Flash flood in North Wash

[Bluff-Canyoneer]

I am new to both this forum (hence the delayed post) and canyoneering, but am really enjoying both since building a second home in Bluff.

I thought some of you might be interested in this video I shot last year. My wife and I were driving up North Wash when a thunderstorm hit the upper end. We quickly drove back down stream and waited for the show.

David


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87KYee4bjNs

[jeremy1701]

That's pretty cool! What a sight!

[jman]

very cool! I love the zoom in around 2:00 and seeing the torrent around the one corner and dry around the next. :2thumbs:

[oldno7]

Welcome to bogley.........

WAY COOL VIDEO!!!!

Thanks for sharing..

[Sandstone Addiction]

That is amazing. You are fortunate to witness such an event, especially from a safe distance. I remember the first major flash flood I ever saw, it was in Wahweap and afterward, my dad measured the depth of the empty wash bottom and it was around 10 feet deep. Definitely left a lasting impression and respect for flash floods. Thanks for sharing it.

[Iceaxe]

Thanks.... and welcome to bogley

[mcweyen]

Awesome video!

[Scott Card]

Nothing like watching a flash flood. Glad you could see this in person. They are awesome. :2thumbs:

[Rob L]

Nothing like watching a flash flood. Glad you could see this in person. They are awesome. :2thumbs:

Hmmm..watching one from afar might be nice, Mr Card, they are not quite so "awesome" when they take your house and livelihood away.

UK not very long ago:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxweiRNlHbo

[blueeyes]

Very cool! Love your wife's reaction. :2thumbs:

[Scott Card]

Hmmm..watching one from afar might be nice, Mr Card, they are not quite so "awesome" when they take your house and livelihood away.

UK not very long ago:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxweiRNlHbo
From Dictionary.com--


Awesome: inspiring awe: an awesome sight

Awe: an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration,an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like:, etc.

The point was that I have seen flash floods in person. They inspire a sense of reverence for the power of the thing, the fear of the thing and the gratitude that I am not in the thing. You see, Rob, I raise the average age around here. "Awesome" in my world is not "like totally awesome dude - that is so cooool." "Awesome" means just that -- I am in awe of the flash flood.

One more edit. I didn't mean to offend. I am sorry when life and property is lost in any kind of natural disaster. But again, that is also an awesome sight.