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Re: Flash Flood in Death Valley - Survival
Gary O'Brien 2004-Aug-24 02:32:00
John:
Great job keeping your wits about you. You saved yourself and your
companion. Although I think the beamer may be toast!
And you did a great job of documenting the experience!
Regards,
Gary
On Aug 23, 2004, at 7:01 PM, John Schwarzell wrote:
>
> Hello all, hope life is good for all of you! I have renewed vigor
> after
> an ordeal in Death Valley Sun 8/15/04. A flash flood killed two people
> at least and left hundreds stranded or without power and water Sunday,
> leaving behind damage that had not been seen in the park in it's 100
> yrs
> of recorded history. They had a big one in the 70's, but nothing like
> this. Over twenty miles of the CA190 are gone or buried or broken,
> some
> of the Furnace Creek Inn adobe was washed away, and other structures
> were tossed aside and crushed and buried. Maybe you all have not heard
> about the flood, since Charley is eclipsing all the news coverage.
>
> Here's a link to an image of the storm from minutes before the rain
> and
> flood with an in depth story of the night.
> It will be followed up shortly with a few images of the damage that I
> was able to take before being evacuated.
>
> http://www.exophrenic.com/vr/deathvalley/GoldenCyn100YrStorm.html
>
> Alive,
>
> John Schwarzell
> LA, CA
>
>
Gary O'Brien
Photographer
Charlotte, NC
http://www.garyobrien.com