Shot ON and around the Hiwassee and Tennessee Rivers. (the brief glimpse of the green kayak upended about 3/4’s of the way through was the last time we ever saw my wife’s boat. Weeks later, my son and I went back to that spot – which was not even within the banks of the normal riverbed- and discovered that the boat was wedged into fallen logs some 8-10 feet above the path that was underneath it…or, put another way…above what would normally be considered flood level)
The river normally runs about 1,200-1,400 cubic-feet-per-second on a good day. By the time I got off, it was running around 7,500 cfs….w/water level rising six vertical feet within thirty minutes.
The Ocoee rose around 12′ in the same period and was running around 14,000 cfs.
