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tblue37

(65,409 posts) Thu Jul 15, 2021, 01:47 PM Jul 2021

Fierce floodwaters in Flagstaff:

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Fierce floodwaters in Flagstaff: (Original Post) tblue37 Jul 2021 OP

Have a cousin up there Pas-de-Calais Jul 2021 #1

That's awful keithsw Jul 2021 #2

Omg! That is frightening! Be careful... Bluethroughu Jul 2021 #3

Anyone know the last time Flagstaff had a flash flood? KS Toronado Jul 2021 #4

it happens Kali Jul 2021 #5

It's aliterally a disaster. Stay safe somehow. n/t Whiskeytide Jul 2021 #6

I saw this on my local news last night. Cracklin Charlie Jul 2021 #7

And that's why you should never ever drive across moving water. Phoenix61 Jul 2021 #8

aka drought relief nt msongs Jul 2021 #9

Maybe not. It mostly runs off instead of soaking into the water table... Wounded Bear Jul 2021 #10

This damned Climate Change hoax is getting dangerous! 11 Bravo Jul 2021 #11

Pas-de-Calais

(9,904 posts)

1. Have a cousin up there

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Thu Jul 15, 2021, 01:50 PM

Jul 2021

keithsw

(436 posts)

2. That's awful

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Thu Jul 15, 2021, 01:53 PM

Jul 2021

I can't even imagine

Bluethroughu

(5,172 posts)

3. Omg! That is frightening! Be careful...

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Thu Jul 15, 2021, 01:53 PM

Jul 2021

KS Toronado

(17,264 posts)

4. Anyone know the last time Flagstaff had a flash flood?

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Thu Jul 15, 2021, 01:54 PM

Jul 2021

Kali

(55,014 posts)

5. it happens

Reply to KS Toronado (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 15, 2021, 02:05 PM

Jul 2021

new housing developments, hills/mountains, summer rains, dirt roads, volcanic soil

still pretty dramatic

Whiskeytide

(4,461 posts)

6. It's aliterally a disaster. Stay safe somehow. n/t

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Thu Jul 15, 2021, 02:11 PM

Jul 2021

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)

7. I saw this on my local news last night.

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Thu Jul 15, 2021, 02:25 PM

Jul 2021

Apparently the area received a 3” rain.

We had 11 inches one day a couple weeks ago. Those homes would have been carried away.

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)

8. And that's why you should never ever drive across moving water.

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Thu Jul 15, 2021, 02:43 PM

Jul 2021

It takes an amazingly small amount to move a car.

msongs

(67,420 posts)

9. aka drought relief nt

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Thu Jul 15, 2021, 03:27 PM

Jul 2021

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)

10. Maybe not. It mostly runs off instead of soaking into the water table...

Reply to msongs (Reply #9)

Thu Jul 15, 2021, 03:30 PM

Jul 2021

which is pretty low for that area anyway.

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)

11. This damned Climate Change hoax is getting dangerous!

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Thu Jul 15, 2021, 04:56 PM

Jul 2021

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