Zion Park Flood Aftermath and Cleanup

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We are On the Road Again, this time for a multiple day project to help clean up the mess from a Flash Flood in Springdale Utah. The parking area was mess the rest of the town was mess and the Zion National Park was a mess. The community came together to help get started on the major part of the cleanup. We had several businesses destroyed, cars and infrastructure in pretty rough shape. It was awesome to see so many volunteers and people step up to get the job done. Thanks for coming along for the ride and Thanks for Watching.
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[@aaronmcconnell7358]

This is what makes America great not are government and politician's, but the people who work hard every day no matter what disaster or tragedy American's will put on there boots and help there neighbors recover casey isn't out doing this to get rich he is out there to help his neighbors and friends god bless you and keep you safe .and a huge shout out to are soldiers and veterans this holiday weekend I thank you for your service to this nation.

[@JP-ou8yb]

Dry climates never do well in heavy rains California has the same mud slide issues sorry you all go through this type of mess. Hopefully no one was hurt.

[@51WCDodge]

trouble is a few days of hot and dry the result is you 'll need dynamite to get them out.

[@maverick5006]

NOTHING stops a Bud delivery!!

[@edward5979]

Dang it, that sucks for everyone. Glad everyone has pulled together to clean up. Love Utah !

[@williamr.kirkland6317]

Thank you for sharing this with us Flatlanders. We understand bad weather but not mud or rock slides that create chaos. Admire and respect your hard work.

[@45Deere9500]

Watching this makes me think of Johnny Cash's "Five Feet High and Rising." "We gotta head for higher ground. We can't come back 'till the water goes down. Five feet high and rising." It had been awhile since I'd heard "The Mississippi Squirrel Revival." Looks like a good place for a manure scraper, to help move that soupy mud, and get down to relatively clean pavement.

[@tommywallbanger]

I'm going to have to check that song out. My Dad listened to him. I never really liked country but I like Johnny Cash. I don't mind a lot of the country music Casey plays in his videos either.

[@lindseyhinck6298]

Things are gonna be a might dusty round there for awhile.

[@permaquilter9111]

13:50 - It's gonna be OK, the Budweiser truck got through.

[@CaseysOffRoadRecovery]

I needed one about then

[@showmemo3686]

Priorities, priorities.

[@elcajondavid1]

Ha, ha........There is hardly any alcohol in Utah beer.

[@permaquilter9111]

@@elcajondavid1 - Pretty sure the state finally ditched that dumb rule. But yeah, if I had guests who wanted 'real beer' I'd run down to AZ & buy it.

[@rodrod383]

the bad news is it is full of Budweiser

[@sharonbull4483]

The reason you always want some extra insurance. Boy what a mess but amazed how everyone digs in and starts working. Great video.

[@edshelden7590]

Should be sponsored by Budweiser King of Beers.

[@ryandueker5842]

I love your positivity! I was at Zion back in March and it was gorgeous! Glad you were there to help. Your positive attitude goes a long way!

[@gayle4804]

Definitely a mess but I know you guys all group together and together and got things cleaned up, Nothing like team work

[@TheBibleExplorer]

Quite the humdinger of a mess to contend with there brother... Glad to hear everyone was ok, the items can be replaced... Stay safe and keep up the good work 👍 And for all reading this, remember... Keep your tires aimed towards the ground and all eyes upon the Lord

[@johncraig406]

worked in New Mexico, Colorado, Utah for 20 years, saw my share of mud slides. the company 4x4 Ramcharger pulled a lot of folks out of ditches and mud holes. that was 40 years ago now, appreciate being to see my old haunts again.

[@donjuan914]

This is random, and I'm sure its not what you wanna hear while going through tough times, but Southern Utah is so beautiful even when it's in shambles.

[@richardportman8912]

Thank you. We are in shambles.

[@seniorrider9337]

Casey, you are a good man!!! That Utah mud reminds me of Virginia clay mud. Slick as can be when wet, hard as a rock dry!

[@badgerpa9]

Glad you are there to help out.

[@karlschwaber7006]

Boy oh boy the insurance companies will be screaming over this! As usual, good job Casey.

[@donnholcomb9301]

Good job Casey, sad to see the mess there. Stayed in Springdale a few years back.sure feel for the people there. Did water damage restoration for 20 years I know how hard it is on everything. Thanks for helping them.

