Flash flooding in camp creek

Flash flooding carrying a wall of debris down camp creek. 31st and Valley rd foot bridge. Colorado Springs CO, August 10th.The creek is usually just a trickle, unless it rains. It runs out of the mountains above town and into a concrete channel that runs about 7 blocks and into a bigger stream.In 2012 the Waldo Canyon fire burnt the vegetation around the creek, which causes this kind of flooding when there are heavy rains over the burn area and no vegetation to slow the water. I was driving near the ditch and saw the wall of water moving in front of me. I managed to pass it and run out on to the bridge in time to get this video. It had hardly rained at all where this video took place and the trickle of water turned into a torrent in an instant. This is why you shouldn't play in ditches.
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[@medilyesoudhini7411]

Kudos for the camerman for levitating above the flood to film this for us

[@TheTransgenderAgenda]

He went into creative mode

[@rcranch3838]

While it looked like he may have been levitating I think he was actually parting the Brown sea and it was going around him.

[@4g3nt69]

there was a bridge you idiot

[@Savoic]

@@4g3nt69 No no. He is levitating.

[@dakakarot]

@@4g3nt69 Yeah Ur A Dumbass Its A Joke

[@jayvantkalyankar2289]

Very nice flood management, no traffic disturbance, smooth as usual. Great 👍

[@kirgan1000]

Look horribel ; ) Everything is clad in concrete, so the ground have no possibility to absorb the water, so you get that typ of "flash flood"

[@brushbros]

Really? is that why the gigantic retention pond was recently built just above? Thank Pueblo for saving us from ourselves.

[@mindlessgonzo]

It's eerie that there's calm on both sides of this.

[@aslamali8631]

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[@krzykris]

It's eerie that there are highways on both sides of this.

[@clayton9136]

Are you blind to the world around you?

[@daniloherrera139]

It’s calm that there’s sides on both eeries of this.

[@OnceShy_TwiceBitten]

That is the beauty of science and engineering and planning. To be able to plan for and design a system that when this happens that its basically a non issue.

[@robbhahn8897]

Great footage. The power of water never ceases to amaze me.

[@scanpwr7644]

Further upstream: post10 with rake unclogging culverts

[@theenviropro7052]

LEGEND COMMENT

[@vando0]

Yep

[@ano_nym]

First thing I thought of XD

[@xXColdHandsXx]

That was literally the first thing that crossed my mind haha

[@grapefru]

this is wild. I drive by this multiple times a week and I've never seen anywhere near this amount of water in it.

[@stephentrujillo7555]

Where exactly is this friend?

[@BryanSalyersXD]

@@stephentrujillo7555 check the description

[@stephentrujillo7555]

@@BryanSalyersXD oh yeah duh. My bad. And ty.

[@RexBarca]

@@BryanSalyersXD literally Camp Creek contains less words than your reply, perhaps you are an impostor

[@msruag]

@@RexBarca but i live near a creek with the same name that isn't in colorado lmao

[@sid2112]

Surprisingly small amount of debris. Nice work keeping the upstream clear.

[@dansanger5340]

Federal forest raking program.

[@kyle18934]

its really scary, if you get hit, its not just water you have to fight through, but all the crap it picks up on the way. I saw a video of a flash flood that was rolling boulders like they were toothpicks. mother nature can be terrifying sometimes

[@drewrams9661]

Gotta be honest, thought they were gonna get out of the way

[@xyy9040]

Homeless guy living in the Sewers: *Why do i hear boss music?*

[@lamegameguy]

Homeless guy in sewers Water: so you have chosen water

[@CountryCowboy008]

I shouldn't laugh but LOL

[@Blaze6432]

Nobody lives in a sewer, and storm drains lead to bodies of water like lakes and rivers.... not sewers. I still laughed tho

[@camnewton9859]

Omg why did I laugh 😭

[@panzerivausfg4062]

@@Blaze6432 There are many people leaving in the sewers bro

[@sickb2200]

I lived on Chambers Drive when I was going to grade school at Howbert Elementary in the late '70s. Great memories from there. Thanks!

