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Re: Flash Flood in Death Valley - Survival
Alex Makienko 2004-Aug-24 14:01:00
John,
Great job! Thank you for publishing this evidence.
One old photographer once told me: What is the difference between the
ordinary photographer and the REAL one? When the ship is sinking, the
ordinary photographer grabs a life jacket, the real one - grabs his camera.
Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Schwarzell" <#removed#>
To: "WWP Group" <#removed#>
Cc: "Donald Bain" <#removed#>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 7:01 PM
Subject: Flash Flood in Death Valley - Survival
> iQTVRA members: sorry for the cross-posting overlap, but I'd like to get
> the story out there...
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> http://www.exophrenic.com/vr/deathvalley/GoldenCyn100YrStorm.html
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> Alive,
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> John Schwarzell
> LA, CA
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