[@hughstephenson2957]

Dang! Y'all's gettin all the rain! Meanwhile our ranchers watering holes are dryin up.. been hauling well water for one ole boy just so his cows can drink

[@edwinschlee8374]

A lot of rain in the hills makes for a muddy mess in town! What a mess!

[@greasyhandsauto-shaunbutte9726]

And in the middle of our drought too! Nice work

[@maesy6730]

Well , at least it is a holiday people won't forget 😁

[@iphoneemail322]

Traveling from California to Michigan, I was there bike riding an hour before that happened. My last Snapchat said “the deer are hiding under trees and it looks like rain. Time to leave “. Couple hours later friends started sending me clips of the flood.

[@eyalofer5015]

What date was it ?

[@GoatOffroad]

Joe and I are both watching the video! He’s on the couch with the iPad with a big smile on his face! Wishing he was there to help! The boy loves to play in the dirt!!

[@CaseysOffRoadRecovery]

Ha ha. So funny

[@mikesblueskyproductionsuta7634]

You got the “Rollback in a mud bog!” 🤣🤣🤣

[@josephmackrell9911]

We were on the last bus to make it back to the Visitor Center before the mudslide. We could sww ir behind and in front of the bus right at the turn, and a dozen cars stuck just nside the entrance booth. We were parked on a high spot though, cause we got to drive out, albeir 5 hours later! Thanks for the...memories!

[@jesusbarron5355]

I was at Zion National Park last week (7/14/21-7/16/21) on vacation. I drive a 2015 Ford F-250 super duty truck. While in Springdale I noticed that my vehicle was not driving correctly. Within minutes the check engine light came on advising me that the exhaust filter had to be cleaned. I began to panic because I was 1,600 miles from home (Texas) and the Ford dealership in St. George had just told me that it could take up to 3 weeks to get my truck in the shop. So, I drove down to Hurricane in an attempt to get this issue resolved. A gentlemen in town referred me to Casey's automotive. I pulled up to the shop fearful of what they were going to tell me. All my fears were set aside once I met the personnel at the shop. They were kind, friendly and very knowledgeable in automotive care. The did the "regenerate" procedure on the truck and 45 minutes later I was on my way to Texas. I will forever be grateful to Casey's automotive. You all are the real MVP'S!!!

[@CaseysOffRoadRecovery]

Thanks Jesus. We try our best and I do have a great crew.

[@shjones27]

Thanks for going down to help them out.... What a mess!

[@Dsdcain]

Oh man. So many questions. When was this because looked like traffic was a nightmare? Were those rentals you were grabbing? If not where where the people that matched the cars for keys? just....so many questions my nosey, I mean curious mind wants to know. 😎 Also really shows that you should never underestimate the power of water. Not just mud but largeish rocks and whatnot. Flash floods are no joke. I hope all that soup cleaned up nice for the community. Looked to be drying fast. 😊 Take it easy man, and stay safe out there. 😎

[@CaseysOffRoadRecovery]

Mostly Rentals. Some had flights to catch so the lodge organized rides to Vegas etc....

[@andywilliment581]

Hey Casey, does that count as a rollback on a dirt road. 😂 Good job as always.

[@j.r.thompson5950]

Thank you so kindly for sharing what had happened there in Utah. Sometimes the news does not get this far. Good people helping out to clean things up....

[@marty0715yt]

The day the squirrel went berserk, at the Antioch Baptist Church

[@andrewkoetz3933]

One of my favorite Ray Stevens tunes

[@michaelcook184]

That is a mess sure it will be taken care of that showes what Americans do to help each other

[@duggydo]

The same kind of thing happens in Moab. If it rains hard for a while, the streams run red with mud. Seems like there's a tipping point on how much rain falls and the flooding begins.

[@laytonb7]

Nice job of being a boots on the ground hero, Casey!!

[@HalfCutGarage]

Well at least the budweiser kept flowing! Well done!

[@giuliom8520]

Who pays you on a job like that? Does the lodge pay you through their insurance company? Do individual car owners pay you? Did the County contract you?

[@giuliom8520]

@@badgerpa9 I think the resort may have paid him, or the resorts insurance, or maybe the county contracted him, or all three; but I seriously doubt Casey passed up paying customers elsewhere and hauled all that equipment up there for several days for donated work. After all, America is not a third world country. There's plenty of tax money, insurance money, and private money around to keep Casey paid and in business when something like this happens. This is how it is in successful first world capitalist countries.

