shep 214 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/embed/_yCnQuILmsM?feature=player_embedded Southern Utah, sorry! Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick in Havasu 394 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Shep.Like farts. It's close enough.Patrick ..... Link to post Share on other sites
mn90403 963 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Shep,That's a good one. This is probably the reason why it is said that more people die in the desert from drowning than dehydration. A mule and a miner wouldn't have a chance if he was camped in the wash.Be careful out there!http://www.survivalcommonsense.com/flash-floodsfeed/Mitchel Link to post Share on other sites
garimpo 2,283 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Man that was something else......had no idea the front of the flood would look like that.....thanks for posting that Shep... Link to post Share on other sites
boulder dash 1,239 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Think how many scorpions and snakes were killed from that flood. We are going to have to create a petition to Ban all flash floods. It created significant surface disturbance beyond casual flash flood use! Link to post Share on other sites
shep 214 Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 Doubt if they were killed; just urban relocation to them and bet they weren't too happy bout it! Link to post Share on other sites
El Dorado 964 Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Great footage. I would have thought much more water was needed to move that big boulder. nThanks for sharing Link to post Share on other sites
Nugget Shooter 4,611 Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Have witnessed similar first hand and it is indeed amazing how big of trees, rocks, etc. will move. Very dangerous. Cool Video Shep Link to post Share on other sites
snakejim 39 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Great video! Thanks, Shep!I once lost a dredge to one. I found most of the pieces all beat to heck.It was not a good day.RSJ Link to post Share on other sites
jet521 1 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Great Post Shep I too was amazed that amount of water would move such a Large Boulder! I worked in the Municipal water Industry for 38 yrs and have seen the force of water. At 8.34 Lbs per gal it packs quite the punch, Thanks for the Video! jet521 Link to post Share on other sites
pairadiceau 175 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Shep,Cool post, when I was a teenager I worked a summer in Anza Ca at a Rose Quartz quarry. The bunk house up on the side of a steep, rock strewn canyon. I clearly remember one afternoon after it had been raining for some time hearing a loud roaring and looking out over the canyon I saw a wild and wooly torrent ripping past. I could hear the rocks grinding and banging, no place for boogy boarding. Rocks, foam and brush. Probably only lasted a half hour or so but left a lasting impression....Jeff Link to post Share on other sites
Kaimi 29 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Aloha guys, I saw my first flash flood out at Gold Basin and being from Hawaii I was amazed and spellbound by how much debris was whipping past me as I sat up on the ridge overlooking a drywash that I had just crossed about an hour earlier. Lucky for me I was in a rush to meet up with someone and took a short cut or I just may have been stolling along in that wash without knowing what was coming. After that incident I very seldom walked in washes. I can see how someone would be taken by surprise and drowned in all that debris. Aloha and stay safe everyone, Stan aka Kaimi Link to post Share on other sites
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