Flash floods are like a temperamental human….. you don’t know when they’re gonna strike, and they are fierce and ferocious and deadly. It can look like the prettiest day in the world with no clouds in the sky then all of a sudden clouds darkness flash floods, lightning thunder it’s scary stuff, nature at its best.
I just read about 2 tourists dying in a flash flood in Utah. Then I see more people standing filming water levels rising. We see tourists running from high ground to low ground. Then they are standing on a bridge which could wash away under their feet. I survived Katrina by seeking highest point in my county, in a fortified building. People who died were drowned in their homes, all storm surge, up to 12 miles inland. Moving water is deadly, 6 inches can sweep an adult off, a foot will carry off a small car. Flash floods are so unpredictable, so fast, yet tourists stand by FILMING what could be their final moments. So unnecessary and silly.
Informative video on what can happen with RV camping weather. We have to monitor this ever changing part of RV life on a regular basis. Be a bit on guard! Things can happen so quick and some things, like this can begin a distance away and arrive unexpectedly. Thanks for sharing this unique weather adventure!
They had an even bigger flash flood in that same spot in 2022. Supposedly a 100 year flood. Did much more damage, with 3 feet of water running down the Main Street. They need to do something to tame this spot or it will keep happening.
I believe it! It would be an expensive fix. There is a town at the southern tip of Illinois, Cairo, which is on the Mississippi river and it has concrete walls to stop floodwaters. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for posting this. I'd heard about the flash flood. I had been in central Utah at a camping meetup with a few other women. I was thinking about leaving a couple of days early to drive the three hours to Grand Junction to see a relative I hadn't seen in ages. But then, I couldn't bring myself to leave the idyllic location and get on I-70 for the 3 hour drive, so I didn't go after all. Something told me to stay put. Had I gone, I would have then headed over to Moab to make my way back to Arizona. I most likely would have been there during the flood. I'm really grateful I missed it. A flooded tent is a minor inconvenience compared to the fury of raging waters. I have never forgotten the Big Thompson Canyon flood in 1976 in Colorado that claimed many lives. A lot of people were camping in the canyon at the time and couldn't get out.
Monstrous mid summer rains preceded by turkey vultures escaping the incoming downpour under dark purple bellies of storm clouds in the desert southwest. Big raindrops beating the grease wood clean and washing the tumbleweeds out of all the washes, filling the reservoir with torrents of muddy water. You would find my brother and I down in the drainage channels if the current was not too fierce. Water roaring everywhere, the smell of the grease wood after God had scoured the desert floor when the floodgates of heaven opened up. For once the relentless sun not beating down on the sand making it hot as an oven. We were children of the desert and the rains were our reprieve from months of cloudless searing days. His voice filled with excitement, my voice filled with excitement. Im old now and miss my brother and the desert
You want to be careful about the high ground you choose as well. Too high and you can wake because the wind has grabbed your staked down tent, with you and all your gear in it, and sent it rolling despite the stakes. Been there, and have the t-shirt.
As per drying the tent also use pegs of any sort to hang up on washing line and it will dry soon. In the motel also use the bathroom as a drying room for your wet stuff. Any camping store will have travel stuff suitable for your adventures.
This area is amazing but can be subject to frequent flooding. Downpours can swell low spots in minutes. Very dangerous. Beautiful video! Holy cow is right. It can be life threatening in the narrow canyons where there is nowhere to climb. Canyon walls go straight up. Stay alert.
@@margaretbutler9528 That was a woman. True, however, at that time the storm had passed and there was no lightning. The stormed moved quickly. Thanks for watching.
@PeteOutdoors1 they were family members of my husbands best friend. Sadly they have not been found. ATV was washed over a cliff and they apparently got buried under the piles of debris. Very sad outcome.
You are lucky to get a room in that town full of motels. I needed one in May a few years ago and everyone of them were reserved for the summer season. (mountain bikers)
@@PeteOutdoors1 When they aren’t even in the tent? What a crock. There’s no point in having a tent when the damn fly isn’t even in it. I’d rather be prepared and be stupid than have a tent full of water.
