Drowning Machine

[RichuIsTheBest]

they have those all along the okanagan river

[ggummess]

To the Swiftwater Rescue Technician, that sounds like it could work, but it's not 100% reliable if you get knocked out hitting your head on a boulder at the bottom of a particularly strong boil. The advice is very similar to what I was taught in learning to body surf. If the wave breaks, dive under it; you come up on the other side.

[21ladasha]

what the hell

[esscy1]

Low head dams are very dangerous in deed. I am a trained Swiftwater Rescue Technician and the way we are trained to get out of this situation is to go down to the bottom of the water and swim under the boil line to come out. Horrible situation to be in.

[NOMADdaf]

Amen!!! it saved my fool life!

[bob31629]

free at last!

[jmr1068204]

I know that hydraulics tend to be very strong. But this doesn't look all that "big" to me. Not that I'd try anything like boating/swimming over/near something like that anyway. But...

[BMuu35]

Actually that's whats so dangerious about low head dams. They don't have to look bad to actually be very powerful.

[tygerross]

Great vid..... Low head dams are drowning machines.

[Geckoforhire]

Hopefully this will help teach people to stay away from these things! The hydraulic at the base of the dam will just keep pulling you under over and over and over again.

[geod5]

yeh only chance is if you swimm out the end