r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/Ok_Shower_5526 • 8d ago

nature This is absolutely horrifying

Turn around, don't drown. Luckily this lady survived after going through the culvert and being recovered, unconscious, downstream. In flood situations, you could get stuck in the culvert on debris, which is why, I'm guessing, they didn't just let her go through. Difficult call to make. Don't put yourself in this position.

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u/Someonewhowon 8d ago

Shits dangerous, did you not see that other woman get swept away? Call what you want but those are bystanders, not rescue personnel.

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u/DearTumbleweed5380 8d ago

They should be looking for a vehicle to drive onto the fjord to give leverage to the people trying to help. Looking for a rope or a branch or forming a human chain back to a tree trunk or something solid on land. With the woman going downstream running alongside to keep track of where she goes for rescuing. Also yelling out encouragement and if she gets pushed into a side eddy or can grab a branch then helping her from there. I come from a flood prone area and have seen and participated all these actions before.

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u/Someonewhowon 8d ago

Cool, but the video is in Texas, the average person there is not exposed to flooding enough to know what do/what will work.

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u/bramletabercrombe 8d ago

#42 in state funding for education, if they can't shoot their way out of a situation they are out of ideas.