deadly holiday weekend on roaring kern river: 3 dead, 24 rescued - electronic sign board

In the past five years, the drought has seriously drained the Kern River, usually one of the fastest.
The river in the West.
But the very wet winter is back at 165-
Kenley, month th, California-
The longest river is also a favorite for white water rafting enthusiasts, and it is a force never seen in years.
Driven by runoff that eventually extends from the source at the bottom of Mt.
Whitney, the dramatic rapids and the rapid flow of water are returning to a river known as "Killer Kern.
On the weekend of Memorial Day, its reputation was confirmed.
About three hours north of Los Angeles, three people were killed and 24 were rescued.
Five other people were rescued from nearby rivers.
Ten people have been killed this year in rivers in Kern and tulre counties.
Officials say they fear that the death toll could rise in the summer ahead as cold snow melts into the river to provide fuel.
The question is: the memory is short-lived and people have forgotten what the normal and powerful river of Kern looks like.
"People are not used to drinking as much water as we used.
Five years of drought really affected people's ability to see the river.
They just don't remember it, "Lt from the sheriff of Leary County.
Kevin Kemmerling said Monday.
"This year, they thought the river was the same one, but it was five times that of the river.
"They are confused by a false sense of security," he added . ".
"They thought it was a quiet river and they were used to it --
The current is 12 miles per hour.
Once you enter it, you can't swim from it.
Kemmerling said: "In the last wet winter of 2012, about 24 people died on Kern.
The river is marked with a sign that says, "River Kern: 280 people have been killed since 1968.
We have an electronic sign and advise them not to swim.
Very cold waterDangerous. '—
During the drought, Sequoia and King's Canyon National Park park administrator Mike Tyne, whose current slows down to 1,000 cubic feet per second at this time of year, kemmerling said.
The river runs five times as much water as it did on Saturday.
"These numbers are just huge," says Kemmerling . ".
"When people fall into water, it means that hundreds of pounds and hundreds of pounds of power have an impact on the human body.
Kemmerling said: "On Saturday, a 40-year-old man died after falling into the river from a raft operated by Sierra South, a local garment worker.
The raft is sailing in the operation of the cable, which is a strong and turbulent level IV fast.
Kemmerling said the accident occurred about five miles north of Kernville, where the river was 40 degrees.
Rescuers performed CPR for about 20 minutes;
He was taken to keenvalley hospital where he was pronounced dead.
President Tom Moore of southern Sierra Leone says the man is a member of a church group and the last --
Minute bench
Moore said he was wearing a diving suit and a life jacket.
He added that when the inflatable raft was hit by the waves, the man fell back.
Moore said the man was able to grab a kayak that followed the raft and was pulled back to the raft after grabbing the paddle.
Moore said he listened to the order and was responsive, but he crashed shortly after he was pulled back to the ship.
Moore said a relative of the victim told him the coroner suspected a heart attack.
The coroner couldn't get in touch Monday night.
"We are very sorry and sad for him and his family," Moore said . ".
"In the 32 years of running, we have never had such an accident.
RapidsSource's course: White Water, United States, pulled the body of a woman in her 40 s out of the Kern River in Hart Park on Sunday morning, said the county sheriff in beckersfield. Bill Smallwood.
A day ago, she was floating on the river with her family and fell into the water and could not find it.
Smallwood said authorities found the body of a man who was drifting with his 12-to 14-year-old son on Monday.
The two men were thrown out of the raft by an express train on the Kern River west of Lake Isabella.
"Teenagers can reach the coastline.
The last time someone saw his father lifted off the river, "said smowood.
"They went out on their own.
Smowood and other officials say the current river is very dangerous.
"Everyone should stay away from the water," smowood said . ".
"The situation will only get worse.
Once we get from Mt.
Whitney, it only accelerates the flow of the river.
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park issued a clear warning on its website: "The Park River is dangerous.
Keep the distance!
. . . . . . Please stay away from the river.
Return to your family safely.
There is a reason why the "Kern River actually won the nickname" Killer Kern --
So far this year, John Vado, spokesman for the fire department at viefield, has killed five people on the Kaweah and Tule rivers in tulre County.
Most people either go swimming or slip in a fast placemoving water.
A man died to save her friend.
Tula county sheriff and the United StatesS.
The forest authority has since closed the river tulle.
Kemmerling said that while the Kern River is in a normal state of water flow, the flow of water in the tulle River is unusually strong and "The danger to public safety is enormous . ".
Generally speaking, when people encounter water that is so cold at 40 degrees, the immediate physiological reaction is to breathe.
Kemmerling said on Monday that it could breathe a lot of water into the lungs.
In addition, he said the rapid impact of falling into a strong rapids can sometimes trigger a heart attack.
Even wearing a life jacket, a person does not float in the whitewater rapids and can quickly fall into the bottom of the river and rise to the top continuously.
"I went through the Level III rapids and nothing really left you in that river.
"But when you start to get into the veins and veins above, it changes the dynamics of the water and becomes very dangerous due to the power of the water," Kemmerling said . ".
"It is very difficult to survive in white water.
"The Raf sons are excited about this white water season, and earlier this spring, out sons expect an incredible amount of runoff after one of the record wettest winters.
Some garment manufacturers expect that they will be able to continue operations by August;
The white water season usually ends on July.
Just two years ago, extreme drought put tremendous pressure on the drifting industry.
In 2015, the Kern River Festival, which attracts hundreds of professional and recreational athletes every year, was canceled for the first time in 51 years.
Luther Stephens is the owner of the "Whitewater voyage" of the company, which was not involved in any rescue this weekend and will remain at a high level for the next few weeks, it is dangerous to enter the water without a guide.
"I'm not going to climb Yosemite alone like I'm not with people who know what they're doing," Stephens said . ".
"It's one of the few things you can still do and it's a real adventure.
"We just have to be careful where we put people and travel safely during the year," Stephens said . ".
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: This article has been updated to include offers from park rangers and the fire department at viefield. 9:30 p. m.
: This article has been updated to include 280 people who have been killed on the Kern River since 1968. 8:30 p. m.
: More details are updated in this article, including the third death.
The article was originally published at 1: 25. m.