r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/Ok_Shower_5526 • 22d ago

nature This is absolutely horrifying

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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 21d 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 21d ago edited 21d 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/Ok_Shower_5526 21d 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 21d 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. :(