Caught in a Flash Flood in Moab

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@peka1359 6 ай бұрын

We were your neighbours at the Campground 😄! We arrived right bevor the storm and were just able to put up our tent. We wondered about the lonely tent next to us without a flysheet. We often slept without flysheet, twice we had to put up the rainfly in the middle of the night 😅 It was crazzy to see all the waterfalls coming from the rocks around the Campground. We only saw the damage in moab the next day.

@harrymorgan2499 5 ай бұрын

IMO, a tent is like a rain god. Open one up and rain is sure to come.

@PeteOutdoors1 5 ай бұрын

Hello neighbor! Small world. Thanks for watching.

@charliematt4808 6 ай бұрын

NO WAY WOULD I EVER STAND ON OR NEAR A BRIDGE WITH THAT MUCH POTENTIAL OF WASHING OUT AND COLLAPSING. My friend, a flatlander, sat up a tent in a wash and went to dinner. When he returned the tent was inaccessible. His group of four slept in the Jeep that night😖. Luckily the tent survived too.

@PeteOutdoors1 5 ай бұрын

The police did cordon off the bridge and only let us through when they deemed it safe. Yeah, never camp in a wash. Thanks for watching.

@bonniesteele9978 4 ай бұрын

Well done and educational, with its broad overview of lead up, flood and aftermath. Thank you for posting, including the live and learn stuff- we’ve all been there! With the huge growth in tourism and development in the Moab area (I’ve lived in the Four Corners region for several decades) this could help save lives. Sadly 2 died and over a dozen others needed rescue in this (thanks to our S&R teams!). There have been 2 more serious flash floods in the Moab area since.

@PeteOutdoors1 4 ай бұрын

It is indeed sad that two people lost their lives. Thank you for watching.

@leoniebelcher1680 6 ай бұрын

Moab is one of my fave places. Thanks for filming this amazing event.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

You are welcome! Thanks for watching.

@douglasdever6134 5 ай бұрын

Lived in Moab for seven years, it is a common occurrence. And life will go on!

@PeteOutdoors1 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching.

@somedayistodayrv 6 ай бұрын

Informative video on what can happen with RV camping weather. We have to monitor this ever changing part of RV life on a regular basis. Be a bit on guard! Things can happen so quick and some things, like this can begin a distance away and arrive unexpectedly. Thanks for sharing this unique weather adventure!

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@somedayistodayrv 6 ай бұрын

@@PeteOutdoors1 You are welcome! Fascinating weather video.

@batcactus6046 6 ай бұрын

flip the tent so the wind blows it dry in an hour or so. It's nylon.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

That probably would have worked. Thanks for watching.

@RL31367 6 ай бұрын

Great video and some sound advice about wash camping. The power of water is amazing!

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching.

@Themilkmanskid. 5 ай бұрын

Wild thing is is that flashfloods can come in from many miles away, to an area where it isn't raining even, as he says in the video.

@PeteOutdoors1 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@studio107bgallery4 6 ай бұрын

Flash floods are like a temperamental human….. you don’t know when they’re gonna strike, and they are fierce and ferocious and deadly. It can look like the prettiest day in the world with no clouds in the sky then all of a sudden clouds darkness flash floods, lightning thunder it’s scary stuff, nature at its best.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@Rgarizonahomestead 6 ай бұрын

Flash floods are something to see and dangerous. Thanks for sharing, and have a great day

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@CarlKem 5 ай бұрын

I used to live on Charlie Nelson's Egg Ranch & I remember seeing some wild flash floods! The trail along Mill Creek going underneath US 191 was maybe 6 months old I think, and the trail Moab had just down from the park was fairly new as well. I was on a volunteer crew cleaning up the trail system down there. In some places the mud was horrendously deep! I think under us 191 it was around 2-3' deep in icky red mud.

@PeteOutdoors1 5 ай бұрын

I can imagine. Thank you for watching.