[@Nerkolas]

Who else randomly got this on there recommend

[@RSTURBOGAMING]

Me

[@fiddelydee4423]

The algorithm is fucked

[@jordya.7444]

Same lol

[@zenitsu2528]

Me 😃

[@juliusnepos6013]

Nerkolas me

[@maverick3825]

Played in this ditch for hours as a kid after getting out of school at Howbert Elementary. The types of critters living there made for hours of fun play before we even knew about flash floods!.

[@bernardenorth]

yeah I played in there to Don in the 90s in shit!!! I went to Whittier

[@khurramphotography5605]

Flood in Pakistan kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJC6o3RvapmLaKs

[@uvaAsh]

I went to Howbert growing up! We were evacuated once when something similar to this happened

[@gandalfthegrey6592]

Flash flood occurs: Everyone on the road: Oh no, anyways...

[@writer125]

That was amazing, literally coming out of nowhere. Thanx for filming this & for posting this.

[@harikun2618]

My brain : "Jump" Me : "Why?" My brain : "Just jump !!!" -the end-

[@ButterHaus420]

call of the void

[@periurban]

Here I am on KZbin watching a river of filth flow by. My life is complete.

[@maureenjackson7081]

😂😂😂

[@blakena4907]

Are you talking about the creek, or KZbin in general?

[@periurban]

@@blakena4907 That is a good question.

[@screwsnutsandbolts]

Wow. Super catch ! 👍🏻

[@chadevans4922]

Well, the sticks and dirt sure took care of that algae problem.

[@kalebrooks6833]

imagine one of the surviving fish went like: “we were once living in a paradise. The water is clear, the warm sun is shining trough, but then the Great Apocalypse hits and changes everything...”

[@kevwallace6628]

Wish there was more of it. So relaxing to watch

[@cdemr]

There's a river in Namibia which flowed on a dry sandy bed for a few hundred km

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

Did anyone else feel a sense of relief when watching this?

[@Hambs23]

I though it said "Flesh Flooding". Good thing that was an "a" and not an "e".

[@xzaviahmom]

Hambs23 You clicked on a video that you thought was a flood of flesh I’m concerned

[@Hambs23]

@@xzaviahmom Thanks.

[@dunruden9720]

You though wrong.

[@DMAN22yeah]

Ive driven that road before, colorado weather can be pretty crazy.

[@VikingMan44]

Weather... weather can be crazy. There's nothing overly special about Colorado.

[@craig79792000]

Only two dead bodies, not bad.

[@ayushssarik7749]

craig79792000 one should be of yours we feel not bad

[@user-fg2me]

What where

[@mohammadalimohammadali1327]

cnice

[@marksnexus]

See you all next year when algorithm brings us back together! Merry Christmas! 🎄

[@mneugent7658]

Ahhh crap, is that today??

[@bernardenorth]

thanx for the upload!!!! memories in that dang ditch!!!

[@historyinthefaking]

Awesome catch ! 👍

[@EVAUnit4A]

Three years later, there was a Camp Creek flash _fire_ that literally wiped Paradise off the map, and became the most destructive and deadly fire in California's entire history.

[@EVAUnit4A]

2020: h o l d m y b e e r

[@leaf2180]

@@EVAUnit4A yeah thanks to arsonists

[@thoughtfox2409]

@@leaf2180 Almost all wildfires are due to humans. Only about 4% of all wildfires have a natural cause, the rest is due to glass, cigarretes, etc. But only very few wildfires actually get that big. Most fires, (at least in germany, were i live) are contained after they burned a few square meters. Wildfires with a spread of over a 100qm are scarce.

[@nomusicrc]

I thought California banned fires I guess they didn't tell mother nature

[@EVAUnit4A]

@@thoughtfox2409 Perhaps. But Germany is also a lot more temperate that California, which is officially desert.

[@SicilianStealth]

I can imagine that they have something like this going down the middle of the road where I live that's unheard of.

[@coashddjj294]

Wow, great footage.

[@sanjeet8055]

Nice video 👌👌

[@viniciusvyller9458]

Camera man proving once again he is a legend

[@YusakuJon3]

I was listening to the sounds on this video and kept expecting a loud "thump" from the log that was being carried in the flood towards the end like there was when the initial impact of the wall of debris and water hit.

[@paradisewaits]

Carmen Bernardo it did make a sizable thud, which I took as a cue to stop filming and get off the bridge.

