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Old 06-11-2016, 03:38 PM
 
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Third death was today . I don't think I'll be swimming there anytime soon.


Teen drowns at Barton Creek Greenbelt | KTBC
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Old 06-11-2016, 04:19 PM
 
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Now one on Lake Travis as well.
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Old 06-11-2016, 09:33 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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The title of the thread is a bit confusing, this isn't at Barton Springs, it is on Barton Creek.
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Old 06-12-2016, 09:17 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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The water is swift there, fastest its been since 2007. People get drunk and/or take risks, sometimes luck isn't on their side.
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Old 06-12-2016, 02:01 PM
 
Location: Round Rock, Texas
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The water is swift there, fastest its been since 2007. People get drunk and/or take risks, sometimes luck isn't on their side.
And their crazy carelessness dictates that firemen like my brother's grandson have to put their own lives at risk to fish the body out of that BC intake grate with a pole pike (which he did with the tuber who drowned at the height of the flooding).
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Old 06-12-2016, 06:52 PM
 
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And their crazy carelessness dictates that firemen like my brother's grandson have to put their own lives at risk to fish the body out of that BC intake grate with a pole pike (which he did with the tuber who drowned at the height of the flooding).
This. People have to risk their own lives due to the idiocy of others.
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Old 06-12-2016, 06:55 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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And their crazy carelessness dictates that firemen like my brother's grandson have to put their own lives at risk to fish the body out of that BC intake grate with a pole pike (which he did with the tuber who drowned at the height of the flooding).
Did he not choose to be a fireman?
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Old 06-12-2016, 06:58 PM
 
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Did he not choose to be a fireman?
That's a position of necessary risks, but it's very hard to swallow when they have to risk their lives due to abject stupidity.
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Old 06-12-2016, 07:06 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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That's a position of necessary risks, but it's very hard to swallow when they have to risk their lives due to abject stupidity.
...which all of us are guilty of at some point in our lives; especially when we're teenagers.
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Old 06-12-2016, 07:08 PM
 
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...which all of us are guilty of at some point in our lives; especially when we're teenagers.
Only one of the drowning victims was a teenager.
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