Quote Originally Posted by kygorski View Post
Drove over the river at burkesville, I have3 nevrt seen the water that color before during a dry period.It was brown,and low. Next on the way home drove over the dam to kendal, one flood gate wide open, and then I noticed a boat, bottom side up caught in the eddy across the river from me.Several minutes saw another bhoat heading into that very bad area, I think they were on a rescue mission, dont know if they were3 succesful or not, but 15 minutes later the russel county EMS truck showed up and went down the ramp, several minutes after that, they shut the flood gate down to lower the river, not a good sign.
Posted by Rainbow on LC.com
"Two of my staff and I had just arrived at the Snack Bar to eat lunch when we were alerted by some bystanders that a boat had just turned over. Once we confirmed this by actually seeing them in the water, I contacted the powerhouse operator on duty and advised they should probably shut everything down. Three fisherman in a boat several hundred yards down stream had been made aware of the situation and came to their rescue. After several minutes of battling the swift/swirling water they were able to get both individuals in the boat. From our observation it was obvious one or both parties would need medical attention, so I phoned the EMS to get a truck in route. We then went to the boat ramp to assist. The female was not doing well, due to exhaustion, hypothermia, and drinking way to much water. Both parties were transported to the hospital. They are very lucky someone saw it happen and that the fisherman were in the area, otherwise the outcome would not have been so good in a few short minutes. "