[@emil3505]

Carmen Bernardo

[@takeadrive]

Awesome catch !

[@xSTARR999]

Look out!!! Here comes the Blob!!! Cool video!!!

[@jfirebaugh]

That's how gold moves in gold bearing creeks. It's heavy and doesn't move much until there is significant flow. Also mudslides and erosion move new gold bearing material from the surface into the creeks and rivers where it stratified and collects under rocks, in crevices and along bends in the river according to its specific gravity.

[@daniloherrera139]

cool story bruh

[@anthonynoble1557]

Who gives a fuck thanks for that information i learnt at primary school

[@chaotickreg7024]

@@daniloherrera139 It's better than a cool story, it's a real cool thing that happens regularly in the world.

[@albee8259]

A random Flash Flood video Everyone: CURIOSITY

[@kyvanis]

Satisfying bro. Thanks for the background story too.

[@anunggaming]

Amazing footage

[@kingofbaja5b]

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[@samuelt2072]

I was about as excited about this as the motorists that kept driving by like nothing was happening.

[@genantamtam9364]

So you're like.. just standing in the middle of it and filming? And you're doing this for us to watch? Well Thanks bro. You got 16 million viewers 👍

[@ActuallyDecent]

why would people dislike? the title is true and you got what you clicked on.

[@paradisewaits]

Because the anonymity of being on the Internet makes people know-it-all’s and contrarians. And the bravery of being out of kicking distance makes them downright nasty sometimes. I have learned more about human nature through posting a short video about water than I ever meant to. Thanks

[@ActuallyDecent]

wise words have beed stated

[@freedomsworthafight6451]

That was cool looking

[@okamijubei]

wow! that really shows us how fast and that flash flooding just arrive at a very short time.

[@osiris07lv]

Yes. The drainage ditch is working properly 👌🏼

[@ericb6469]

Don't know why but love these kind of videos seeing the water rushing in

[@randomtheater2159]

everyone just flushed there toilet?

[@xSTARR999]

@Greg...ROTFLMFAO!!!

[@triggernutsy1]

yep it all goes to mexico lol

[@mohanakrishna3702]

Random Theater hey idiot

[@skikosmaik2405]

Random Theater djf

[@skikosmaik2405]

Random Theater Fj

[@Lyoha_Mag]

Есть такое предположение, что выше по течению была бобровая плотина, которую смыло водой или которая была разрушена. Очень уж этот мусор похож на строительный материал бобров.

[@speedcarver1]

Nice video of a little flood.

[@capthel6550]

Hey!! I was here dude!

[@mariokajin]

A question. Where are the guardrails? Ok the height isn’t that big, but nonetheless down there is a storm water drain canal of important dimensions. Could potentially pose a risk.

[@flopsinator5817]

It depends. Personally I think the third dimension is overrated.

[@jpslim7279]

@@RedEyedWhitey bridge

[@tomtonka1915]

This is some amazing footage. It's hard to fathom where mother nature gets it's force from. But one thing I do know, is that when she is angry she should not be taken lightly or messed with. Thank you for uploading.

[@astroboirap]

"she" thinks you're a bit of a melodramatic twat

[@paulrebstock4993]

@@astroboirap not nice

[@gergc4871]

I'm wondering where you got the "angry" from. Seems like physics to me.

[@BlakeBlackstone]

Looks like a fun tubing session.

[@martinianorubio3872]

I can see that the authorities do not maintain that channel drain, these shrubs grow between the concrete surface it weakens breaks, and lead to a deterioration inexcusable.

[@Woody615]

I suspect that clearing the channel is easier said than done. I live in So Calif and we have the same issues in our flood control channels. (I used to work for the Dept. of Public Works.) It's usually a matter of $$$. This looks like a very small channel so I suspect it is probably very low on the totem pole for money to maintain it. Besides, after this flow, there probably won't be very many shrubs left along the sides anyway.

[@chrispaw1]

Inexscusable? You need to leave the basement once in a while.

[@spencers4121]

City maintenance, two things that don't go together. I bet the the mayor's office is new and sparkling though.

