Yesterday we showed the August 26, 2011 pictures of the flash flooding. The first flood was even worse.
August 23, 2011
August 23, 2011
August 23, 2011
August 23, 2011
The trouble is intense fires not only burn the vegetation, they bake the soil so water can’t soak in. It all flows downstream.
There are more, and higher resolution, pictures here on Flickr.
June 29, 2011
Oh my goodness! That must have been some powerful rain!
The same thing is happening now in other parts of the burn scar from the recent fires. Probably not as bad but enough to close some roads.
That is not good…I always think how good and bad things like fire and water can be.
It was impressive. 🙂
These are proof of just how powerful the elements can be.
Yes, as Calvin’s Hobbes once said, we humans think we’re such big screaming deals. Sometimes we get lessons in humiility.
I have seen what fire and floods after can do each year when CA burns and floods. these are the first fire/flood photos I have seen that were not on the TV screen. the explanation makes sense, I had not thought about the baked soil
Apparently if the forests weren’t so overgrown the fires wouldn’t be so intense and that wouldn’t happen. Fire is a natural part of the ecosystem here.
I’ve always associated these arroyos with vacant land in the southern part of the state. Wow. Every day’s a school day.
Yes. 🙂