On 2013-09-15, Janet > wrote:

> Flood water is different; beaneath the surface it's often carrying
> innumerable bits of loose debris collected from onshore; highly
> dangerous to kayaks.

More dangerous than existing well-known hazards that can be as equally
treacherous? I think not.

Last Summer, we had a trained rafting guide die when she got sucked
into a well known river hazard. So treacherous, took them 2 wks to
fabricate a barrier and divert heavy river flow enough to get her body
out. This after her body being down in this suck hole for over 30
days. After the retrieval, the river was returned to it's natural
state and that particularly onerous hazard still exists to this day.

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