[Culturechat] Re: [Idyllchat] Trouble day 3 and pics

[Vance Roy]

On 26. Aug 2005, at 01:19, Jerry wrote:

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> Monday evening we were eating dinner when we heard a strange sound.  
> It was water, but louder than normal.  We went outside to see the 
> small mountain stream was becoming a raging river.  It was bringing 
> down rocks and some of those rocks jammed under the bridge forcing 
> water over the bridge.  The waters then broke through the berm and 
> starting flooding the low areas. There were then sirens and lots of 
> people working trying to contain the water.
>
> We lost electricity about 9 pm Monday night and went to sleep thinking 
> the worst flooding was a good distance from our apartment, but when we 
> woke Tuesday morning, there was mud and rocks everywhere.  
> Fortunately, the mud stopped about 15 feet from our front door.  We 
> got electricity back about 3 pm.
>
This is a perfect description of what happens. If you multiply the "dam 
effect" by several times as the water comes down the mountain with 
damming and break throughs, then you have a good idea of what can 
happen. Sometimes, those rocks can be house-sized.

Vance Roy
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