high water
 

I just got back from Turkey stopping in Austria on the way home in
Pfunds with Rob Hind who runs LiquidBliss rafting there. We paddled the
Sanna - the Inn was so low that Rob cancelled a family raft trip. I left
10 days a go.

Today I got this email from Rob.

Had more rain, the other side of Pfunds got destroyed, side creek went
off, 500 people evacuated, over 80 houses destroyed!! Nobody hurt!*
*
Inn went really high, so high they shut Innsbruck!!* Check the photo out
of the Rossana and Trissana confluence.* Bottom left is where we put on
the Sanna the other week (1.50 on the gauge)..... the gauge went up to
5m! All roads and bridges gone!!
*
Off surfing!
Later
Rob

Sorry no photo obviously for this newsgroup just to say it is a mess -
expect new rapids next season!
--
Dave Manby
Details of the Coruh river and my book "Many Rivers To Run" at
http://www.dmanby.demon.co.uk

Dave Manby wrote:
Sorry no photo obviously for this newsgroup just to say it is a mess -
expect new rapids next season!

Have been following this on the BBC website, there are quite a few
pictures there though sadly I can't find one I saw the other day with
before and after pictures of the same river. Quite a comparison.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4176524.stm

There's also a trully scary picture of a woman trapped in her car and a
fairly complicated and thankfully successful rescue. I haven;t seen the
video yet,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4187026.stm