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jml11
10-01-2010, 02:51 PM
Got these pics from a buddy. Hunters camped on the Macgregor River, east of PG earlier this week. Photos taken over a couple of days. I guess the river rose 2m overnight!!!! Haven't talked to him in person to get more details yet.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/jflex48/36050_480063765055_577910055_7288057_1016992_n.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/jflex48/33450_480064650055_577910055_7288068_2311713_n.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/jflex48/33450_480064655055_577910055_7288069_6116110_n.jpg

The other vechicles shown earlier are completely submerged here...the water finally dropped enough to get the vehicles towed out yesterday...ruined their day I'm sure.
mijinkal
10-01-2010, 02:53 PM
WOW! That's gotta suck!
Thanks for the good reminder!
835
10-01-2010, 02:54 PM
holly shit!
sorry fer swearin but.........
Tenacious Billy
10-01-2010, 02:55 PM
That's balls........
Kody94
10-01-2010, 02:56 PM
Yikes! That's a big OOOPs, alright. Bettin' they feel dumber than posts right now. Sometimes folks just gotta learn the hard way. :) LOL
tristanmac
10-01-2010, 02:59 PM
unlucky......
Kody94
10-01-2010, 03:03 PM
unlucky......

Not to be too hard on the guys in the pics (I do feel bad for them), but luck didn't really have much to do with it.

I suspect these guys may have spent too much time in the concrete jungle and too little time near rivers.
BlacktailStalker
10-01-2010, 03:09 PM
That is a very extreme increase in water level, sucks though.
jml11
10-01-2010, 03:13 PM
That is a very extreme increase in water level, sucks though.


It is and I am not too sure why they weren't able to pull out before the water began lapping up against the tires...hoping to get some more details. My buddy was not one of the people camped with them, they were camped on the other side of the river and managed to stay dry.
moosinaround
10-01-2010, 03:21 PM
Sure must have snowed in the mountains, and then with the rain lower down...............................Flood!! Mcgregors claim more vehicles!! Tough part of the world to play in, and work!! Can't take nothing for granted in the mountains!! Hard lesson learned for sure!! Moosin
bruin
10-01-2010, 04:14 PM
That would be a suprise when you stepped out for a leak in the morning. Sucks for sure!
BromBones
10-01-2010, 05:20 PM
I shouldn't be laughing, but that's funny. :-D

I remember drifting the upper Kispiox river during late flood stage. Was a little hungover and stopped around lunchtime for a nap. I woke up to water lapping at my toes and my canoe 40 ft downstream (I was smart enough at least to tie it:wink:)

Gotta watch those mountain streams!
islandboy
10-01-2010, 06:27 PM
There is a reason they call this the wet coast. I've seen 50' cedars c/w root ball fly down island rivers (you could walk across these rivers in August and not get your calves wet). Good thing no trees "swept" through their camp.
5 spike
10-01-2010, 07:04 PM
thats nasty hope everybody was ok. rule number one on the island always find higher ground to camp on, dont camp any place close to the river or lakes edge. you might wake up with wet shorts, it happens quick.
Dragginbait
10-02-2010, 01:42 PM
"It wont start, I think it's FLOODED"





someone had to do it...
dime
10-02-2010, 09:24 PM
unlucky......
Luck has nothing to do with it. It is like these idiots who build a house on a flood plain and then are surprised when the house is half underwater, and then cry to the government to bail them out. Words of wisdom- DON'T BE A MORON.
Buck Skin
10-02-2010, 10:18 PM
wake up call
landphil
10-03-2010, 01:30 AM
One word, and I think it's one of Fisher-Dude's favorites...













Onstar!
Lone Ranger
10-03-2010, 01:52 AM
Hopefully no one was hurt, but yeah its kinda irresponsible - especially this time of the year.

I got caught in that slide at the bottom of Heather Mtn/east Rogers Pass this last week and just with that amount of rain it was amazing to watch how quickly the water rose in that area. In a matter of a few hours the local rivers got pretty crazy in a bit hurry. Hopefully they've learned their lesson and will think twice next time before trying that again. LR
bigshooter
10-03-2010, 09:04 AM
"It wont start, I think it's FLOODED"


someone had to do it...


One word, and I think it's one of Fisher-Dude's favorites...


Onstar!


Ha Ha Made my morning:-D
eaglesnester
10-03-2010, 09:42 AM
This is a good lesson for all of us. I do not believe that I would ever camp on a gravel bar no matter what the weather, expected rainfall, or river level. I have lived in the high desert in southern Cal. and have seen flash floods in dry river bottoms without a cloud in the sky but that was not the case 50 miles or so upstream.