EVEN BIGGER Debris Flow Flash Flood in Flagstaff, Arizona Drone Footage

A monster, pitch-black debris flow makes its was through Flagstaff Arizona. This is a flash flood emergency, and another has been has been declared by the city. All of this from just over 2 inches of rain hitting the San Fransisco Peaks 'burn scar' area, see the result from both the ground and a drone.
00:00 - Intro
01:30 - Reed moves for intercept
03:09 - Initial Flash Flood arrives
04:27 - Details on the debris flow
05:14 - Flood reaches Flagstaff.
06:15 - Drone survey of Flagstaff
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Never Stop Chasing.

[@mattdeets8394]

Your videos are phenomenal with how you explain what is happening. I enjoy showing your videos to my Earth Science class where I teach.

[@a.h.9438]

As a resident of Flag, I really appreciate this video. And I'm thoroughly impressed with all the footage you managed to get.

[@ReedTimmerWx]

Well thank you but I am sorry for the mess your beautiful home town has been dealing with. Looks like the monsoon ramps up again this weekend

[@gbro8822]

We are so lucky to have Reed share his knowledge with us. Thank you.

[@gbro8822]

@Al Alberto You do think Reed is very knowledgeable about weather???? You need to watch just a few of his videos then you will seeeeeeee. Have a great day.

[@Opalvet]

I’m about 1.5 hours away from Flagstaff Az. Raining cats and dogs here!

[@vernwallen4246]

🐕🐶🐈🐱😥

[@paperandmedals8316]

2hrs south. Thunderstorms just kicking off now.

[@theartsyturtlecreativecteo3047]

Any floods?

[@westcoastbred7745]

No horses?

[@steveeddy6876]

Be careful if you go outside you might step on a Poodle!!!!

[@larrytaylor7753]

I live about 60 miles Southwest of Flagstaff. Thank you for pointing out the dangers of the flash floods. It only takes a few inches of water crossing the road to wash your car downstream.

[@sahasdulmina4783]

Well Done Gods.🌷🌷🌷for brutal USA

[@garrettgibson9571]

These storms never usually pass over the peaks, these storms always develop over the peaks, get bigger, then dump. Happens every monsoon season here in flagstaff

[@joeyderasp7723]

I live in BC Canada. Where fires are present always. The city of Merritt where I lived I fought hard for river dyking and to no avail. The town I grew up in was pushed out by fire then flashfloods in the night. I fought the city and forestry and sawmills for protection. My place was saved and everything around was demolished or gone. I lived closest to the river for 40 years I watched it always. Big mountain storms that no one sees . The water has to come down somewhere. Be safe always. Good footage . Good on you for informing

[@lynnelovett8999]

Thank you Dr. Reed for the updates and keeping us informed. I pray that everyone will be safe.

[@aalievenables5539]

You have people that keeps you're drains clear so water goes through quicker an gutters

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[@lesliemergenthal75]

good video. Those drones really can tell the story in videos, I liked the flood music too.

[@tarnsand440]

Like the drone music 👍🎶

[@SovereignSlash]

Flagstaff resident here. We had two big fires this year and several in the years before. Thanks to that, whenever it rains the we get bad flooding. Locals know the roads to avoid when it rains to avoid the flooding but people who live to the North of town get hit bad. Last year the main road through town, route 66, was absolutely covered in deris from the fire. It was amazing and horrifying. I work at a hotel and I've had to help people relocate all summer thanks to fire and flooding.

[@sheeesh7722]

hows the timberline area and doney park?

[@sageand94]

I've never really seen flash flood footage before, despite being a weather enthusiast. This is crazy stuff and the way you present it is fantastic

[@katden220]

A young girl that attended the High School here in Cottonwood AZ died last year due to flash flooding. She didn’t think the water flow was strong and it didn’t look deep. What she couldn’t see is the road portion had washed away. She got caught and her car was submerged and she actually called 911 and her grandfather who was a fire captain. She waited for them but by the time they got there her car was under water and she was nowhere to be found, they said the wash ended up about 12 feet deep and even the emergency crew was having. Very tough times combing the wash. It was just a tragic sad event that the whole city was was just devastated. They naked a softball field after her at the high school. She was a softball player for the high school. My granddaughter was a friend of hers. The whole city was involved in someway trying to help find her. They did not find her body until a few days later about a mile or so down river. Her car was close to to where it went over once the water subsided. all it took was a split wrong decision. I preach to my granddaughter since she just got her license every time it rains. She laughs at me but I don’t care I won’t stop telling her.

