Crossing A River

The incident occurred on the afternoon of Monday, June 17, in middle of nowhere Guatemala. “Three people died after being swept away by a river”. A man is heard pleading for help while his relatives drown.

[Yoloman]

It's the usual story: one drowning, and two rescuers jump in without safety ropes or floatation gear and also drown ...

"Three drown mice ..."

[Otimebomb]

Never underestimate the power of flowing water.

[Mongolian60]

It looks like the death zone when you have a low lying wall like structure and fast moving water going over it. Somewhere in US they have a place like this with a warning in place.

[NUUDLZ]

Unfortunately the people who tried to be heroes are now zeros because they didn't use common sense. Bravery will not keep your ass from drowning Such a shame that those people who care enough to help lost their lives. Oh well....not like we're running out of bodies to kill off.

[gimlet]

Guy in the wife beater t-shirt didn't last long. Maybe they should build a pedestrian bridge there.

[nudibranches646]

These weirs / low head dams are deadly, As water flows over the face of the weir it can create a ‘re-circulation’ feature on the downstream side when surface water is pulled back into the face of the weir. this re-circulation is known as a hydraulic jump, hole, stopper etc. Depending on the strength of the recirculation it can have the ability to trap floating debris, objects, equipment and potentially people. Many a kayaker has met their demise in one, including a friend who was very very lucky to survive.

[ironmike]

Originally Posted by nudibranches646 ↗

These weirs / low head dams are deadly, As water flows over the face of the weir it can create a ‘re-circulation’ feature on the downstream side when surface water is pulled back into the face of the weir. this re-circulation is known as a hydraulic jump, hole, stopper etc. Depending on the strength of the recirculation it can have the ability to trap floating debris, objects, equipment and potentially people. Many a kayaker has met their demise in one, including a friend who was very very lucky to survive.

So true. "washing machine" effect. Get trapped in that and you are dicked. No escape.

[houseoftechno]

Yup, don't want to bale from the canoe/kayak at a low head dam, but if the boat inverts, you don't have a choice. My plan for escaping a recirc hydraulic is to dive into the toe and loop around along the bottom with strong strokes, to punch out of the hydraulic low and downstream of the recirc.

[William May]

I think when they shut off Niagara Falls many years ago, they found a woman suicide victims body in the blank area. The water flowing in and the water flowing out lead to a static area with no movement (Or something, I don't remember the scientific explanation) so she just hung out there, waiting for them to find her when they turned the river off. I think it was the American side of the falls. The Canadian side was fine and never needed fixing. I think we had leaking washers, or our handle was squeaky or something, on OUR side.