Moab Flash Flood in Pack Creek on July 31, 2022.

Pack Creek Flash Flooding again! July 31, 2022

[@WarChallenger]

Ah, the wild lumber yard migration. A beautiful spectacle!

[@josephbrandon549]

The great Chocolate Milk Flood of 2022.

[@WarChallenger]

Little too rich from the looks of it. That’s more like hot cocoa.

[@shivjain]

Haha

[@bigblue1762]

I am from upstate NY. Once in Chaco Canyon on a beautiful day we experience a flash flood. Calm peaceful no one around. Then a roar and utter amazement. Very scary. But incredible

[@Tomangel61]

Been there that is quite a place.

[@Driven2Beers]

Ever been to Watkins Glen state park? They have an awesome gorge trail that you can walk. (Luckily with no flash floods!)

[@arch3088]

What absolutely amazes me is the total lack of plastic bottles and garbage in that! So amazing!

[@randallmarsh1187]

You better look again, I saw lots of trash.

[@arch3088]

@@randallmarsh1187 Everything is relative.

[@PBDrives]

There will be.

[@robertreynolds1044]

It's not a third world country. My name is Bicycle Bob and I approved this message.

[@LesterMoore]

If this spectacle took place in Asia, there would be much plastic and refuse.

[@michaelodonoghue7464]

A childhood friend of Mine in South Australia lost his little sister to a Flash Flood like this. He left her playing with her Tea Set and Dolls in the dry creek bed, when his Mother called him inside to get two drinks, for him and his sister. When he got back she was gone. It was Four Days before they found her body. She was simply to young to recognise the danger and probably didn’t see it anyway.

[@carl_marks1626]

Wow that’s a terrible story to happen. Poor little girl

[@hannahwashere9399]

And poor big brother for having to live with that

[@dirtfarmer7472]

That just sucks

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

That's just awful. Poor girl.

[@Bama1963]

Terrible

[@just_another_Joe]

This reminds me of a trip I took in 1995. A couple friends and I were driving from California, through Arizona, and across southern Utah, making our best effort to stay off paved roads. One late night around midnight, we pulled into a spot near Canyonlands National Park to stop and camp for the night. We started to set up our tents in the darkness, but then quickly realized we needed to move from where we were to higher ground because we were (at the time) setting up in a draw that looked like it had experienced flooding in the past. I know… you might think “Eh, what are the odds?” But we moved to higher ground nearby and cashed it in for the night. Approximately 4 hours later we were awakened by the sound of an early morning flash flood that tore through that site at which we initially started setting up. We thanked our lucky stars that we had the presence of mind to move to a safer location despite how tired we were. Ever since then, every time I’ve gone camping that’s always been one of my first considerations when setting up camp.

[@cquilty1]

just another Joe You can't simply enjoy this impressive footage without the me me me angle telling everyone unsolicited about *YOUR* experience. Talk about self absorbed!

[@mumbles215]

Oh shove it. This what comments sections are for. You must be a bore at parties.

[@cquilty1]

@@mumbles215 Excellent reply to that long winded self absorbed post!

[@CL-gq3no]

@@cquilty1, I found the story interesting. You, on the other hand, not so much. How self absorbed you must be to think other people need to hear YOUR unsolicited opinion about a story they shared.

[@cquilty1]

@@CL-gq3no You sound a wee bit angry, princess. And in order to soothe you, I dug up this exert of a gem online article. It fits the waffling story and teller of said story perfectly! I'm here to help:) "HERE ARE THREE SIGNS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONAL NARCISSIST TENDENCIES: You always seem to have a “better” story! Whatever they have done, you have done better. Too nice to tell you the truth, they might just avoid you altogether. You try to relate their story to something in your life! You wait for your opening to jump in and steal their thunder, bringing the conversation back to where it rightly belongs-on you! You don’t think people have much of interest to share. But, the truth is that you really just never let them! If you’re often leaving conversations thinking that others are boring, there’s a distinct probability that you just didn’t give them the space to get more than ten words in edgewise."