@christybray8789 5 ай бұрын

Only takes one time to leave the rain fly off and you will never make that mistake again! Ask me how I know too! 😂

@PeteOutdoors1 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@marilyn2 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting this. I'd heard about the flash flood. I had been in central Utah at a camping meetup with a few other women. I was thinking about leaving a couple of days early to drive the three hours to Grand Junction to see a relative I hadn't seen in ages. But then, I couldn't bring myself to leave the idyllic location and get on I-70 for the 3 hour drive, so I didn't go after all. Something told me to stay put. Had I gone, I would have then headed over to Moab to make my way back to Arizona. I most likely would have been there during the flood. I'm really grateful I missed it. A flooded tent is a minor inconvenience compared to the fury of raging waters. I have never forgotten the Big Thompson Canyon flood in 1976 in Colorado that claimed many lives. A lot of people were camping in the canyon at the time and couldn't get out.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

You are welcome. Good thing you listened to your gut feeling, most of the time it is correct 🙂 Thanks for watching.

@drivingwithricks 6 ай бұрын

I'm originally from Leadville and remember the big Thompson flood. What a disaster.

@NobodyTalkinBoutThat 5 ай бұрын

Really beautiful there 😊

@PeteOutdoors1 5 ай бұрын

Indeed! Thank you for watching.

@ST1300Jim 6 ай бұрын

They had an even bigger flash flood in that same spot in 2022. Supposedly a 100 year flood. Did much more damage, with 3 feet of water running down the Main Street. They need to do something to tame this spot or it will keep happening.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

I believe it! It would be an expensive fix. There is a town at the southern tip of Illinois, Cairo, which is on the Mississippi river and it has concrete walls to stop floodwaters. Thanks for watching.

@swerne01 6 ай бұрын

Just out of curiosity, what was the weather forecast that morning?

@PeteOutdoors1 5 ай бұрын

I didn't check it! Thanks for watching.

@kx8960 5 ай бұрын

Cloudy, with a chance of flooding?

@WmRob 6 ай бұрын

If you ignore the weather, it will remind you to pay attention next time.

@PeteOutdoors1 5 ай бұрын

Indeed! Thanks for watching.

@kx8960 5 ай бұрын

...IF there IS a next time...

@sjsj8459 6 ай бұрын

Amazing! Thanks for giving us a bird’s eye view!

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@carolinematusevich889 5 ай бұрын

When I visited Moab in '93, most of those buildings, including motels along river, weren't there. I think there were only 3 motels, a hostel, and a few RV parks. Talk about paving paradise.

@PeteOutdoors1 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@charmerci 5 ай бұрын

There certainly were far more motels! (But yeah, after 92 the motels restaurants boomed - in two periods.)

@davethompson9776 6 ай бұрын

You could actually just flip that over in one piece in the sun for a couple hours and it will dry quickly.

@PeteOutdoors1 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@Ivehadenuff 6 ай бұрын

I have never been and am planning a vacation. I didn’t know this could happen in Moab .

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

It can happen anywhere in the southwest. Thanks for watching.

@JudyCL 6 ай бұрын

As per drying the tent also use pegs of any sort to hang up on washing line and it will dry soon. In the motel also use the bathroom as a drying room for your wet stuff. Any camping store will have travel stuff suitable for your adventures.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Thanks and thanks for watching.

@trakyboy5128 5 ай бұрын

Hey there, what a utterly beautiful pic !!!

@PeteOutdoors1 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching.

@skylark1250 6 ай бұрын

This area is amazing but can be subject to frequent flooding. Downpours can swell low spots in minutes. Very dangerous. Beautiful video! Holy cow is right. It can be life threatening in the narrow canyons where there is nowhere to climb. Canyon walls go straight up. Stay alert.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching.

@rockfoots 6 ай бұрын

Next time, lay your tent on it's side and it will be dry in about five minutes. You wasted money getting a motel when your bedding wasn't even wet.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

I hope there is no next time 😀Thanks for watching.

@CeciliaLewis-f6s 6 ай бұрын

😱😱 nice rain and rainbows 👍👍 😱😱 see water like that be mind blowing 🤯🤯 that's beautiful 😍 flash flood 😯😲

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching.

@michellekuennen-apperson2827 6 ай бұрын

I was at Moab when this happened! Poor tent campers around me!

