MONSOON Cave Creek in Full Flood

[@cacatr4495]

Your community's clearing the creek of debris from earlier flows, certainly enabled the water's open forward movement so as to prevent the creek from widening and overflowing to the nearby homes. That's a lot of work but I imagine your neighbors are grateful. I've saved this video to my large Arizona playlist, to the monsoon flooding section. Thank you for posting it. Your area is beautiful.

[@tamaraanddomenicotiziano2567]

I live across on the 'Mountain" side of Creek Canyon road, and I will NEVER forget this storm. We lost water, electric and gas....but seeing the fury and beauty of mother nature forever left me humbled. It was a glorious sight....and the sound of the water crashing was amazing.

[@martinwall8006]

Humbled and safe are a nice combination.

[@tomboy5212]

Amazing video It’s been one heck of a monsoon season

[@marypatten9655]

Thank you for this video. Look more like a river than a creek now.

[@sunfloweralpacas]

Why was the arroyo “cleared out”? Seems more rocks and meanders would have slowed the velocity of the water. Especially if the entire watercourse were left alone. Why were the trees on the island thinned? might more have survived if there were more present to break the force of the water?

[@jasminelindros8923]

If you slow the water down, you prevent water upstream from draining quickly through the area. That backed-up water both rises and spreads laterally, and the stream becomes a lake that fills homes. Now, instead of a stream in front of you, you've got a lake upcanyon from you, and it will keep spreading until it finds or creates another outlet.

[@Jeeps1]

flooding? or earth being earth?

[@rhigel2269]

Was a well behave flood. Seems to have stayed in its banks and did not appear to have washed the houses away.

[@dolorescritandi3426]

so why was it cleared out then ...

[@joedoakes8307]

Did all this runoff end up in the Colorado and then into lake Mead ?

[@psthapa2804]

Beautiful and heart touching music. 👍

[@normansilver905]

I have a place on Mingus Mtn. I use a Propane powered generator and heat with wood. Good life when I get the chance to go there and enjoy myself.

[@zoeyrochellezhombie829]

You had really bad footage of the island before it was destroyed. Why didn't you hover overhead like you did with the aftermath? I didn't even know you were filming an island; all I saw were a bunch of trees.

[@marineforces3214]

I love the water, water is more worth than gold!

[@frankanddanasnyder3272]

Don't see a flood. Creek is within It's normal banks....

[@felixrios1600]

Music makes this video seem creepy!

[@sunfloweralpacas]

I too would have liked to have seen before and after of the “ island” of trees from the same angle. It would have been interesting to see what that area looked like before the trees were thinned out.

[@JohnCarrano]

Incredible footage! Is it true that events like this are getting less frequent ?

[@azureadams]

I remember this storm so well. So many area were flooded out. WE couldn't discharge people from the hospital due to no transportation services due to the floods

[@EyeDreamMellowDees]

Is there flooding in residential Cave Creek or Carefree AZ?

[@bajamike9276]

What a strange name for a road. I dont see any desert or hills there. How on earth did they come up with that name? Desert Hills Road?? So strange. Boy some real creative geniuses there coming up with names in a region surrounded by rocks and cactus.

[@annberlin5811]

Its the name of a community north of phoenix.

[@TMLphotog]

Strange Comment Mike - It is located in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona - a REAL desert and one of a kind! And in the background are the 7 Sisters Hills. So seems like a pretty good name to me! Cheers

[@bajamike9276]

@@TMLphotog So strange that nobody recognizes sarcasm. I used to live in Tucson. I went to Sahuaro HS but not Saguaro HS nor Palo Verde HS. I am no longer in the desert, however my sister still lives in phoenix where nobody has grass but rocks for a front yard and everyones house looks the same that adobe brick with terra cotta roofs.

[@Beparepa]

They have to slow it down so sad store the water so you don't have dead land. Use the land to store water like a tank but more cost effective. Route it to valleys.

[@liambenyamin5482]

That's what an arroyo does (every year) that's why they are there.

[@johnhopkins6260]

"monsoon" and "Arizona"... would not like to think about the humidity level... is this usually followed by massive bug (mosquitos) invasion? (in Belize, Fer-de-lance invasion reaches life threatening situation)

[@handiman5001]

Good thing there wasn't much damage shown, you got away lucky

[@mazharhussain6116]

Heart touching music

[@21psd]

Never underestimate the power of water

[@purplepixie274]

Rip to all the fallen trees

[@aliciadupuy9228]

Bring in the beavers!!! They'll turn that chaos into a nice, steady, year-round flow of water.

[@Beparepa]

It is pathetic that the government does not take action. Water storage ponds in the higher elevations would reduce the amount of water in the river and make much needed oasis in these deserts .there is enough water to fill small lakes in these flash floods. It's the only way to fill aquifers as well. Sad and pathetic there's no excuses. We the people can do it without gov help.

[@felixyusupov7299]

The crazy thing is not a drop of that water will make it to the ocean.

[@felixyusupov7299]

@Kukulkan I will get used in California or Mexico before I makes it the Gulf of California.

[@alexmac1532]

There's no flood before you see a dried up river that looks like it was once a big flowing wide river then when you say it's flooding it's actually flowing nice I'd rather water myself go catch some fish

[@rainwellwisher7075]

Stop sweet water for drinking agriculture Dams reservoirs in drought years.

[@FireShine-ss4sb]

Looks beauty full to me. Cacti say me wait long time. Time to wash some aluminum chairs down river for po folk to pull them out to set around waiting to watch the next flash flood. Chair migration.

[@juneevans8115]

No

[@JLWestaz]

Taste in music sucks.

[@gurlalvirk1826]

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[@erikandmarcie]

Terrible music, but fantastic documentation, thank you

[@ewizzle2]

Terrible breath no thank you

[@estelleschneider9033]

I like the music..mmm