Originally published at: Watch this weirdly fascinating video of a log in a whirlpool | Boing Boing
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Occurred on October 8, 2021 / Astoria , Oregon, USA
“My boyfriend and I found a whirlpool that shifts daily and we went to check it out. He saw a log and the camera came out.”
Best I can tell from the scenery, it’s somewhere along the 202 next to the Youngs river.
Maybe here?
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Looks like a close match to the street view images
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What did Spock find in Captain Kirk’s bathroom?
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IANAH, but it seems that culvert allows the wetland to drain into the main flow without overtopping the road. Intentionally tossing big, cloggy stuff into it strikes me as a Bad Idea.
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Right? This guy’s storm drain adventures are more satisfying
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“If a log comes out here I’m gonna be impressed”
Hmm, some culverts or drains do have grilles to stop big things like that but nevertheless, what @lyd said: Don’t throw big stuff into culverts or drains. Very bad idea, indeed.
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Industrial strength Pooh Sticks.
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I was trying to figure out, initially, how the heck what seemed like a slow-flowing stream had a whirlpool - until they revealed it was, literally, a drain. (At which point I realized throwing a log into it was a bad idea.) The “someone’s pulled the plug” caption becomes weird in that context - I suppose it was intended as a joke, but since it actually is a drain, I’m not sure what the joke is.
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Yikes! That is fuel for my nightmare!
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No - THIS is the fuel for your nightmares:
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The Strid is less nightmare fuel for me, and more like PTSD fuel. 
It has all the most terrifying elements of cave-driving, but with the added terror that you can just fall in to it.
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“One day my log will have something to say about this.”
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