Word Is Two Floaters Missing.

[Danoinark]

Very few details at the moment:

http://www.khozradio.com/ozark_news.php?id=7701

[Bill B.]

If they really are missing, I hope they managed to get out of the river and are hiking overland. Many years ago, I floated the Buffalo after a flood. Searchers were looking for a couple of missing canoers. It turned out they had abandoned their canoe and set out on foot. They resurfaced (so to speak) later that day, when they reached a road outside the park.

Here is what the Ponca low-water bridge looked like this morning (4-25):

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Buffalo-Outdoor-Center/73978864072?ref=ts#!/photo.php?fbid=10150239795734073&set=a.10150239795529073.363143.73978864072&type=1&theater

[troutfiend1985]

The fact that only one is still missing isn't spelling good news.

[tjulianc]

Here is a link to a video shot yesterday of the take out on the Hailstone, the Buffalo on Hwy 21. Looks like the rescue effort is on ground now, they think the young man is trying to hike out.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1934662562242

[rubicon31]

word in harrison is they have found the boy/alive

[Danoinark]

That's true Rubicon. Posted the word in General Angling a few ago. Thanks for the confirmation.

[bobber]

Here is a link to a video shot yesterday of the take out on the Hailstone, the Buffalo on Hwy 21. Looks like the rescue effort is on ground now, they think the young man is trying to hike out.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1934662562242

that was our clip from under the ponca bridge in the parking lot ..that's the little ditch on the edge of the parking. we have been on rescue since sat. just got home .......

[bobber]

the wave trains were 13 to 15 foot tall from boxley to ponca, took 45 minutes . last night i almost didn't make it out the water was too deep on the road with logs and boulders floating across.

[tjulianc]

that was our clip from under the ponca bridge in the parking lot ..that's the little ditch on the edge of the parking. we have been on rescue since sat. just got home .......

I found it on the ACC website. Hope you don't mind the link here. Its was truly frightening seeing those trees come crashing down.

[bobber]

i wish we had more photos to show what it was realy like, the river went from 23 inches of air space to 18 ft.of the darkest brown water. it caught a lot of people off gaurd! it started to jump up on sat. we had canoers camping so we set off in a raft to warn people of the rise. i'm sure the thought we were story telling about the high water coming up . we pulled 4 pinned canoes out and guided 12 canoer's down the river. at kyle's landing about 500 yards up stream an elderly man was swimming a sunk kayak. all you could see of him was the life jacket floating above his head . it just look like a life jacket floating up right! with small splashes . we caught up to him just as he said i can't make it anymore. one guy leaned over the front of the raft and grabbed him and another grabbed the kayak! but that left only me to paddle the raft. and trust me i was paddling for all i'm worth! we are now about 40 feet from the landing at kyle's but we are moving too fast to make it close enough. one guy from the bank had a rope, and threw it .it shot off way too far from us . i saw the bad throw coming. and jumped up and fired a last chance HAIL MARRY from the back of the raft to the shore. and then the fun began! they couldn't hold us or slow us down at all. they wraped the end of the rope around a tree! like a cartoon when we hit the end of the rope it close lined Jessie and swept him right out of the raft, but he was hanging on to the line. the all the people we were helping out started slaming into the raft piling up on the high side sinking there canoes. they were all grabbing the rope all i had a hold of was the knot at the end of the rope. with all the weight of the raft and people i couldn't hold it and it yanked me from the back of the raft and i shot off into the water. and the scramble was on!! (i'm pretty sure i have 4 inch longer arms now!) but all made it in safe! monday we were called in to help look for the lost man and his grandson. for a river search . or body recovery. at 11 ground crews had found the grandfather and he said the boy was on land and not in the water . and we were turning it over to the jasper ground crews i'm so glad it all worked out so well !!