Water ain't no joke

Kinja'd!!! "Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
10/25/2018 at 14:57 • Filed to: None

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As ttyymmnn can tell you from recent experience, flooding is a pretty serious problem, but this is just awful. This is like the Thai cave rescue, only much faster and much, much worse.

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DISCUSSION (5)


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Just Jeepin'
10/25/2018 at 15:07

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Man, that’s rough. Thing about our floods, though, is that we knew they were coming. 


Kinja'd!!! Mercedes Streeter > ttyymmnn
10/25/2018 at 15:21

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Yep yep. Documentary after documentary I have my mind blown by how sudden flooding happens in other parts of the world. Like, sure events like that one cave incident often have enough warning, but there are a lot of instances were stuff happens spontaneously.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Mercedes Streeter
10/25/2018 at 15:24

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Exactly. Flash flooding, particularly in arid parts of the world, can occur from a storm you don’t even know is there.


Kinja'd!!! Future next gen S2000 owner > ttyymmnn
10/25/2018 at 15:54

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Arid places are more susceptible to flooding ironically. The gr o und gets so hard the water can’t absorb. Plus the likely hood of getting any rain is low so gutter/sewer/drainage isn’t put in.

A decent amount of water and no place to go, flash flood.


Kinja'd!!! DipodomysDeserti > Just Jeepin'
10/25/2018 at 16:30

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Yep. Had a whole family killed in a flash flood here last year. I got caught in a flash flood once. Hit the front of my truck so hard it knocked the serpentine belt off. This was in the middle of Tucson. One minute I was on a dry street and the next minute a wall of water was rushing over my hood.