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@boondogger 6 ай бұрын

Don't know about you but I look at multiple weather reports before I go out back 😅

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Usually I do as well. But not this time! Thanks for watching.

@charliecarter1878 5 ай бұрын

These flash floods are DANGEROUS AF.....Please watch these insightful videos and be prepared... before you have to learn the hard way.

@PeteOutdoors1 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@penelope8980 6 ай бұрын

You are lucky to get a room in that town full of motels. I needed one in May a few years ago and everyone of them were reserved for the summer season. (mountain bikers)

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, there were a lot of vacancies at the time. Thanks for watching.

@harrymorgan2499 5 ай бұрын

I can see it was posted on June 29, but when did this actually occur?

@PeteOutdoors1 5 ай бұрын

This was on June 23. Thanks for watching.

@williamscoggin1509 5 ай бұрын

When it rains anywhere out there you should stay in a high ground area and not go down and stand on the bridge right over the flood waters. 🙄

@PeteOutdoors1 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching.

@123-olmngresx 6 ай бұрын

That's gnarly. Moab dont play. Respect Nature or perish.

@PeteOutdoors1 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@georgesealy4706 6 ай бұрын

It's monsoon season. There will be a lot of it in the next couple of months.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@Blake4625kHz 6 ай бұрын

Monstrous mid summer rains preceded by turkey vultures escaping the incoming downpour under dark purple bellies of storm clouds in the desert southwest. Big raindrops beating the grease wood clean and washing the tumbleweeds out of all the washes, filling the reservoir with torrents of muddy water. You would find my brother and I down in the drainage channels if the current was not too fierce. Water roaring everywhere, the smell of the grease wood after God had scoured the desert floor when the floodgates of heaven opened up. For once the relentless sun not beating down on the sand making it hot as an oven. We were children of the desert and the rains were our reprieve from months of cloudless searing days. His voice filled with excitement, my voice filled with excitement. Im old now and miss my brother and the desert

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Nicely poetic. Thanks for watching 😀

@LadyLithias 6 ай бұрын

What a fascinating video.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching.

@TheInterloafer 6 ай бұрын

Well I guess all this water ends up in Lake Powell, so, at least that's one positive aspect.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Indeed! Thanks for watching.

@davidnewkirk2438 6 ай бұрын

Great footage! Thanks for sharing

@PeteOutdoors1 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@joethomas5983 6 ай бұрын

it rained

@PeteOutdoors1 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@ndre2768 6 ай бұрын

There is a missing Texan couple in Moab due to this flood.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Tragic. Thank you for watching.

@fritzpipkin792 6 ай бұрын

Yeah I'm on the search and rescue for san juan county they called me and my team in to assist we found their side by side what was left of it, but as of today they've still not located them

@hildaherrera1002 6 ай бұрын

@@fritzpipkin792 😞

@AKmelina 6 ай бұрын

Is that muddy water, or is there poop in it? It seems really brown even though the sand and rocks all around are red.

@gregpeterson2414 6 ай бұрын

If there is poop in it, it's minute fraction of the volume of flow.

@AKmelina 6 ай бұрын

@@gregpeterson2414 Flow, lulz 🥹

@PeteOutdoors1 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@mercenarygrip 5 ай бұрын

First time camping?

@PeteOutdoors1 5 ай бұрын

No, I am experienced. But every once in a while you get complacent.😀Thanks for watching.

@Moondoggy1941 5 ай бұрын

0:33 You are not wet until your socks are soaked.

@PeteOutdoors1 5 ай бұрын

That was my bath for the day 😀 Thank you for watching.

@bobsiegfried7740 6 ай бұрын

The blue tarp under tent funneled water under the tent. Always keep the ground cloth (tarp) completely under the edge of the tent.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

True, I usually do that, but I wasn't expecting it to rain. Thanks for watching.

@sharon94503 6 ай бұрын

Ahhh, nature's soil redistribution system at work.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@MjC7192 6 ай бұрын

Love the scenery very beautiful and like your videos too

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching.

@Clearanceman2 6 ай бұрын

Wow, a lot of water all at once.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching.