[@hanshoogendyk2203]

thats the reason flash floods come along they scrub everything clean in one big rush even urban graffity artistry

[@halozhelos2417]

Its so satisfying and calming tho to c the water flow peacefully and continuously and follows the path neatly

[@gulpbiys5705]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/raXFlJSNo96VsNU ,

[@zandermyers8859]

Former Springs resident here: Can confirm that we do weather fuckin' weird.

[@plozikou]

Very exiting!

[@b.g.bbeezo100]

When KZbin recommends random videos I don't ask questions I just watch👀

[@123TauruZ321]

How does the water know not to get any higher than that?

[@paradisewaits]

123TauruZ321 it adheres to strict guidelines put in place by HSA, FBI, OSHA, and NAMBLA. Any deviation from pre-approved limits result in fines and community service. Thanks for the comment!

[@123TauruZ321]

Hahaha!

[@PhilJonesIII]

Yea but the water is black so it can do what it likes.

[@123TauruZ321]

I was really wondering though, how did they know, when they built this trench, that the water wasn't going to get higher?

[@rubrawolf]

They don't. That's when you get all those pictures and videos of floodwater on roadways.

[@Leeroy2586]

I live on 29th Street, I've seen the water almost come over the sides of that thing before.

[@luizsilva6590]

Apenas gravetos de vegetação, não vi nada plástico sendo carregado pela Flash flooding em meu pais infelizmente ainda não chegamos nesse estagio. estão de parabéns

[@HippasosofMetapontum]

finally i saw this :D nice

[@mtsbr78]

Parece um trem vindo rapidamente. Impressionado com a quantidade de detritos arrastados.

[@CaptainSpycrab]

Looks like rainy season in Derry.

[@ericfermin8347]

after the initial debris, it looks like a blast to surf in.

[@spider0804]

Was waiting for a kayaker to come by.

[@tommym6151]

Am I the only one who was thinking "ok when ya gonna move out of the way"???

[@ArmySetsTheHorrorCreator]

Why is the camera man standing in the water? lol

[@Jegggw]

And completely unaffected

[@user-cz9zh7gk1b]

@@Jegggw because he's camera man

[@joydelacruz1806]

Common sense baby😅😅😅🤣

[@mikef1570]

How do we know there was an actual camera man?

[@semedy9605]

he’s jesus

[@RyRyWags]

I drive by this a few times a week and haven't seen it this full ever.

[@Biz005]

Not sure why I find this satisfying

[@veryrare657]

xd

[@grandmadepot3573]

the dude whos filming is in creative mode

[@reellif3]

I've got some footage of a pretty epic flash flood in utah. There pretty awesome to watch.

[@zackhughes7878]

This is interesting and fascinating

[@nonameyet5843]

The power of camera man👏

[@siccdogg7802]

Not sure why i watched this.

[@paradisewaits]

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[@maheshdangi1465]

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[@skullcrawler6223]

Me too

[@khurramphotography5605]

Flood in Pakistan kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJC6o3RvapmLaKs

[@yika-xy]

@@paradisewaits 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@augustribeiro9531]

Fiquei impressionado não tem litros nem sacolas plásticas fosse aqui no Brasil , seria muito povo joga tudo na rua

[@joewysantiago6136]

Hloa

[@khurramphotography5605]

Flood in Pakistan kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJC6o3RvapmLaKs

[@levilima7404]

Se Brincar Vinha Até um Mendigo com dois cachorro kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@luanvinicius9767]

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[@crvgguerreirosdoalmirante3858]

Aqui o povo gosta de imundice..

[@larryhutchinson126]

That waterway there reminds me of the Los Angeles River ~~

[@ariyangaming1510]

respect cameraman for standing in the middle of the flood.

[@slitor]

I would not respect anyone who would be dim enough to try to wade through that, that's Darwin Award material. I was actually really puzzled until i read the video description, he was on a bridge.

[@kevorka3281]

Legends say that this man concreted his feet onto the ground so that he wouldn't be swept away as he stood unphased in the flash flood, bravely recording

[@diollinebranderson6553]

I was looking for this comment😂. how the hell did the guy not get swept away? and why the hell would he stand in the middle?😂

[@diollinebranderson6553]

oop. never mind. i realised its probably a bridge

[@kevorka3281]

@@diollinebranderson6553 That's not what the legends say

[@MrForeverElite]

I live in this city and have driven by this ditch a lot. There are a few bridges for cars to turn into various neighborhood streets on each side.

