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Ernie · May-16-25 6:58PM

https://www.loudounnow.com/news/public_ … t=headline

Ernie · May-16-25 7:02PM

Way to not check river conditions!

At noon on Wednesday, the river was at 5' and rising. At 5pm it was 13"+ and at 7pm it was 15'+. That's a huge (and fast) rise!!

drxfish · May-16-25 7:58PM

People have no clue.

hookup · May-16-25 8:59PM

"Hold my beer and check this out!"

T. · May-17-25 9:49PM

Rescue units are now on their way for a rescue on the river in the area of Sugarland Run. Sounds like somebody got into some trouble, abandoned their boat and now two people are clinging to a tree.

I have now completed nearly all my formal initial firefighter training. Just six more days of class for survival related training.

This was the Lander boat ramp yesterday.

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Ernie · May-17-25 9:53PM

Why would they even go out with the river the way it is?

Congrats Travis!!!

T. · May-17-25 10:08PM

Successfully rescued a male and female from the middle of the river inline with Violettes lock. Montgomery Co boat taking them to the MD side. At least they had the sense to wear PFDs.

hookup · May-18-25 1:17PM

People lack common sense

Good job T. Good luck and enjoy the new gig!

drxfish · May-18-25 1:25PM

Congratulations, Travis! That is a great accomplishment.

Ernie · May-18-25 3:52PM

T.- any idea what kind of boat/floating device they were in?

Ernie · May-18-25 8:40PM

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2025 … fall-edge/

Katie Island is just above Pennyfield

backtofuturetoyota · May-19-25 11:51AM

Congrats brother! Great job on gettting to this point and the rescue! Idiots like that put everyone's life in danger.

drxfish · May-19-25 12:55PM

Still a little muddy...

T. · May-19-25 5:03PM

hookup wrote:
People lack common sense

Good job T. Good luck and enjoy the new gig!

Thanks, just a volunteer gig for me.

Ernie wrote:
T.- any idea what kind of boat/floating device they were in?

Never heard anything about it. The county might say something about it in their occasional emails they send out about notable incidents.

T. · May-20-25 2:54AM

Rescue units heading out again to Algonkian, four people requesting help. Two on Pond Island, two more downstream on a 'paddle boat'.
Sounds like Fairfax has been working the incident for a bit. The US Park PD helo is already overhead Trump's golf course.

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Ernie · May-20-25 11:42AM

The infamous Forrest Gump once said "Stupid is as stupid does".

hookup · May-20-25 5:27PM

Another group of candidates for the Darwin Award

Ernie · May-20-25 6:23PM

T. wrote:
Sounds like Fairfax has been working the incident for a bit. The US Park PD helo is already overhead Trump's golf course.

That's Station 12. I have friends who worked there. A few years back, Bev was in one of the helos and helped rescue someone from a rock.

T. · May-20-25 7:34PM

There was more water rescue training at Beaverdam today.

https://www.loudounnow.com/news/fire-an … d650b.html

“We got dispatched out here for five people that were in the water who had overturned kayaks that they had rented at the facility and it kind of opened our eyes,?? Tarbell said.

As I figured. Expect more of this with inexperienced people in kayaks for the first time.

drxfish · May-20-25 8:55PM

Unreal. I was out and had idiots at the ramp and 5-6 teenagers in the little 10 fit jon with no lifejackets.

darbrewe · May-20-25 10:01PM

Oh, the humanity. These dummies should get a bill for rescue services.

backtofuturetoyota · May-22-25 11:45AM

I'm guessing with the rains we just had that this weekend will be a busy weekend for many rescuers. Side discusson beyond making bad choices.....on pdf's. It's kinda like when non-seatbelt use became a ticket able offense. People ignore it until someone enforces it. And the weird part is the majority of people are not strong swimmers. Even in the Marines maybe only 10-20% of the folks could qualify as a rescue swimmer in a regular grunt unit.

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Ernie · May-22-25 5:27PM

backtofuturetoyota wrote:
And the weird part is the majority of people are not strong swimmers. Even in the Marines maybe only 10-20% of the folks could qualify as a rescue swimmer in a regular grunt unit.

I found this out in Navy boot camp. Only a few of us passed the Class A test. To me, it was easy as I grew up swimming in the ocean. The hardest (scariest) part was diving feet 1st from a tower.

But some of my boot camp mates couldn’t even float, the minimum they had to do to pass and not be held back a week or two in boot camp. I got some extra points from the drill petty officer by trying to help these guys relax in the water and pass their test.

T. · May-23-25 9:24PM

Units just dispatched for a rescue at Beaverdam.

Person on top of an upside-down kayak about 200yd from shore.

drxfish · May-24-25 12:17PM

Man, that is a shame because they might end up restricting access or stopping the boat rental.

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