[@straybullitt]

It looks like some of the cars received substantial flood damage and the owners just left them for the insurance company to deal with. I'll venture to guess that Casey will get paid for the towing and storage on all of the cars towed to his yard. In addition, if my vehicle was stuck in the parking lot, but still driveable, I would be making a deal with him to yank it out to solid ground. As it said in the ending credits, there were lots of volunteers, and the community came together to help clean up. I'll bet that a lot of time that Casey spent there was uncompensated, and done purely from the goodness of his heart.

[@CaseysOffRoadRecovery]

We will get paid on the cars we hauled to town and have in our storage lot. The equipment and time spent on scene over 5 days was my donated time as well as hundreds of other people and businesses helping each other get things whipped back in order. That is the silver lining of events like this, it shows the good in humanity.

[@giuliom8520]

@@CaseysOffRoadRecovery I was involved with the debris removal of the burnt homes in the aftermath of the California fires and dump trucks were getting paid well over $100 an hour for almost 5 months by the government. Should snow removers donate their time and equipment because of every big snow storm? How is this any different? If you lived in snow country, you'd be out of business long ago. Local governments have the ability to pay you for your work in situations like this, it's why we pay all those taxes. I could understand volunteering to save lives, but not for cleaning up mud or pulling out stuck vehicles. Obviously it's illegal and very immoral to gouge people in this situation, but getting reimbursed for your time and loss of business for something like this in not unreasonable. Hand them a bill and see what can be negotiated. I'm sure your competition will be doing this. After all, the government would do the same to you, wouldn't it? Everyone has been paying taxes all this time for this.

[@straybullitt]

@@giuliom8520 The burned houses cleaned up in the CA fires, are done when a disaster zone has been declared, and the government has a vested interest in trying to ensure that hazardous materials from multiple sources, which are in most homes and garages, do not end up in the ground water via seepage, or runoff into creeks and streams. They offer to clean it up in a timely manner, which most property owners gladly accept. The government doesn't normally clean up the debris from a single home or building that randomly burns down. Private property owners are responsible for various disasters that may occur on their property, as it should be. Insurance covers many common disasters, but flooding and earthquakes are generally not included, and require expensive additional insurance that many people choose not to purchase. Before big government programs, and insurance, people had to depend on their friends, neighbors, and community, when help was needed. It's how things got done. It's nice to see that sense of community still exists in places like Southern Utah. It becomes more and more rare as time goes on.

[@gsettlemyre]

What a Mucking Fess ranks right up there with Fhat the Wuck! I’ll stick to the snow when it happens here in Mid-Michigan, thank you very much…

[@ceisarsrepair7958]

At 9:40 we were thinking What a Mess, Hard Work,..,. But then we saw the bottle of Mt Dew and big sigh,... Everything's Gonna be just fine!!! 😁👍

[@getterdoneproductions9766]

Great job by all and good news coverage! Stay well my friend!

[@rshutterbug47]

HAT'S OFF TO CASEY You Are ALWAYS Helping Anyone Who Needs Help You Should Get A Award For Being A Outstanding Citizen

[@wdkirkes62]

Good to see the team work. Very unselfish of you guys. Donating time and money to help everyone. My hat off to you all.

[@johnmccaughan4195]

What a mess for a small town, 2018 population 606, those little towns produce a lot of volunteers in an emergency, though. I see Springdale was settled in 1862 by church folks who moved from Nothrop due to a flood. I suspect that is not the first flood in Springdale. To see you out there working and not worrying about the money makes me proud to be one of your subscribers.

[@kcdfense]

Drinking game. Take a shot every time he says mess 🤣

[@nermalsturf]

Wow...looks like a high-water waiter mess kind of clean up hope noone got seriously hurt or killed in that! Gotta love some Ray Stevens "Mississippi Squirrel Revival"!!

[@civilizeddelinquent563]

13:42....nice of the water truck to show up

[@mikeclarke6561]

hi wow what mess hope everybody is safe beside mess

[@OldManJimmy1]

Thanks for taking time to film some of the mayhem that occurred there due to the rain.

[@lockedin60]

Mississippi Squirrel Revival one of my favs Ray Stevens song. I love the video for that song.

[@orangepickel2]

Water is the most powerful force on earth; a heavy rain can create a lot of destruction.

[@saginawdan]

You're a good man for donating your time, effort and machinery.👍👍👍

[@cindykeller9668]

Wonder what the area looks like where all this muck and mud came from? Big holes or when dry can't even tell anything is gone

[@linorful]

Mother nature the greatest job creator.