@margaretbutler9528 6 ай бұрын

The young man on top of hill during rain storm needs education about lightning. Very dangerous position he was in.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

@@margaretbutler9528 That was a woman. True, however, at that time the storm had passed and there was no lightning. The stormed moved quickly. Thanks for watching.

@maggieking6619 6 ай бұрын

I just read about 2 tourists dying in a flash flood in Utah. Then I see more people standing filming water levels rising. We see tourists running from high ground to low ground. Then they are standing on a bridge which could wash away under their feet. I survived Katrina by seeking highest point in my county, in a fortified building. People who died were drowned in their homes, all storm surge, up to 12 miles inland. Moving water is deadly, 6 inches can sweep an adult off, a foot will carry off a small car. Flash floods are so unpredictable, so fast, yet tourists stand by FILMING what could be their final moments. So unnecessary and silly.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Agreed. Always seek high ground. The police did close the bridges and they were opened when I was filming. Thanks for watching.

@alexandrasmith4393 5 ай бұрын

I thought at first this this was Moab in the ME.

@PeteOutdoors1 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching.

@johnjaco5544 6 ай бұрын

When it rains things get wet

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

You said it! Thanks for watching.

@timthompson8297 6 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t hang around.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@FernWillow67 6 ай бұрын

Always learning, aren’t we!🙂

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Indeed! Thanks for watching.

@Bill-m2z4m 6 ай бұрын

Where is your trash bag pancho put tent on high ground duh

@theeddorian 6 ай бұрын

You want to be careful about the high ground you choose as well. Too high and you can wake because the wind has grabbed your staked down tent, with you and all your gear in it, and sent it rolling despite the stakes. Been there, and have the t-shirt.

@PeteOutdoors1 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@DBRYAH17 6 ай бұрын

Sadly people went missing in that flash flood

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Oh no! Any updates on it?

@sgchevy1 6 ай бұрын

@PeteOutdoors1 they were family members of my husbands best friend. Sadly they have not been found. ATV was washed over a cliff and they apparently got buried under the piles of debris. Very sad outcome.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

@@sgchevy1 May they rest in peace. How tragic.

@wkjeeping9053 6 ай бұрын

That's a mild one. They have been way worse.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@2nd_of_3 Ай бұрын

The fact you made this hike with that weather pending.. This is just foolish. The signs were plainly there.

@PeteOutdoors1 Ай бұрын

All is well that ends well :) Thanks for watching.

@herbertmartinez1735 6 ай бұрын

Is it bad for laughing at this

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Well...Thank you for watching.

@RedCanyonWolf 6 ай бұрын

I got married in Moab in a flash flood 😅

@PeteOutdoors1 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@susierosefinlay 6 ай бұрын

Turn the tent inside out and the sun will dry it. Tell me you've never went camping before without telling you've never went camping.

@UncleFjester 6 ай бұрын

Cosplay Camping!

@EugeneYus 6 ай бұрын

Tell the internet you’re a bit*h without telling us you’re a bit*h :)

@FYMASMD 6 ай бұрын

No one is an expert the first couple of times. Except you, of course.🙄

@dangeroustoman 6 ай бұрын

Tell me you studied flash floods but never seen one.

@PhatthraBEAMLIGHTเนตรวุฒิgiLL 6 ай бұрын

เชิญเต้นจนตายเถอะ

@timthompson8297 6 ай бұрын

Who doesn’t put the rain fly on a tent? Can’t believe anybody is that dense.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

Many people don't use the rain fly in the summer unless rain is expected, preferring the draft that cools the tent. Thanks for watching.

@timthompson8297 6 ай бұрын

@@PeteOutdoors1 I’ve been camping well over 60 years. I have never left the fly off.

@PeteOutdoors1 6 ай бұрын

@@timthompson8297 I don't like the fly, I am a warm sleeper and prefer the open air. I avoid it unless it is absolutely necessary.

@timthompson8297 6 ай бұрын

@@PeteOutdoors1 Your call.

@timthompson8297 6 ай бұрын

@@PeteOutdoors1 When they aren’t even in the tent? What a crock. There’s no point in having a tent when the damn fly isn’t even in it. I’d rather be prepared and be stupid than have a tent full of water.