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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You were almost right.........I LOVE it!!! Thanks, Granny!
Darn, they got more rain from friday to yesterday than Fay has delivered so far.
Key West is a little over 1.29” for the last 14 hours.
You are welcome, thought it went with your post at Amy’s Place.
My family was at the Canyon last Wednesday. Obviously not at the bottom. When we heard this news, my husband asked our boys, “Who touched the dam?”
Or when the clouds and a rainbow are in it.
for the record..... here is is put to music
Cloudburst....... the Grand Canyon Suite
LOL!
even funnier that the boys all said, “Not me. I didn’t do it.”
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