[@welderboy525]

I did one flood clean up a few years ago. Say the least we filled our yard and then my boss entire back yard. 86 tows. All total loss. And all were at-least 7 days storage. Definitely payed off some bills

[@tonyjessen8204]

Thanks for the update Casey 🙏🙏

[@jimalexander7004]

If you get a lot of these Flash Floods, you could get a giant tractor tire cut it down, and attach it to a Skid Steer Quick Attach and use it as a Giant Squeegee.

[@markreetz1001]

You always mention the beautiful scenery in Utah, Casey. Well it looks like about a "foot of scenery" came to town for a visit. We prefer "slick as snot" to describe slippery stuff on slick surfaces.

[@TWX1138]

Sedona, Arizona gets this sort of thing from time to time too.

[@johnpurdum8126]

Slick as snot when wet and hard as concrete when dry. Very puffy, fluffy dust unless it's settled down.

[@jimcampbell3511]

The beer truck made it with no problem!

[@mattc.310]

It'll be a while before that place looks like it did. Once they can get the sweepers in there it'll start perking up. Gotta' love Ray Stevens. Thanks for taking us along.

[@nissafarley594]

What an ordeal. Glad you were able to help out. I remember watching that flash food in about 2008. They (you?) called ahead and told us to get down to Grandpa’s pond to see it come through. It was unbelievable to see that wall of water coming at us. It looked like mud soup.

[@hgj2019]

Just curious…who pays? Each individual car owner or the lodge? I know what I SUSPECT, but would be interested to know how it was all settled.

[@CaseysOffRoadRecovery]

Insurance will take care of a few otherwise it was a team effort and tons of volunteer work

[@hgj2019]

@@CaseysOffRoadRecovery I kinda had a feeling you were doing a lot of it without charge. You’re a good guy for helping those folks during this hard time.😊

[@stevenelson8560]

@@CaseysOffRoadRecovery I really respect the amount of volunteer work you do, thanks for sharing.

[@rd4660]

It’s amazing ho many people still want to go up that canyon after a disaster. Give it a rest people. Go somewhere else for a week.

[@terithomas9532]

We were there with Backroads. It was crazy!

[@frankfreeman8599]

I was concerned after seeing this on the news. Then you showed up and then the Budweiser truck. You guys are good to go.

[@webfreakz]

Did you tow those cars by request of the city counsel because they wanted the area cleared or did the owner ask for it?

[@CaseysOffRoadRecovery]

Property owners request, but when we got on scene we realized just how big of a task it was, so we started calling people with equipment etc to get things mucked out.

[@Mpo65]

My daughter and her friend went camping ⛺️ at the Watchman campground at the end of May. They loved the Narrows, and the other hiking and sight seeing places and the town of Springdale. So I got excited and convinced my husband fo us to go visit Zion for a week. So I booked our hotel in beautiful Springdale for July 11-16, 2021. I started doing my research and homework all about our upcoming trip, including watching videos of other visitors, I was so excited and counting the days when we will get there. But something always kept telling me in the head that somehow this trip is not gonna happen for us, and it was too good to believe that we are going. I was thinking what may happen that we may not go after all. Many things crossed my mind, but not a mudslide in town. I kept planning our itinerary for that week anyway. Then we saw the news of the destructive flash flood, and sadly had to cancel the reservation. We feel very bad for the local people who live there and the tourists that were there during the flood. But glad that everyone is ok and are helping each other. We could’ve been there and stuck in the mud too...I guess we got lucky this time. Now hope our luck goes with us, because we got a new reservation to go to Kanab and visit The National Parks around there since we already took vacation time off of work. 🙏🙏🙏#Springdalestrong #Amazingpeople #Hardworkers🙏🙏🙏

[@miscunlisted2001]

I feel kinda funny giving a Thumbs Up to this mess but I did cuz I love your videos.

[@harveystephens6115]

BIG mess!! Not a vacation those folks thought it would be.

[@williamshepley9054]

I lived in this town for 13 years. It's karma for the outrageous over building and commercialization Of what was once a great town.

[@garretlewis4103]

Saw a clip of the flash flood in Zion on the news. What a muddy mess there. Still some good scenery.

[@doc2517]

13:52 gotta help the beer truck,lol

[@afmoa]

Southern Utah is sure lucky to have you guys. Pay it forward 💰 💰 💰

[@richardthomas1743]

What a MESS ! Big thumbs UP to you Casey for all you do to help everybody . I even saw you on Fox 13 news .

