Posted on 08/17/2008 3:29:43 PM PDT by flyfree
An earthen dam broke near the Grand Canyon following heavy rains, and officials are evacuating hundreds from the massive gorge.
Grand Canyon National Park spokeswoman Maureen Oltrogge says Redlands Dam broke at about 6 a.m. and is causing some flooding in the town of Supai at the bottom of the canyon.
She says Supai is not under water. About 400 members of the Havasupai Tribe live there.
Oltrogge says some campers and river runners in the canyon also are being evacuated by seven helicopters at the scene.
She says evacuees are being taken to a Red Cross shelter in Peach Springs.
No injuries have been reported.
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Tonight was the third night we have had extremely heavy rain-fall here in Sedona. My porch has flooded every night, and every single towel I had available, was used to soak up the water.
Tonight, I thought I was smart, putting duct tape on the inside and outside of the door, before the rains came, (where the water comes running through) - but this evening, it was thundering and lightening almost simultaneously as I was taping up the door - you guessed it - I’m a chicken. I ran inside - and left one area of the door un-taped. Result? More flooding on my porch. Dang!
I remember a time when I loaned Moses a handful of my Red Wigglers and a cup of my sourdough starter.
I believe it resulted in that whole “Loaves and Fishes” thing, LOL!
Ping to Patton. I know you love these ‘tall tales.’ :)
Tall tales? Me? Never!
(we call them “war stories.”)
Grand Canyon National Park spokeswoman Maureen Oltrogge says Redlands Dam broke at about 6 a.m.
Story was posted 5:30 PM
It was posted at 2:57pm Arizona time.
Yes, Ernest - it is beautiful - but, not when it’s flooding. I was trapped in a flood here in 1993 - I honestly didn’t think I would survive. The water came rushing down Oak Creek Canyon - and I was trapped on an ‘island’ - no way in, and no way out. Probably the most terrifying (yet spiritually revealing) nights of my life.
I hate to sound like a redneck, but I would have SO much fun whuppin the shit out of that girly boy!!!! I’d take him fishing without a plug for the boat, and scare the crap out of him in the meantime, make him think snakes and spiders are crawling all over the boat (which they might be, and d***, sink or swim time).
Although, Mama always taught us never to fight someone weaker. She taught us never to start a fight, but if someone started one with us, we’d get a whoopin when we got home if we didn’t finish it.
Funny how that redneck, lower class, gun totin, Bible thumpin raising turned out. I would back WAY into a corner before defending myself. But when push comes to shove, I’ve actually whooped some butt!!!
I’m not proud of that, of course. Just don’t have much respect for the elitists who come to save us unenlightened rednecks.
Anyone heard any more of Sean Penn’s humanitarian pursuits since his doomed NO efforts to save those under water?
I haven’t. I have read he has jetsetted across the globe meeting with dictators and badmouthing the U.S.
Has he been nominated for a Pulitzer yet?
Hope that Fay can punch inland far enough to give you a little rain.
You must have been raised in the south east...Perhaps Kentucky or Tenn? Or there about.
As of Sunday evening, 75 people had been airlifted to safety and another 350 were waiting to be flown out as darkness approached, Oltrogge said, adding some evacuees may be forced to spend the night on higher ground near the flood zone.
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1737211620080818
If you are on one of those big impoundments there, your lake definitely beats mine (LOL).
The largemouth bass there (Florida strain) do too. Those bass make mine look like minners (little shad).
I am fascinated with the area you recreate in, it is beautiful.
Yep, I am in Vol country. I am not a football fan, but around here it is evident the fans, and life, evolve around football.
I am more inclined to be a Bill Dance groupie, although I am not a groupie of anything but those beautiful little spotted fawns at my feeder, and the woodpeckers in the woods nearby.
Once, when I was really stressed, I walked onto my deck and listened to hoot owls communicating, as the clouds raced past a full moon. It was the most relaxing, beautiful sight I’d ever heard/seen.
Guess the monsoons are that way there. I love rain, snow, (not the heat and humidity here), just generally love the fact I am alive and nature here is never boring.
Except maybe if I encountered a big copperhead, or timber rattler. That’s a real possibility, and probably why I wanted to be back in the country.
It’s the unknown, I guess. Even the lightening is beautiful, when it is so severe it is terrifying. Sometimes I enjoy it, AFTER I calm my English setter down. She would face a bear without fear, but lightening, it scares the devil out of her!!!!
I hate to wish that on the poor folks down on the southeastern coastline.
But yes, it is dry here, but not as dry as north Georgia.
We had a good spring, lots of rain. Last year we had a severe drought, and we need some rain now. Fortunately, I am high on a ridge and seem to be right on the border of where the weather patterns swing on the weather map they show on the news.
I get rain here when areas close by don’t. The Cumberland mountain spine here makes our weather more severe (rain, snow, all of it) a little more interesting than nearby lowlands.
We’re getting a ton o’ rain here on the Mexican border. I’ve had a bit of my front yard wash into the street, and they’ve had to close some of the roads in the Huachucas due to wash-outs.
We may actually see 15” of rain this year!
My Mama and Daddy were born in east Tennessee, but I grew up in Oklahoma, Texas, Florida, and later here in God’s country.
I came back to my roots, and love it here.
Both my grandfathers were coal miners, and I have deep roots in the Appalachians, in the mountains. My Daddy was born in Harlan County, KY, my Mama in a coal mining town in Virginia.
I moved back here in the early 1990s. When I was 18 years (in the 1970s) old. I came to live with a grandmother, married a hillbilly, stayed nine years.
Then I left and moved to Louisiana for years, went to college, experienced far different worlds, but always wanted to come home, and here I am. I live on the KY/TN border now, a beautiful place.
You will like this photo........
My Father is from Tennessee. I don't remember where but I believe it was on the border also since he met my mom when they were in there late teens,,,I miss them dearly as they are gone now...It's always a blessing to see someone from there. Your area is indeed one of the most beautiful parts of the country.
That’s almost 3 years worth...The valley and Payson is way a head also, but no where near 15”. Great for the lakes up here...That is where I spend most of my leisure time.
I would, too, if I were up there. That, or just camping out along the Mogollon.
Alas, work keeps me close to home. ;^)
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