[@micheldelsent]

Bridge / Ponte lol

[@MMArtsRock]

Is this person just standing in the ditch recording while getting their legs wet???

[@HyTeddyBear]

No he was'nt in the ditch, you can see how the camera had 0 shakes when the water came

[@HyTeddyBear]

Also people , the description.

[@weltonvillegal6258]

I wondered that from the view.

[@khurramphotography5605]

Flood in Pakistan kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJC6o3RvapmLaKs

[@MegaBrokenstar]

If they were, they would’ve been knocked over by all the wood at the beginning. This was taken from a bridge,

[@marcel_max]

Cousin visiting: Hey... What's that, is it dangerous? Bored local cousin: nah, just a flash flood.

[@HarryPalmer-P.I.]

Pretty cool. I guess someone finally flushed.

[@franklesser5655]

It's cool that it's called a "flash flood" and that these happen in a flash of time.

[@PeterTeal77]

It's cool that it's called "tomato sauce" and it has tomatoes in it. I wonder who thought to name it like that... dude, language is like, trippy.

[@hebneh]

I'm surprised there's no barrier along the road. One small miscalculation and your car would be down in that ditch.

[@bernardenorth]

we all drive like major assholes here in Colorado Springs we feel that's a good way of natural selection leaving that shit open like that

[@dwightstewart7181]

hebneh .. Man, are you that bad of a driver? Virtually every road in America (heck, worldwide) has a ditch of some kind running beside it, with most not having a barrier.

[@karamellcreme]

Dwight Stewart I’ve seen a LOT of roads with barriers where I used to live.

[@alexreed5017]

There's a road near my hometown with zero barriers or guardrails at all. If you were to go over it, you're unlucky to survive, it's at least a 150ft drop with tons of trees to shred your vehicle apart at the bottom

[@r.w.7232]

Do you not realize that there tens of thousands of miles of roads all over the country that have ditches on both sides of the road? LOL

[@helgapataki526]

Класс,а у нас в России и СНГ такое по дорогам,домам,полям с посевами течет)

[@didiermeynders]

Beautiful 🤗

[@jayman105]

How come the creek is in the middle of the roadway? Never seen that before.

[@MaritsView]

Yeah, it was probably already there, but not safe indeed. They can easily flood over.

[@TheBassManJeff]

I drive on this road frequently. Never seen it do this in real life but damn that's cool.

[@tracynation239]

Good video. ♡ T.E.N.

[@stuc322]

I like that there is almost no rubbish

[@ffic4life]

More like: when the shits comin suddenly

[@boo_dro_7886]

Thought it said, "Fish Flooding" I watched as the water rushed through thinking it was all fish in the front being pushed by the pressure...

[@nalgene247]

Hah funny seeing the thumbnail and thinking "Is that the road to 24? It is!"

[@gameitornot]

The most surreal thing about this video is that I've seen that Creek in person, totally normal.

[@micmul23]

The 1st seconds of this video are at least as terrifying as the rest: This ditch seems to be very polluted with oil.

[@quantum_immortal69]

That's dirt and algae

[@lappansommer546]

@@quantum_immortal69 Since it's the drain for a busy road I'd bet some of that sheen is oil, or the good folks of Colorado are a lot better at motor vehicle maintenance than hereabouts.

[@quantum_immortal69]

@@lappansommer546 even before the flood there is a constant stream of running water. Oil floats on water and would have been washed downstream, unless there's a constant source of oil right there

[@lappansommer546]

@@quantum_immortal69 The stuff that drops from axels and engine sumps is tarry junk that sticks to the ground and keeps on leaching lighter oil fractions for a long time, so it acts as a (near) constant source. It takes depressingly little oil to produce a thin sheen across a wide area. And while some it could be natural turpentines, given how many cars are on that road that drains into this ditch I'd be pleasantly surprised if there's no petrochem to be found.

[@nalgene247]

@@lappansommer546 Not in that part of town I reckon.

[@frenzvalios]

Randomly recommended.

[@aaroncruz4947]

WHAT A CUTE FLASH FLOOD.

[@angelodinogiaccari]

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