[@steveschmitt2849]

Man Casey, you said it " What a mess ". Good job , fire up the power washer!! Stay safe Casey.

[@jeffking6672]

Zion is beautiful when it rains hard and floods, but can be dangerous. Kind of tough when you need to perform "Off Road Recovery" in a paved parking lot.

[@DanyRivard]

OMG !! i prefer snow!!

[@Schmitz3]

i am surprised no one got hurt up in the narrows.

[@michaelwas8549]

Wow, thinking about visiting Utah with the RV but guess I better bring the 4Runner.

[@TIGHTWAD4OFFROAD]

that looks like one of those 100 year storms you cant even tell where the road is your doing a great job with clean up

[@doloressanchez9477]

Monsoon season! You gotta be careful during those times. Mother nature 🌬 Hopefully nobody got hurt 😞 and great job pulling together and cleaning the town!

[@cstrong9868]

flood of wrath "a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do" you go Casey

[@jakevionjohnson7450]

You should get a head band that holds your camera for you that would help.

[@TWX1138]

I suspect some kind of vest or overalls with a front pocket that can accommodate a gopro would be less cumbersome.

[@johnhpalmer6098]

@@TWX1138 I dunno, I have the head band and it works great for my GoPro and gives a great POV on the subject at hand and both of your hands are free to operate things like the skid steer.

[@lockedin60]

what a total cluster muck. It has been a weird weather year. Heavy rains can cause all grades of problems. I suspect flash floods are not a stranger to Southern Utah. We get the occasional flash floods around here. I worked at a major mall in Raleigh. Crabtree Mall. It was in a valley area near Crabtree Creek and every time there was a substantial rain the lower level park decks would become lakes. The worst flooding occurred after Hurricane Fran in Sept of 1996.

[@jkelley8173]

Man that was awesome.glad your ok first and foremost ✌🏾

[@powerhorsea1a376]

Such great work and everyone coming in together and digging out. Keep us updated will you Sir? 😯👍

[@imzackson]

If there's gold in your area i'd be a great time to spin a few test pans!!!!!

[@elcajondavid1]

I lived there some years ago no gold but uranium is available.

[@imzackson]

@@elcajondavid1 neat i live near gold but not water

[@elcajondavid1]

@@imzackson. Almost forgot supposedly they mined silver, but that is about all I know of down the road about 75 miles from Springdale West.

[@imzackson]

@@elcajondavid1 i watch a lot of mine exploring chanels those old coots lived hard

[@brucebaxter6923]

You fellas have snow plows up there? Can they handle mud? I’m guessing tractor mounted grader blades are in short supply

[@CaseysOffRoadRecovery]

We have a road grader, loaders skid steer excavators and you name it. Everyome jumped in to get it cleaned up

[@brucebaxter6923]

@@CaseysOffRoadRecovery Awesome. That’s excellent to hear. I am no expert of course. My thoughts were the grader can’t reach next to cars, skid steer can’t grade to the edge of the road but the rear mounted blade on a tractor could fit into those tighter areas. What we don’t have here is snow plows, I have absolutely no idea of their capability. The other thing I didn’t notice was bush fire vehicles being used to wash down paths or even the brakes on the cars or under the cars to free them. But that’s cool. Great to see a community working together to clear up a “disaster zone”

[@KButler88]

Drinking game: every time Casey says "a mess" you drink :)

[@danielgriffith3633]

Wow, been there few times of rain, never that bad..

[@andrewkoetz3933]

Well; the positive thing is the lodge will have more landscape boulders after they get things cleaned up and they did not have to buy them.

[@glennmuir5617]

Going to be a few "lightly used" cars for sale

[@montanastranger]

one never realizes the destructive power of water and flooding until you see it up close and personal.

[@Gordon76100]

Nature is a mother.

[@_Merica_USA]

Poor folks, good team work makes big tasks a bit easier

[@glennterry5476]

Wow what a mess it almost looks like Clay.

[@IronmanV5]

"Nature laughs last" be it flash floods or storm surge.

[@edp9743]

Thank goodness the budwiseer truck made it in. And just think if no one would have built in this area this destruction of property would have never happened.

[@gregparrott]

This video shows the amount of mud flows to be quite a bit more extensive than was apparent in your first, brief video. 20:53 Even a tracked skid steer is struggling to find traction to move a relatively light car set in 'Park' That means the mud qualifies as glue. 13:47 It looks like the essentials are successfully being delivered by the red semi. :)

[@jdc8352]

Dangggggg what a mess!!! That's a bummer @((