just a reminder... Desert rules
Just returned from a week of State Park desert camping near home in Arizona. Hot days (mid 90's) to start the week , late week scattered rains. Thursday morning rainfall rapidly progressed from a ...
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Renee...
She was not willing to "walk out of it" to higher ground
as the water flow and debris was too swift. I deferred to
her judgment. She call the F.D....but surrounding roads were
washed out and they could not reach us. As it turns out,
the cloudburst (thankfully) ended, and the high water mark
rapidly receded. I tracked my buried tire chalks down the
ravine.
In hindsight... I probably should have had a Plan B as soon as
it started raining... I live in the desert, so, should know better.
The diameter of the under the road culvert tubes is inadequate
for moderate to heavy downpours...and quickly overwhelmed.
Moral to the story... try to book higher ground campsites, and, at
the minimum, have an evacuation plan in mind. Really, I know better.
The Desert makes it's own rules....
Emergency windows would have been of little use... ladder to the roof
was a possibility (until if/when the rig started floating)... just staying put
was actually the safest course of action.
Chas
She was not willing to "walk out of it" to higher ground
as the water flow and debris was too swift. I deferred to
her judgment. She call the F.D....but surrounding roads were
washed out and they could not reach us. As it turns out,
the cloudburst (thankfully) ended, and the high water mark
rapidly receded. I tracked my buried tire chalks down the
ravine.
In hindsight... I probably should have had a Plan B as soon as
it started raining... I live in the desert, so, should know better.
The diameter of the under the road culvert tubes is inadequate
for moderate to heavy downpours...and quickly overwhelmed.
Moral to the story... try to book higher ground campsites, and, at
the minimum, have an evacuation plan in mind. Really, I know better.
The Desert makes it's own rules....
Emergency windows would have been of little use... ladder to the roof
was a possibility (until if/when the rig started floating)... just staying put
was actually the safest course of action.
Chas
