I am from upstate NY. Once in Chaco Canyon on a beautiful day we experience a flash flood. Calm peaceful no one around. Then a roar and utter amazement. Very scary. But incredible
This reminds me of a trip I took in 1995. A couple friends and I were driving from California, through Arizona, and across southern Utah, making our best effort to stay off paved roads. One late night around midnight, we pulled into a spot near Canyonlands National Park to stop and camp for the night. We started to set up our tents in the darkness, but then quickly realized we needed to move from where we were to higher ground because we were (at the time) setting up in a draw that looked like it had experienced flooding in the past. I know… you might think “Eh, what are the odds?” But we moved to higher ground nearby and cashed it in for the night. Approximately 4 hours later we were awakened by the sound of an early morning flash flood that tore through that site at which we initially started setting up. We thanked our lucky stars that we had the presence of mind to move to a safer location despite how tired we were. Ever since then, every time I’ve gone camping that’s always been one of my first considerations when setting up camp.
just another Joe You can't simply enjoy this impressive footage without the me me me angle telling everyone unsolicited about *YOUR* experience. Talk about self absorbed!
@@cquilty1, I found the story interesting. You, on the other hand, not so much. How self absorbed you must be to think other people need to hear YOUR unsolicited opinion about a story they shared.
it ain't the water, it's what it's carrying with it at that speed and volume. that is what will damage the bridge. there wouldn't just be tree debris, there would also be rocks that outweigh a human being, hurtling along in that muddy soup, too.
0:28 Hicks with pick up trucks parking on the bridge and blocking traffic: "I not thinky much, can't park on shoulder. No other cars on this planet. Brain hurty, too much thinky."
The lesson? Never set up camp in a desert wash. Corollary? Set up your desert camp BEFORE sunset (or, if it's summer and you're moving at night, AFTER sunrise.)
And THAT is why you never camp in a wash in the desert. The flash flood could come from a rain storm you can't even see miles away. In seconds, you're another piece of debris flowing downstream.
I was camping along this creek when this happened.i was washed away.i was brought back to life and now camp further upstream.i still have a metal pole in my head they were unable to remove😢
I'm guessing this happens fairly often and that the people involved were tipped off as to the size of the flow coming. These events are the result of water a long distance away, so the people involved probably knew that it wasn't going to break free of the banks.
@@SilentKnight43 I lived out in the South West for 38 years, went camping out in the desert a lot ,had to find firewood, not whittling wood, but not a bad idea. LOL
@@bb1040 We live near the Niagara River and get a lot of driftwood that accumulates around the great Whirlpool. Would make great firewood except it'd be a bitch haulin' it out of the steep gorge.
@@SilentKnight43 I live a little south east of Erie,PA. now and cut my own firewood, on flat ground, LOL would never try to get it out of a steep gorge like that, but out in the desert everything is pretty much flat and after things dry out, you can usually drive right up to it, but you have to make sure it is dried up because if it is still wet, you could get really stuck, when it is wet that mud is like glue!
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@@rodneycody8746 Which is also what makes this so dangerous. Dry desert dirt doesn't absorb water very well, so the water gets into the creek faster than it would in a wetter area. There's also fewer plants to absorb the water, so of the water that does hit the ground, more of it does make its way down the creek bed.
What absolutely amazes me is the total lack of plastic bottles and garbage in that! So amazing!
You better look again, I saw lots of trash.
@@randallmarsh1187 Everything is relative.
There will be.
It's not a third world country. My name is Bicycle Bob and I approved this message.
If this spectacle took place in Asia, there would be much plastic and refuse.
Ah, the wild lumber yard migration. A beautiful spectacle!
The great Chocolate Milk Flood of 2022.
Little too rich from the looks of it. That’s more like hot cocoa.
Haha
On the bright side, no plastic trash
Yes, but its a Civilized country and not full of dumb people like many others.
Only wood
.....and no dead bodies either.
No colored people, no plastic trash
I’m shocked there isn’t!!
I am from upstate NY. Once in Chaco Canyon on a beautiful day we experience a flash flood. Calm peaceful no one around. Then a roar and utter amazement. Very scary. But incredible
Been there that is quite a place.
Ahhhhh!!! That sweet relief when you've had too much cheese, followed by too much Taco Bell, & it finally breaks loose.
When the whole town lets rip after taco bell Tuesday.
Your not wrong.
