Amite River claims another...

[oleheat]

Wow. Nearly the same thing happened 2 or 3 weeks back.

Note to all: I don't mean to be cruel, but if you can't swim, don't wade across a river. Come to think of it, swimming in the Amite River isn't exactly an Einstein-like move, anyway....


http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12641901

 

[themcfarland]

I read that, I wonder if there was liquid courage involved?

 

[CloudStrife]

Dumb dumb dumb...

 

[Bearco]

I read that, I wonder if there was liquid courage involved?

possibly, but it also could have been family courage... Come on, you can do it. It is only chest deep, so you can walk across.

 

[CloudStrife]

Maybe this is wrong, but oh well...
http://www.hulu.com/watch/12925/robin-hood-men-in-tights-bridge-crossing

 

[flamatrix99]

Tiki tubing time!

 

[Leadslugga]

Really, who doesn't know how to swim? It isn't that hard. Do you think he was a gentleman of questionable immigration status?

 

[oleheat]

Really, who doesn't know how to swim? It isn't that hard. Do you think he was a gentleman of questionable immigration status?

I am starting to wonder whether we will be seeing more drownings involving "gentlemen of questionable immigration status" on the Amite simply because they have no way of knowing it's history. Not a joke, just something to consider....

 

[CloudStrife]

What's special about the Amite river?

 

[Bayoupiper]

How long before one of his distraught, and misinformed relatives logs on here and chews us all out?





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[oleheat]

What's special about the Amite river?

In short, a lot of people have died in it. Lots of stumps, stumpholes, dropoffs, strong currents at times....That area around the Magnolia Bridge has seen a lot of drownings over the years.

I don't have any hard numbers to support it, but most would have to agree that locally, more people have drowned in it than any other river.

 

[flamatrix99]

Really, who doesn't know how to swim? It isn't that hard. Do you think he was a gentleman of questionable immigration status?

When I went to boot camp I was amazed how many guys did not know how to swim. They had to go to a remedial swimming class. And yes they mostly from areas like north Baton Rouge.

 

[scubasteve]

"Hold my cerveza, Hommes, and watch dis!!"

The Amite at Florida has claimed more than its fair share.

 

[Leadslugga]

When I went to boot camp I was amazed how many guys did not know how to swim. They had to go to a remedial swimming class. And yes they mostly from areas like north Baton Rouge.

Sadly I believe that. I think that knowing how to swim is probably something that everyone should learn in their life, unless maybe they live in the middle of the Sahara. This is Louisiana, though. Water happens.

Seriously though, trying to cross a river without the ability to swim is like jumping off a cliff without the ability to fly.

 

[rebelray84]

Man that's weird,we just had a guy drown in the Tangipahoa River outside of the town of Amite.He also had a Hispanic sounding name.

http://www.actionnews17.com/News/PoliceFire/tabid/62/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2415/25-year-old-man-drowns-on-Tangipahoa-River-Sunday-in-Amite.aspx

 

[Tadpole]

Most places in both rivers, have strong currents and deep holes. Unlike the Rio Grande. It can go from knee deep to 20 ft in one step.

 

[Jimmy Dean]

Most places in both rivers, have strong currents and deep holes. Unlike the Rio Grande. It can go from knee deep to 20 ft in one step.

kinda like the Atchafalaya, (except it is on a much larger scale) We will be watching the depth-finder and it will go from 10-15 down to over 100ft in under a second at some of the eddys.

 

[Tadpole]

That river scares me to death pal, I wouldn't get on it in a fishing boat, I have seen currents from the top of the bridge...wow!

 

[LouisianaRebel]

Amite aint that bad... All them dumb rednecks ride down it on their fourwheelers.

 

[charlie12]

I've been thinking maybe they needs signs in spanish saying "this ain't the F%*king Rio Grande"