Had one of the scariest nature experiences of my life in Linville Gorge when I was in college.
We were trout fishing in the gorge, no cell phones or such technology as it was 97-98ish. Pop up thunderstorm and its is a gulley washer. Within maybe 2 minutes tops we go from calf deep wading to being several feet up the bank and it being chest deep as me and my bud scramble out of there. I literally cant describe how fast the water rose. And them banks are easy to climb covered in a sheet of running water.
