I have been to Zion a couple times. Highly recommend. Lots of warnings about the danger of flash floods if you decide to explore the canyons.
1 posted on
09/18/2015 9:08:37 AM PDT by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Search teams have found the body of a seventh hiker killed in a rain-swollen canyon of Utah's Zion National Park hours after the ill-fated group obtained a park permit to venture into that area despite forecasts of probable flash flooding, park officials said on Thursday. Harsh price for taking a stupid risk, you should take a hard look at all the possibilities and be prepared. That being said the Forest Service should have never approved the permit with the predicted weather. But it's OK, it will be we taxpayers paying the huge settlements to the hikers families not the Forest Service personnel that issued the permit.
2 posted on
09/18/2015 9:14:37 AM PDT by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: C19fan
You have to get a permit??????????
3 posted on
09/18/2015 9:17:06 AM PDT by
angcat
To: C19fan
4 posted on
09/18/2015 9:17:33 AM PDT by
moovova
To: C19fan
There are many slot canyons in national parks out west that are death traps during storms. Why those hikers went after being warned about storm activity is mystifying. Some people dare the fates.
5 posted on
09/18/2015 9:23:29 AM PDT by
driftless2
(For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
To: C19fan
Idiots who have no respect for the power of nature and the advice of experts.
6 posted on
09/18/2015 9:26:32 AM PDT by
gwgn02
To: C19fan
What a stupid reason to die.
10 posted on
09/18/2015 9:43:05 AM PDT by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: C19fan
7 likely liberals insisting on being one with nature.
11 posted on
09/18/2015 9:44:33 AM PDT by
albie
To: C19fan
More people die each year from drowning each year versus tornados, lightening and hurricanes.
12 inches of fast flowing water will float and carry away most cars.
Imagine what that water can do to a human trying to stand in that fast current.
12 posted on
09/18/2015 9:54:36 AM PDT by
Grampa Dave
(So much... concern about Trump's campaign from those who don't like him. Strange!?? Cui Bono?)
To: C19fan
14 posted on
09/18/2015 10:01:23 AM PDT by
Ray76
(Mitch McConnell - leader of the Death To America Caucus)
To: C19fan
Sliding rapidly for miles on sandstone. How abrasive.
To: C19fan
... after the ill-fated group obtained a park permit to venture into that area despite forecasts of probable flash flooding, park officials said on Thursday.Mother Nature can be very unforgiving.
16 posted on
09/18/2015 10:24:05 AM PDT by
Rummyfan
(Let us now try liberty)
To: C19fan
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