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re: Woman swims across the Mississippi River from Aquarium to Algiers Point
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:39 am to fillmoregandt
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:39 am to fillmoregandt
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She swam upcurrent?
That’s what the map shows
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Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:39 am to Tyga Woods
Im confident I could do it.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:39 am to TheHarahanian
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Swimmming the river was much more common a few generations ago.
EG's grandpappy swam across at Vicksburg over a hundred years ago. It was in the paper and everything.
Although I'm sure it wasn't during a historical crest like this dumbass
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:39 am to bee Rye
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If she did make it, she may glow in the dark now...
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Also, remember that the water is totally toxic. It's more like sludgy poison from the smoke-belching factories at the top of the river, swirled together with the pesticide and fertilizer run-off from farms in the Mississippi River watershed... it's a funky, nasty brew. That does not seem like a good idea to dunk yourself in.
Yea... that's not how that works...
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:39 am to tgrbaitn08
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That bend is the river is one of the strongest currents throughout the entire river
This is true, but as you pass the mid-point of the river approaching Algiers Point, the current is not downriver the way it is near the east bank. The point actually turns the current upriver nearer to the west bank. It is entirely possible if "she" managed to get past or across the downriver current early, "she" may have hit the upriver eddy and made it.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:40 am to Supermoto Tiger
The point is covered with water and pretty much everything to the right and below that tow in the pic is an upstream eddy.
You could probably just stay afloat and go below the point and the eddy will just naturally bring you back to the point and shore
Staying afloat is the amazing thing to me
You could probably just stay afloat and go below the point and the eddy will just naturally bring you back to the point and shore
Staying afloat is the amazing thing to me
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:40 am to Tyga Woods
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Clark Roddy: Everybody that keeps saying bullshite I was the captain on the boat trying to get her
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:41 am to Tyga Woods
Evaded the Cops??
Is it illegal or something?
In Baton Rouge, that used to be the final exam for swim class.
Is it illegal or something?
In Baton Rouge, that used to be the final exam for swim class.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:42 am to tgrbaitn08
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Clark Roddy
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:42 am to Bullfrog
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Evaded the Cops??
Is it illegal or something?
They probably wanted to evaluate her for a psychiatric hold I'd imagine
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:43 am to EmperorGout
My dad, from Algiers Point, and his uncles before him, used to swim in the river all the time when they were kids.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:45 am to hombreman9
Is it illegal to swim in the river?
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:45 am to lsuson
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Crazy part is when she made it to Algiers she evaded police.
Is it illegal to swim in the MS river?
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:46 am to CaptainsWafer
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That red line would’ve ended somewhere in the gulf, not in Algiers
One of my teachers swam across the Mississippi in high school while the river was low and it took him a mile down river.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:48 am to RedPop4
Swimming in the river =/= swimming across though.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:50 am to Bedhog
That's definitely impressive the river is full of current that goes in several directions it's not just flowing one simple way. Amazing she didn't get hit by some floating debris or something it was definitely unsafe
quote:that's typically what would happen
One of my teachers swam across the Mississippi in high school while the river was low and it took him a mile down river.
This post was edited on 6/10/19 at 11:52 am
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:50 am to Tyga Woods
That is almost the deepest part of the entire river, some 200' deep.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:52 am to eScott
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One of my teachers swam across the Mississippi in high school while the river was low and it took him a mile down river.
My great uncle Emanuel swam across the River in 1915 with three of his friends. Only two came out with him on the other side.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:57 am to Tyga Woods
She is lucky some river traffic didn't hit her. No way a ship could have avoided her.
This post was edited on 6/10/19 at 12:04 pm
Posted on 6/10/19 at 11:59 am to CaptainsWafer
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Let’s say this is true. Its not like she swam across in 45 seconds. Why weren’t there any NOPD officers waiting for her to get out?
Have you seen NOPD response times lately?
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