[@RocketRoberts]

THANK YOU for shooting in LANDSCAPE mode! SO many people do portrait which is SO freakin' annoying for video. Cool footage!

[@MW-xm1rc]

On the bright side, no plastic trash

[@MrPummi88]

Yes, but its a Civilized country and not full of dumb people like many others.

[@yasminenazarine1629]

Only wood

[@robertsweet5212]

.....and no dead bodies either.

[@tadeuszciechanowski8509]

No colored people, no plastic trash

[@halfwayfarmsandoutdoors3550]

I’m shocked there isn’t!!

[@lgarcia67]

Yeah, My grandparents had a farm about 3 or 4 miles away from a creek like this. It was mostly dry, until snow melted or it rained pretty hard on the hills where it was flowing from. All the neighbor kids knew about it and every time we saw rain approaching we would run to the creek to see it filling up. Pretty cool

[@Rowrowthegravyboat]

I love it when the sticks migrate! So beautiful!

[@carlhicksjr8401]

Famous last words... "We're good!"

[@grisslebear]

Ahhhhh!!! That sweet relief when you've had too much cheese, followed by too much Taco Bell, & it finally breaks loose.

[@ucitymetalhead]

When the whole town lets rip after taco bell Tuesday.

[@Navyvet787]

Your not wrong.

[@justinpoland1137]

🤣

[@ThePotatoWaveOfficial]

You just ruined my apetite silly bear

[@Tom_Quixote]

Why is there always an idiot saying something like that in every video

[@boydwhite3708]

Powerful, when it came around the bend it looked big enough to take out the bridge.

[@rand49er]

Scary to think of getting caught in that flow. I'm thinking it would grind you up in short order.

[@cutthroat399]

A human sized ball mill.

[@Оголубяхинетолько]

The most important thing is that the bridge can withstand the pressure of water!

[@kimp428]

Um ... am not sure that I would trust THAT!

[@billredding2000]

@@kimp428 True...it was just plain stupid to park on the bridge. -- BR

[@B.Ies_T.Nduhey]

​@@kimp428Just what I thought!

[@thehellyousay]

it ain't the water, it's what it's carrying with it at that speed and volume. that is what will damage the bridge. there wouldn't just be tree debris, there would also be rocks that outweigh a human being, hurtling along in that muddy soup, too.

[@donyiiovanni]

Aaaah, the forbidden Chocolate Milkshake

[@dapto234]

Amazing water flow….have a look at the videos of Illgraben in Switzerland it’s rainwater runoff from the Swiss Alps."now that is bloody scary ..the speed of the water plus size of the boulders getting pushed along in the water mix.

[@bamnguyen7903]

Cool video. Glad you didn’t get hurt

[@LyThiThao-hg]

Your videos are so good, so great. really enjoy watching your videos. Wish you lots of health and success 👍👍

[@carolinawestern3875]

Back around 04 this happened in Pecos TX at the river, but worse. My boss was part of a maintenance/conservation committee. For our section of the river. He warned them that, if piles of wood/debris wasn't removed from the banks. Prior to a flood. It would be a disaster and is exactly what happened. As water raced down, gathering up wood. It all crashed against the river bridge and clogged. Water rose up over the banks and came into town.

[@adventurecoalition3690]

Awesome 👍Thx for sharing

[@texastrill5473]

The most famous of ALL "famous last words". "We're good".

[@thehellyousay]

"what bus?" "hey check this out!" "watch this ..."

[@bjb7587]

Nice video. Good timing. Good camera work.

[@AbandonedMines11]

Amazing, spellbinding footage! Really enjoyed it.

[@mikegreenberg6409]

Looks like a monster that came out of nowhere. Thanks for the video.

[@TinaShay]

Amazing to see! Even in a video!

[@bbmw9029]

All the spectators there knew this was coming. Was this just rain in the mountain, or a scheduled upstream dam release?

[@geisaune793]

Where does it come from? It’s not like there are any storm clouds in the sky. Snow melt?

[@TinaShay]

Great Video!

