Posted 11/19/2004 05:55:00 PM by Douglas

This is what happens when stupid people go to Hawaii.

A Tennessee woman says she and her husband were washed away in a flash flood because they had relied on a guidebook that directs tourists to remote areas of the island.

"We had no idea we were somewhere we should not be," Beth Pickel told the Maui News on Tuesday from her home in Nashville.

The Pickels said they got into trouble Sunday when, following the guidebook "Maui Revealed," they drove to Nahiku to visit the Blue Pool. The couple crossed a stream to get to the pool, but when they tried to get back, the stream had turned from a trickle into a torrent because of rains in the mountains.

The Pickels tried to swim across, but were swept down to the sea, where they became separated. Kirk Pickel made it back to the pool, while his wife climbed out on the opposite shore, where she could run for help.

A fire crew arrived on the scene, but was unable to reach Kirk Pickel, who had to be lifted to safety by a rescue helicopter.

Beth Pickel said she was upset that the book did not specifically mention that rain in the mountains could cause flash flooding downstream, even in areas where the weather was clear, as it was Sunday at the pool.

The Pickels found themselves in quite a pickle. Mainly because they're a bunch of dumbasses. I bet they sue the publisher.