🤣
You just ruined my apetite silly bear
Why is there always an idiot saying something like that in every video
This reminds me of a trip I took in 1995. A couple friends and I were driving from California, through Arizona, and across southern Utah, making our best effort to stay off paved roads.
One late night around midnight, we pulled into a spot near Canyonlands National Park to stop and camp for the night. We started to set up our tents in the darkness, but then quickly realized we needed to move from where we were to higher ground because we were (at the time) setting up in a draw that looked like it had experienced flooding in the past.
I know… you might think “Eh, what are the odds?” But we moved to higher ground nearby and cashed it in for the night.
Approximately 4 hours later we were awakened by the sound of an early morning flash flood that tore through that site at which we initially started setting up. We thanked our lucky stars that we had the presence of mind to move to a safer location despite how tired we were.
Ever since then, every time I’ve gone camping that’s always been one of my first considerations when setting up camp.
just another Joe
You can't simply enjoy this impressive footage without the me me me angle telling everyone unsolicited about *YOUR* experience. Talk about self absorbed!
Oh shove it. This what comments sections are for. You must be a bore at parties.
@@mumbles215
Excellent reply to that long winded self absorbed post!
@@cquilty1, I found the story interesting. You, on the other hand, not so much. How self absorbed you must be to think other people need to hear YOUR unsolicited opinion about a story they shared.
Cool story, got any others?
Famous last words...
"We're good!"
The River Sticks
….but, where’s Charon?😉
The most important thing is that the bridge can withstand the pressure of water!
Um ... am not sure that I would trust THAT!
@@kimp428 True...it was just plain stupid to park on the bridge.
-- BR
@@kimp428Just what I thought!
it ain't the water, it's what it's carrying with it at that speed and volume. that is what will damage the bridge. there wouldn't just be tree debris, there would also be rocks that outweigh a human being, hurtling along in that muddy soup, too.
Powerful, when it came around the bend it looked big enough to take out the bridge.
The most famous of ALL "famous last words". "We're good".
"what bus?"
"hey check this out!"
"watch this ..."
Amazing to see! Even in a video!
All the spectators there knew this was coming. Was this just rain in the mountain, or a scheduled upstream dam release?
Looks like a monster that came out of nowhere. Thanks for the video.
0:28 Hicks with pick up trucks parking on the bridge and blocking traffic: "I not thinky much, can't park on shoulder. No other cars on this planet. Brain hurty, too much thinky."
Do you mean the park ranger?
@@shanemaitland8010 No, I mean the hicks who act like their mamma didn’t teach them better.
Your videos are so good, so great.
really enjoy watching your videos.
Wish you lots of health and success 👍👍
Great Video!
As long as no one got hurt and nothing got damaged that’s pretty cool lol
That almost looks like a landslide with all the logs the water's pushing, you can definitely see how getting caught in that flow would be devastating.
Awesome catch ! 👍
Amazing water power
Don't think I'd park my car on the bridge to watch.
Reading the comments looking to see if anyone else thought the same thing...!
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2 short a capture..
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That is power thank you
Nice video. Good timing. Good camera work.
Crazy fast. You never know how much it's rained in the mountains. Lots of slash there as well
If this was anywhere in Asia, Africa it would have been a river of plastic
Nice clean water
The lesson? Never set up camp in a desert wash. Corollary? Set up your desert camp BEFORE sunset (or, if it's summer and you're moving at night, AFTER sunrise.)
This was the event of a lifetime for these people.
you just refuse to hold that camera still don'tchya?
Amazing, here in Missouri they are way faster. But not so low to the ground.
And THAT is why you never camp in a wash in the desert. The flash flood could come from a rain storm you can't even see miles away. In seconds, you're another piece of debris flowing downstream.
A couple miles upstream, a giant takes a piss. Humans at the bridge a minute later 'WOW'.
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I was camping along this creek when this happened.i was washed away.i was brought back to life and now camp further upstream.i still have a metal pole in my head they were unable to remove😢
Same, did you take my cooler?
Did the chocolate milk bottling plant have a leak?
Train locomotives were washed downstream
just like these twigs -
in the 1889 Johnstown flood.
Let me park my truck on the bridge. No flash flood has ever knocked over a bridge. Hey can I get a ride with you back to town?
I'm guessing this happens fairly often and that the people involved were tipped off as to the size of the flow coming. These events are the result of water a long distance away, so the people involved probably knew that it wasn't going to break free of the banks.
