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re: Woman swims across the Mississippi River from Aquarium to Algiers Point
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:00 pm to Supermoto Tiger
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:00 pm to Supermoto Tiger
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No way in hell she swam a line like that with the current.
I doubt it was a straight line. She may have entered and exited the river at those points, but to draw a straight line is dumb.
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Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:00 pm to Tyga Woods
Anything to beat those Uber surcharges
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:02 pm to LSUFanHouston
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but to draw a straight line is dumb.
jeez, they're just showing the general path she took, it's not like she had a GPS strapped to her arse for tracking the exact track she made
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:05 pm to MBclass83
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Is it illegal to swim in the river?
Who said anything about it being illegal?
The NOPD called the Coast Guard...because they are there to protect and serve...
maybe they wanted to make sure she was okay
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:09 pm to RedPop4
When my father was at Holy Cross they would swim out to meet the banana boats. They would hang on the the bunches of bananas as flotation and swim back. I don't think they ever swam all the way across. This was in the 30s
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:12 pm to Tyga Woods
According to Google Maps the distance from her starting to end point is about 0.5 miles (2,600 ft). If she planned to swim directly across the river, the distance is about 2,100 ft, thus the current carried her an extra 500 feet in distance (hypotenuse of the triangle), but she arrived about 1,000 feet downstream.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:22 pm to Dead Man Walking
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The red line was her swim path?
Yeah, she swam a perfectly straight line. No way someone just randomly put a line over the picture to show the round-a-bout path she took.
I've done a good bit of open water swimming doing triathlons. I have no doubt I could cross (although I'd rather not try). I have no idea where I'd end up, but wouldn't drown. And I'm an average swimmer in that regard. It does not surprise me someone could do it at all.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:25 pm to KG6
quote:I'm sure some areas are an undertow or downward pulling current but most of it I imagine is just fast surface current. Fast moving water actually provides buoyancy and can give you a rest if you float with it.
It does not surprise me someone could do it at all.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:28 pm to KG6
Yea after thinking about it, she did it at a perfect part of the river as long as you stay afloat.
The river routinely pulls 40 to 50 foot trees underwater. So avoiding events like that I see a good swimmer like yourself making it
The river routinely pulls 40 to 50 foot trees underwater. So avoiding events like that I see a good swimmer like yourself making it
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:28 pm to Tyga Woods
frick, the ferry has a hard time in lower water.
If you told me she started this effort at the Jackson Avenue/Gretna ferry landing, I might have believed it.
If you told me she started this effort at the Jackson Avenue/Gretna ferry landing, I might have believed it.
This post was edited on 6/10/19 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:31 pm to tgrbaitn08
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That bend is the river is one of the strongest currents throughout the entire river
read a comment from a boat capt that said there's a strong upcurrent eddy at that location.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:32 pm to udtiger
Swimming in 1.5 cubic ft per second? She has a death wish. Sounds like she caught the Algiers point eddy though to make it to the point. I’ve known several people who have tried this feat and all of them drowned.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:32 pm to CaptainsWafer
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Why weren’t there any NOPD officers waiting for her to get out?
Is it illegal to swim in the Mississippi River?
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:33 pm to Honest Tune
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That is almost the deepest part of the entire river, some 200' deep.
I didn't know that, but it is a terrifying thought to me. It makes me uneasy just to think about it.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:35 pm to MrLSU
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I’ve known several people who have tried this feat and all of them drowned.
Sure
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:38 pm to MrLSU
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I’ve known several people who have tried this feat and all of them drowned.
Several?
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:39 pm to Jones
If I had to guess, this is closer to what she actually did
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:39 pm to Tyga Woods
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:40 pm to Tyga Woods
I heard "she" was a "he" 
Posted on 6/10/19 at 12:43 pm to Tyga Woods
No pics, video, or news story...never happened.
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