Flash Floods
- yuccahead
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Re: Flash Floods
Really nice sequence of photos! I'm still trying to get a good look at a flash flood around here, it's nearly impossible to predict which canyon is going to flash during any given storm and then getting to them is not easy. Maybe someday.
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Re: Flash Floods
We're taking a canoe down 16 miles of the Colorado manana. Gotta work today.Desert Cruiser wrote:What are you doing
for the Holiday?
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Re: Flash Floods
A couple of photos of a flash flood in the Santa Rosa Mountains a year ago.
This photo is for some scale.
This photo is of the flash flood.
TradClimber
This photo is for some scale.
This photo is of the flash flood.
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Re: Flash Floods
Great photos everybody! May I ask where they were taken?
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Re: Flash Floods
<------------------ This what flash floods are for. Remote area of the Santa Rosa Mountains in southern California.
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Re: Flash Floods
Tradclimber, Thanks. I used to live in California for 34 years before I moved to Arizona, and I've been to the Santa Rosa mountains. Very interesting and historic range of mountains!
- Plays In The Dirt
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Re: Flash Floods
The following Images were shot during a flash flood we experience in the Moapa Valley of Southern Nevada in 2005. The extremely heavy rains that caused this flooding of the Muddy River occurred many miles up stream from us.
The first two images are of Cooper Street right down from our home and property.
This next image was our neighbor who was attempting to rescue his livestock who were completely surrounded by the flood. Cooper Street is in the foreground and is completely under water.
These next two images were shot from our friends balcony showing their stable and riding arenas below their home. The Muddy River is just behind their property.
This next image is of the Muddy River at a crossing. The road was completely washed-out and had to be rebuilt.
Around the valley during the flood.
Greg - Plays In The Dirt
The first two images are of Cooper Street right down from our home and property.
This next image was our neighbor who was attempting to rescue his livestock who were completely surrounded by the flood. Cooper Street is in the foreground and is completely under water.
These next two images were shot from our friends balcony showing their stable and riding arenas below their home. The Muddy River is just behind their property.
This next image is of the Muddy River at a crossing. The road was completely washed-out and had to be rebuilt.
Around the valley during the flood.
Greg - Plays In The Dirt
Re: Flash Floods
Great photos! There's no question that water is the most powerful force on earth. I have been chased around by a number of thunderstorms and flash floods throughout the years. Sometimes it can be a bit of a challenge to find the happy medium between getting caught in the flood and being the tallest thing around (lightning concerns).
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Re: Flash Floods
Those ARE great photos! Hey Lee, I've been know to CHASE the thunderstorms just so I could enjoy nature's show!
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Re: Flash Floods
OOPS! i mean "been known"