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8. While fishing in the Ohio River with my brother in our boat we decided to cross over to the

Reply to frogmarch (Original post)

Sat Dec 7, 2024, 09:59 AM

Dec 7

other side of the river. There was a barge tow coming down the river maybe 1/4 mile away and it looked like we had
plenty of time to cross in front of it. A full barge tow on the river is about 1000 feet long and maybe 150 feet wide and I heard
it takes about a mile to stop them. The outboard motor stopped running in the path of the barge tow. I pulled the motor up
and saw leaves had plugged the water intake and stalled it out. I was lucky I got the leaves cleared out and the engine
started. The barge was bearing down on us with the horn blasting, we made it out of the way with just seconds to spare.

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What was your scariest moment? [View all] frogmarch Dec 7 OP

Getting prepped for heart surgery... MiHale Dec 7 #1

Were you in there alone or with other people? True Dough Dec 7 #2

Alone. frogmarch Dec 7 #4

I was accepted into law school. I was eligible for a scholarship. no_hypocrisy Dec 7 #3

Hitchhiking at night back in 1971. Went to a concert livetohike Dec 7 #5

my work truck broke down and onethatcares Dec 7 #6

OMG MustLoveBeagles Dec 7 #11

That's (well, the person was) crazy! electric_blue68 Dec 8 #17

Sailing across Currituck Sound , NC in a dangerous squall PJMcK Dec 7 #7

Woah! A friend then living in Thailand i think got caught in unexpected storm, and went overboard but managed to get .. electric_blue68 Dec 8 #15

Overboard?! PJMcK Dec 9 #23

I'm pretty sure. I was very upset. electric_blue68 Dec 9 #24

While fishing in the Ohio River with my brother in our boat we decided to cross over to the doc03 Dec 7 #8

Oh, my...is That how big those barges are. Like almost a water version of being tied onto train tracks! electric_blue68 Dec 8 #18

60 years ago, the car I was a backseat passenger in went over a 250 foot cliff into Turnbull Canyon. quaint Dec 7 #9

Yikes nt XanaDUer2 Dec 7 #10

Gah! Thank goodness you, and others got through electric_blue68 Dec 8 #16

We hit an embankment 100 feet down which slowed our descent. quaint Dec 9 #25

When I was young, I worked at a social service agency womanofthehills Dec 7 #12

Terrifying! quaint Dec 8 #13

Woah! You should have gotten hazerdous pay! How awful esp w your yoing daughter there. electric_blue68 Dec 8 #19

On An Interstate ProfessorGAC Dec 8 #14

Phew! electric_blue68 Dec 8 #20

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Being told I had a 100% chance of dying or being paralyzed if I fell prior to surgery. lark Dec 9 #28

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