[@oddities-whatnot]

Nice clean water

[@trentspears9118]

That almost looks like a landslide with all the logs the water's pushing, you can definitely see how getting caught in that flow would be devastating.

[@donaldjones5712]

Looked like "Star Trek's" Horta coming at you!

[@historyinthefaking]

Awesome catch ! 👍

[@oftin_wong]

Why stop right on the bridge and leave your vehicle ?

[@PaulYount-j2h]

Amazing, here in Missouri they are way faster. But not so low to the ground.

[@paddy9449]

I love that horn honkin' @ the Dumb ask who just stops in the road.......

[@grandadneal8114]

Crazy fast. You never know how much it's rained in the mountains. Lots of slash there as well

[@simonsmith7319]

Are there measures locally to slow and capture that water upstream so it starts to recharge the very low aquifers in the state?

[@hobo1452]

The take away....never, EVER, underestimate the power of water.

[@bernardmcmahon351]

That was interesting, thanks

[@darraghcorkery1805]

As long as no one got hurt and nothing got damaged that’s pretty cool lol

[@talk2azs]

OUCH!!!! My head hurts now from the lack of video stabilization!!!

[@M-hc9xm]

Don't think I'd park my car on the bridge to watch.

[@allsmallhauls]

Reading the comments looking to see if anyone else thought the same thing...!

[@thomasreed9560]

That was my first thought will watching this. Why stop on the bridge so other cars have to drive around you?

[@matycee]

you just refuse to hold that camera still don'tchya?

[@8180634]

What is the cause, did they open a flood gate upstream or something?

[@rodneycody8746]

Rain 10miles away

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

@@rodneycody8746 Which is also what makes this so dangerous. Dry desert dirt doesn't absorb water very well, so the water gets into the creek faster than it would in a wetter area. There's also fewer plants to absorb the water, so of the water that does hit the ground, more of it does make its way down the creek bed.

[@plica06]

Reminds me of the scene in Chinatown where Jake talks to the kid on the horse. They're standing on a dry river bed. He asks the kid about when the water comes.

[@worldsfastestube7302]

That is power thank you

[@johnnyfreedom3437]

When it started it almost looked alive! Weird creatures from some sci-fi movie, but it was just Mother Nature at her best!

[@YASIRALIVIRK]

Amazing water power

[@bogey19018]

That's some good fishing there.

[@Supman1]

Post 10 must've opened up a clogged culvert.

[@mtbalpinecounty]

💪 2 short a capture.. 💪

[@mattdaugherty7865]

Mother Nature doesn't mess around!

[@PUNKMYVIDEO]

Nice flush!

[@DOSRetroGamer]

i waited a minute for this??

[@bb1040]

Every time I see one of these I think, Where does all that wood end up, once it dries out it would make a nice pile of firewood.

[@SilentKnight43]

Or you could whittle it, sand/polish and varnish it.....glue a dead squirrel to it and sell on eBay as art.

[@bb1040]

@@SilentKnight43 I lived out in the South West for 38 years, went camping out in the desert a lot ,had to find firewood, not whittling wood, but not a bad idea. LOL

[@SilentKnight43]

@@bb1040 We live near the Niagara River and get a lot of driftwood that accumulates around the great Whirlpool. Would make great firewood except it'd be a bitch haulin' it out of the steep gorge.

[@bb1040]

@@SilentKnight43 I live a little south east of Erie,PA. now and cut my own firewood, on flat ground, LOL would never try to get it out of a steep gorge like that, but out in the desert everything is pretty much flat and after things dry out, you can usually drive right up to it, but you have to make sure it is dried up because if it is still wet, you could get really stuck, when it is wet that mud is like glue!

[@jonvia]

Me thinking this is a river of chocolate: Augustus save some for later!

[@keithdmaust1854]

Train locomotives were washed downstream just like these twigs - in the 1889 Johnstown flood.

[@GOPRepubliklan]

EVERYONE DIED

[@malahammer]

Let's stop on the bridge...............

[@voiceofraisin241]

Let me park my truck on the bridge. No flash flood has ever knocked over a bridge. Hey can I get a ride with you back to town?

