Thanks colette - I love the fog and haze controls in Bryce. I agree caitlin - the fear is inborn. Noone wants to drown and there is something menacing and almost evil about whirlpools and tornados. A primal fear I think. That is very scary kevnj - yeah just like an enormous bathtub drain - hopefully the story is just legend. Stefano is right - big water is scary no matter how you look at it. I am enjoying seeing everyone's feelings on this subject. For those of us with religious upbringings I think the other reason whirlpools are scary is they seem to go down somewhere we don't want to know about. Scott