A blush of springtime fills the air. Birds are chirping and the bees are starting to hum.
Gentle rains begin to nourish the winter parched earth.
And - when those rains come down in large quantities, filling creeks and streams, a number of folks itch to get out the canoe, john boat or inflatable and venture forth. OK, no problem. Statistics indicate that this season of the year especially draws boats and their occupants toward low head dams or drowning machines. A low head dam is a barrier across a body of moving water which is so uniform in height, that you can't see it from upstream, until you are about to go over it. The sound of these dams is also projected down stream so there is next to no warning of their presence to the unsuspecting.