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

I'm guessing this happens fairly often and that the people involved were tipped off as to the size of the flow coming. These events are the result of water a long distance away, so the people involved probably knew that it wasn't going to break free of the banks.

[@GardenerTobak]

Probably not a good idea to stand so close to the dry creek bed as some of these guys were, right before it started.

[@scottgoodwins]

Was that a beaver dam?

[@ebikescrapper3925]

It's like Venom coming down a river bed.

[@ChrisMcCutcheon-wj2pp]

These things are wicked, witnessed one in new Mexico, wasn't a cloud to be seen, but it had rained a long way away

[@kettch777]

Funny, isn't it, that deserts are more likely to have flash floods? Because it rains so infrequently, the ground can't soak it up very fast--it's too dried out and packed. So you get these.

[@paulforester6996]

Did everyone up stream flush their toilet at the same time?

[@cj9072]

Did the chocolate milk bottling plant have a leak?

[@earthtruthhunters1642]

At least that water is cleaner than what Brampton Ontario pumps into its citizens homes...

[@NY_7]

This was the event of a lifetime for these people.

[@nickmonks9563]

The lesson? Never set up camp in a desert wash. Corollary? Set up your desert camp BEFORE sunset (or, if it's summer and you're moving at night, AFTER sunrise.)

[@danieldownum8198]

Is this in United States or where exactly?

[@TheHighway420n]

I was camping along this creek when this happened.i was washed away.i was brought back to life and now camp further upstream.i still have a metal pole in my head they were unable to remove😢

[@oldasdihrt5993]

How do you they know that it's coming?

[@jamesharrison6201]

Gee, would it be legal to gather the firewood drifting down the stream?

[@dannycleaveland9816]

Don't burn cottonwood. Toxic.

[@CL-gq3no]

Legal, sure. Smart? Not so much.

[@ResurgamExCineribusGaming]

A couple miles upstream, a giant takes a piss. Humans at the bridge a minute later 'WOW'.

[@XitSt4geLeft]

Moab just flooded last week too. Seems to be a regular occurrence.

[@elroyfudbucker6806]

The start of it looked like some sci-fi/horror monster, like in The Blob..

[@PowerOfOne-u4h]

Clear blue skies. Crazy world.

[@brinacodding2573]

Honestly i thought it would be moving faster! But i can see how its scary with all that debris

[@ceedaddy]

Nature Flushing the Toilet

[@woobykal68]

crazy stuff!!!

[@ephemerabluetit335]

What does Moab have to do with it?

[@jafarnaqvi5907]

लाजवाब

[@sustainablesolutions9152]

Last seconds - who double parks on the bridge!?

[@twisttwister8254]

Awesome 🎉

[@abuabdullah8955]

Where which country 😮

[@jakewhite6518]

Did Willy Wonkas place have a leak?

[@Elagentejefe]

And THAT is why you never camp in a wash in the desert. The flash flood could come from a rain storm you can't even see miles away. In seconds, you're another piece of debris flowing downstream.

[@Thedaleb1]

If this was anywhere in Asia, Africa it would have been a river of plastic

[@TheMainLead]

Now it makes sense how all the bones ended up in the boneyard

[@animalmother1582]

Looked like a lahar.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

A little bit, they both involve the flow of mud and debris. The big differences are the cause and the sheer size.

[@constellations3756]

Parked on the bridge???? Floods tear bridges apart!!!

[@ES-hr6vg]

Why so short?

[@gutstompenrocker]

You think you can shake the camera a little more? Not quite sea sick enough yet.

[@joeharris3878]

It's a flash moab .

[@PL-fg2du]

how did you know that was going happen there,

[@darknes7800]

People upstream, who saw it first.

[@Davanthall]

Why is it chocolate?

[@solice8844]

Where is this place?

[@c5cpe]

I’m sorry, but why stop on the bridge; possibly, the most vulnerable spot, from the rubbish hitting its supports.

[@talkaboutwacky]

They really weren't exaggerating the naming of a flash flood

[@Heroesbleed]

I guess it’s better than watching tv