Woman Swept Away by High Water and Killed.

[Tulessa]

I just don't understand why some one would take that chance. It's horrible around here, and they still haven't found the other 2 victims.

WAYNE COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A woman was swept away by high water and killed as she was walking Friday evening along Rowe Hollow Road, police say

 

[Nova]

I'm not sure what "chance" you mean. The one sentence just says she was walking along a road. That's not the same as trying to cross a raging stream, to take but one example.

We have a tendency toward flash flooding here in the desert where I live. And, yes, sometimes people do dumb things like try to drive across a washed-out road. But sometimes people just get caught in water flooding through areas that are normally bone dry.

 

[al66pine]

Only 5 sentences, an article from ~30 min ago.
http://wvmetronews.com/2015/04/03/wayne-county-woman-swept-away-and-killed-by-high-water/

Terrifying how fast flash floods can develop.

 

[Tulessa]

I'm not sure what "chance" you mean. The one sentence just says she was walking along a road. That's not the same as trying to cross a raging stream, to take but one example.

We have a tendency toward flash flooding here in the desert where I live. And, yes, sometimes people do dumb things like try to drive across a washed-out road. But sometimes people just get caught in water flooding through areas that are normally bone dry.

You would have had to been here Nova. She took a chance by walking by that stream when we were flash flooding, and we still are.

 

[EllieBee]

We have experienced a great deal of flash flooding where I live, also. It is very scary.

 

[Nova]

You would have had to been here Nova. She took a chance by walking by that stream when we were flash flooding, and we still are.

Thanks. I see in al66pine's link that the entire state is under a flash-flood warning, so I understand what you mean by risky behavior.

But I can also understand that when a warning covers such a wide area, it's easy to think, "Oh, it probably won't happen right here." A dangerous assumption, obviously.