That was interesting, thanks
Did everyone up stream flush their toilet at the same time?
Probably not a good idea to stand so close to the dry creek bed as some of these guys were, right before it started.
These things are wicked, witnessed one in new Mexico, wasn't a cloud to be seen, but it had rained a long way away
The start of it looked like some sci-fi/horror monster, like in The Blob..
Are there measures locally to slow and capture that water upstream so it starts to recharge the very low aquifers in the state?
Every time I see one of these I think, Where does all that wood end up, once it dries out it would make a nice pile of firewood.
Or you could whittle it, sand/polish and varnish it.....glue a dead squirrel to it and sell on eBay as art.
@@SilentKnight43 I lived out in the South West for 38 years, went camping out in the desert a lot ,had to find firewood, not whittling wood, but not a bad idea. LOL
@@bb1040 We live near the Niagara River and get a lot of driftwood that accumulates around the great Whirlpool. Would make great firewood except it'd be a bitch haulin' it out of the steep gorge.
@@SilentKnight43 I live a little south east of Erie,PA. now and cut my own firewood, on flat ground, LOL would never try to get it out of a steep gorge like that, but out in the desert everything is pretty much flat and after things dry out, you can usually drive right up to it, but you have to make sure it is dried up because if it is still wet, you could get really stuck, when it is wet that mud is like glue!
Gee, would it be legal to gather the firewood drifting down the stream?
Don't burn cottonwood. Toxic.
Legal, sure. Smart? Not so much.
Anyone else get car sick with the camera bouncing up and down? Oy vey. 🙄
Флэшечное зафлуждение 😊
I know a fellow that drow standing on bridge watching the flood, bridge giveaway the end
When the fiber hits:
Nice flush!
They really weren't exaggerating the naming of a flash flood
Now it makes sense how all the bones ended up in the boneyard
It's like Venom coming down a river bed.
Mother Nature is a mad scientist...
Nooo plastic or trash just goood dirt and soil
Nature just flushing the toilet.
That's just Mama Nature, spraying off the back porch.
I did the same thing this morning before I took a shower.
Flash flood is like 'out of the way dude, comin thru'!
It looks like a living thing in the beginning.
Why so short?
This is how people in the USA collect their firewood before the winter.
Wow!!
No wonder they call it flashfloods...💯
Lots of rocks
The next town upstream just had a lunch catered by Taco Bell.
Hey Greg, do you have an email address at which we could contact you regarding this video? We would be interested to discuss a license to use this video if this is generally possible? (i.e. via email) :) Cheers, Felix
Sprocketterror@yahoo.com.... don't know what you means. Here's my email.
@@gregwinters144 thank you, sent you an email. :)
Cool
I am trying to catch one!
It would be cool from a drone for sure!
Last seconds - who double parks on the bridge!?
What is the cause, did they open a flood gate upstream or something?
Rain 10miles away
@@rodneycody8746 Which is also what makes this so dangerous. Dry desert dirt doesn't absorb water very well, so the water gets into the creek faster than it would in a wetter area. There's also fewer plants to absorb the water, so of the water that does hit the ground, more of it does make its way down the creek bed.
Post 10 would like that everything is clear and flowing
I didn't see a single plastic straw. Turtles will be so happy and I can come out of my safe space now!
THAT WAS TWAZZZZZZZZZZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
We are good. Famous last words...
it doesnt even look like water, it just looks like flowing sticks
The day after spicy carnitas
Wow!
Awesome 🎉
That's what I call chocolate thunder.
Parked on the bridge???? Floods tear bridges apart!!!
Where is this place?
What does Moab have to do with it?
RIP mulch factory.
One way of cleaning up the river bed.
OMG!!
Given how over developed and over built Moab is, I’m surprised there aren’t condos built in the wash.
All I can hear is slurping sounds from those bankside plants.
That looks more like a mudslide.
how did you know that was going happen there,
People upstream, who saw it first.
Where which country 😮
Mother Nature just moving some mulch...
Fire wood
I left a fudgsicle on our patio table once and it made it almost all brown.
Please stand by for a TACO BELL moment
Reminds me of having a pimple with a black head in front of it.
Looks like me flushing the toilet this morning.
Too much fiber.....LOL!!!!!!!!
Time to go fishing 😂😂😂