@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 there are videos of people being pulled under in this river. The currents are extremely strong, you’re arguing semantics.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 the water is not just flowing horizontally there are eddies and backflows where its moving up and down due to rocks on the bottom that you cant see it absolutely WILL pull you down faster than you can swim up
@@kenwittlief255 Sure, if you are in a powerful hydraulic in some rapids, but not in a little alcove where a bunch of wood is just sitting there. There isn't enough power to "pull" you down. Total horseshit. They are just trying to keep people from getting in trouble in faster water.
Fourth of July my cousin went overboard right underneath the Peace Bridge he was found three days later washed ashore at Beaver Island this was in 1986 I believe the current is no joke
Yeah it's the strength of the current and trying to swim to shore can tire you out quickly. It doesn't "suck people under" per se, it just tires them out.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 the water is not just flowing horizontally there are eddies and backflows where its moving up and down due to rocks on the bottom that you cant see it absolutely WILL pull you down faster than you can swim up
Damn the river close to where I live kills several people a year & it’s current isn’t even close to how strong as this one holy hell... The scariest part was how deceptively calm this river looked & how two grown men died in broad daylight... Very, very sad & tragic...
The man who jumped into fetch the log clearly couldn't swim. Then when his buddy jumped in to save him, he dragged him under. While the currents are swift out in the main stretch of river, they were in a little alcove with no currents.
yeah its plain as day the water is ridiculously fast. Throw in walls and a bridge and you have that powerful current flowing down or back out to the center in weird ways under the surface from bouncing off bridge supports and those walls. With that kind of speed you would have no chance if the current happens to go back out or down
Right! If you see the video of the two men drowning! That current was taking them to the main part of the river! (Middle) But drown before getting there! That river is no joke.
@@LadellTurner They drowned because the first dude couldn't swim. He panicked and started to drown within seconds, and then when his older friend tried to save him, he dragged him under and drowned him too. It wasn't about the currents in that case.
@@Ur2ez4me81 They drowned because the first dude couldn't swim. He panicked and started to drown within seconds, and then when his older friend tried to save him, he dragged him under and drowned him too. It wasn't about the currents in that case.
The entire upper Niagara River is not dangerous there is beach at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island that is in the Niagara River its only by the Peace Bridge where the river is narrow, and the current can be as fast as 10mph, that it is like being in rapids
