Comments on: Six People Rescued Thursday From Flooded River At Barrineau Park

By: Susan Clark

Susan Clark — Sun, 04 May 2014 20:08:29 +0000

Crazy!

By: Wharf Rat

Wharf Rat — Sun, 04 May 2014 01:14:41 +0000

Charles Darwin , around 1859, promulgated a theory of evolution, in which some species will not survive. These people came close to winning the Darwin Award for 2014.

By: JSCS

JSCS — Sat, 03 May 2014 15:27:04 +0000

Sometimes people just do not think. This could have been a real tragedy

Thank the good Lord and the people who risked their safety by rescuing other people who should have used some common sense.

By: survivor

survivor — Sat, 03 May 2014 12:22:20 +0000

JMP … A SOCIAL WORKER? .. OR CPS SYMPATHIZER .. REALLY! foaming at the mouth to take the kids away based on neglect !! Shame on you .. just because they made a bad choice to go in the river .. Really now .. Natural Rivers can be a danger at any given time . Give me a break … live and let live .

By: riverrat

riverrat — Sat, 03 May 2014 11:56:26 +0000

Like most folks in this area, I grew up in that river, and have nearly drowned in it three times, and those were when the river was its usual depth and current. It is swift, deep, and unpredictable at its best in spots and deadly at its worst. How those people looked at that river and their children and decided the two should mix is unfathomable!!! I was there on Wednesday, and it was a churning cauldron of debris, water, and danger, and that was long before it had crested (not sure if it has crested even now)…this proves the fact that you can’t fix some levels of stupid, not even with duct tape! Glad the rescuers are safe, seeing as these folks obviously did not care for their safety either…

By: Fish Hawk

Fish Hawk — Sat, 03 May 2014 04:01:37 +0000

Talked to these young people earlier in the day at Fillingim Landing on Jack Branch Rd. . Tried to warn them of the dangers involved in running the river at flood stage.
Figured they would give up the crazy idea once they had seen the river up stream at the bridge where they had headed to put in at. They were going to use tubes they said. Told them that was not smart. They would not listen.
For folks on tubes and having little knowledge of the area they were in they are very lucky they walked away. I hoped they learned something from what they experienced. Things could have ended very badly. Glad all of them are safe now.

By: JMP

JMP — Fri, 02 May 2014 16:20:14 +0000

Why would this not be neglect… The lives of these children were put in danger.

By: perdido fisherman

perdido fisherman — Fri, 02 May 2014 14:39:30 +0000

There are several dangerous spots on this river for the inexperienced especially during a flood. I wouldn’t be surprised if these folks get a visit from DFCS after putting those kids lives at risk. They are so lucky no one was sucked under that jam, they would have never gotten out before drowning.
I have been from one end of this river to the other and you never know what will happen when it’s out of it’s banks, even at normal level it has some spots that will put a novices life at risk, especially when they think they know what they’re doing. A log jam is like a vacuum cleaner and will suck stuff under it before you know it, I have seen boats pulled under them during high water.

By: wendell

wendell — Fri, 02 May 2014 14:36:19 +0000

I hope these people get the bill for the rescue. This is so much stupid in one spot it should be a criminal offense.

By: molino jim

molino jim — Fri, 02 May 2014 14:29:39 +0000

Is this the same log jam everyone wants removed? I guess it was good it was there after all.