Leadfinger Posted August 30, 2013 Member ID: 4888 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 56 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2020 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 3795 Achievement Points: 26312 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 01/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 29, 2023 Birthday: 08/29/1962 Device: Windows Share Posted August 30, 2013 Check out this footage of a flash flood in Utah That will make you show some respect to water that's in a hurry to get downstream. And NO you can't go kayaking down it .. unless you have life insurance and I am the beneficiary . . . . har! Xalandra, LordOfChaos and eidolonFIRE 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
little_old_man Posted August 30, 2013 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Very cool find Leadfinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted August 31, 2013 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.75 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Share Posted August 31, 2013 That's quite amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamu Posted August 31, 2013 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Device: Windows Share Posted August 31, 2013 I was in dry as a bone Saltillo Mexico working at the Chrysler plant. Went in to work and old creek beds looked like the had not seen water in years. They are called Arroyos, dry creek beds. We did have rain that day, possibly more in the mountains near the plant. On leaving the plant these dry creek beds were raging streams. Streams simply do not do it justice. A 20 minute ride back to the hotel took over 5 hrs because of flooding. If I had not seen it I would not have believed it. I mean going in it was all desert, coming out raging torrents of water. Leadfinger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadfinger Posted August 31, 2013 Member ID: 4888 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 56 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2020 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 3795 Achievement Points: 26312 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 01/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 29, 2023 Birthday: 08/29/1962 Device: Windows Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 I was in dry as a bone Saltillo Mexico working at the Chrysler plant. Went in to work and old creek beds looked like the had not seen water in years. They are called Arroyos, dry creek beds. We did have rain that day, possibly more in the mountains near the plant. On leaving the plant these dry creek beds were raging streams. Streams simply do not do it justice. A 20 minute ride back to the hotel took over 5 hrs because of flooding. If I had not seen it I would not have believed it. I mean going in it was all desert, coming out raging torrents of water. I grew up in southern California and spent a lot of time in the Desert. Friends and I would hike these "Arroyos" and I would often wonder how these dry as a bone creek beds got formed when it almost never rains in the desert and certainly never enough to make such deep creek beds. Then one night we were camped on bluff overlooking one of these arroyos and all hell broke loose with thunder and lightning but still not much rain . . .at least where we were camped. We managed to finally get to sleep around 4:30am or so and about an hour and a half later we heard a roar and we got up and looked down at the creek bed and it was RAGING! It was then I had the answer to my question and also learned to never camp in one of those arroyos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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