-----Original Message----- >From: Rich Kulawiec >Whirlpools are occasionally found on high-volume/flood-stage rivers -- I've >seen them below Greyhound Bus Stopper in the New River Gorge (WV) in an area >that whitewater author William Nealy called "ZFW" -- "Zone of Funny Water" -- >one of those places populated by boils, moving eddylines, and other weird >phenomena... but happily (at normal >flow levels) they're nowhere near strong or persistent enough to consitute >a serious hazard. >*************************************************************************** There's two, maybe three phenomena included here; One is the recirculating eddy which can be found on some WW rivers. There are two on Esopus Creek in the Catskills. These eddies require special/learned skills to get out of -- it's not intuitive. But fun anyway. On a lot of rivers funny water and whirlpools are linked. There's a stretch of the Delaware River between Raub's Island and Riegelsville, a couple of miles long, that can be nonstop funny water. At higher levels the whirpools come and go, gurgling at you and stopping you cold -- and they're unpredictable but relatively benign. It all makes for great fun. With their spinning along with the downstream motion of the funny water you are literally waltzing down the channels... Joe P. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Dec 20 2007 - 08:55:47 PST
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