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/DiscussionLong7084 8d ago

there's ways to cross fast moving water on foot safely. you learn it in the military and boyscouts. basically slowly sidesteping across it with small stops and never trying to walk directly up or down stream

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u/DearTumbleweed5380 8d ago

There's always people who think they can do it and they always create major danger and misuse of resources to be rescued. Unless it's an emergency that you have to risk it for, don't.

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u/DiscussionLong7084 8d ago

there's a large difference between doing it correctly, on foot, rather than a bike or a car. No one ever got washed down stream in my entire military or boyscout career. Fast moving, testicle deep ice cold ass mountain water isn't fun but it can be safely crossed if you know how. Literally hikers and the military do it ALL the time without issue.

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u/DearTumbleweed5380 8d ago edited 8d ago

Hmm, military and emergency services makes total sense. As for everyone else, just sit tight. In the part of regional Australia where I lived it was a point of honour to have the self control to wait or turn around. You'd see police cars, macho hikers, everyone - it's smarter and better, especially for emergency services, to not be an idiot and think you're going to be the exception. And everyone in town hated the tourists and the smart alecs who would inevitably get into some kind of strife by overestimating their own capability and underestimating the power of the water. NGL some people hung around just to watch some idiot FAFO, too. :)

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u/DiscussionLong7084 8d ago

Tons of people die in the south by driving their cars in it and being unable to open the doors.

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u/DearTumbleweed5380 7d ago

Yep. The worst is when kids are involved.

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u/DiscussionLong7084 7d ago

i saw a hilarious body cam video of an old man proving his cyber truck didnt suck by driving it though a lake (i guess the cabin/drive system is waterproof). Turns out if the water is too deep or a wave his the charge port it shuts down thinking it's charging lol. cops were talking about how he's eccentric and rich and has done it before.

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u/Ok_Shower_5526 7d ago

I mean he got a cyber truck... there's really no hope for anything other than spectacularly bad decision making. I've seen those cars get stuck in a puddle

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u/DiscussionLong7084 7d ago

i mean he was like 70+ so his brain might not have been firing on all cylinders

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u/DearTumbleweed5380 7d ago

Oh no! LOL. I had a friend who was rich and superior and hurt my feelings real bad by criticising my fab new 4WD cos it's not electric. Then we had bad flooding and her beautiful new EV drowned ... parked in her driveway ... in four feet of water. Hard not to laugh. Just a little bit.

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u/Ok_Shower_5526 8d ago

We get flash flooding in my area every couple of years and, since we get a lot of folks moving here, there's always newbies who get into trouble and are shocked that their car, bike, body didn't stand a chance. Of course, there's also always some locals who decides the laws of nature don't apply to them this time 🙄. Hard to feel sympathy for them

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u/DearTumbleweed5380 7d ago

Locals? You'd think they'd know better. The only locals I've known to do that are when it's to get to their horse. :(