[@TheMicHogg]

Yeah he didn't show any of the flooding on the East Side.. the flooding on the east side in the Sunnyside neighborhood is way worse than the rich neighborhoods off of Fort Valley. But nobody wants to talk about that.

[@annem7806]

Like that fresh haircut. Stick w/that stylist 👍

[@prayonkreutz2398]

I live in Montana. It's either Floods or Fires during our summers depending on the year. We had a Terrible Drought last Summer, A Flood would have been Bitter Sweet. This Year, we had the Yellowstone River & Rock Creek (Beartooth Mtn's) Have a Record Flood in June & just last week we had a Hella Down Pour with flash flooding. Our Reservoir was empty at the end of last summer & all winter. This summer, it's almost full again.

[@ReedTimmerWx]

Yes catastrophic flooding out there this summer. Hopefully things are getting fixed around Yellowstone

[@terriarnold4364]

Used to live in Flagstaff! Beautiful state and the 4 corners.🙏❤️

[@bettywhite6672]

Love the sweat band in preparation of the run 😂

[@asherrogers2687]

I'm from Page (Lake Powell) but now in Phoenix. My daughter got stuck in Flag night before last. She was stopped on 89 due to flooding. I almost didn't believe her since I knew it wasn't snowing. Thanks for the video. I now believe my kid. LOL

[@josephtany9515]

Lived and loved Flagstaff

[@marthaanderson2346]

Thabks, Reed from Chickasaw Nation Oklahoma.😊🌵

[@rickwoods2352]

Great work Sir thanks for all that you do!

[@lydiaclibon118]

Excellent Reed. Good to see you again. Remember storm chasing on OK. You're the best.

[@edgarparrish3457]

Good timing

[@jeffreymahan4228]

I live in Sedona, and after watching Reed chase all over the US, its kind of different seeing him in areas I know well. We have had some incredible monsoon storms this summer.

[@iglesiaagapecalvarychapelr6982]

from Phx a decade ago so I feel ya Jeffrey. Seeing Reed in Az area was almost like having him over for lunch. lol

[@itzkallen9674]

Welcome to my beautiful mountain town, crazy too see a big KZbinr in my home town.

[@eyestothesky6331]

I remember as a child taking a survival training class in school for desert survival and flash flooding during monsoon season. That was decades ago… wonder if teachers still teach it today.

[@laurelcordell7287]

I remember those Desert survival classes too. And no they don't teach them anymore!

[@debrablevins5600]

Really nice footage Reed. Much Love Debbie

[@woahtherr5371]

Now this is a weatherman! Also it's amazing seeing how good someone can get at something if they have crazy passion for it and it shows here.

[@jenniferbossert2088]

The weather is literally all Reed does day in and day out, it’s definitely his passion but I would say more his lifestyle. He is extremely educated in it. Back in 2020 here in TN we had a bad weather system popping up, Reed called the tornado outbreak literally 5 days before and he pinpointed certain areas in Middle TN. Good thing I had been a follower of his because I was aware and prepared to what was coming. On 3/3/2020 at 2:50am an EF3 came thru my town in Cookeville ,TN, destroyed hundreds of homes and 19 people were killed. 😪

[@woahtherr5371]

@@jenniferbossert2088 wasn't that the one that went through Nashville? I remember one going through it around the time because I lived very near to Nashville then

[@jenniferbossert2088]

@@woahtherr5371 Yes, it traveled for over 2 hours. Craziest storm!

[@sahasdulmina4783]

Gods have treated well for brutal USA 👍🌷🤣

[@Phoenix-bn5ec]

My little neck of Arizona hardly ever gets touched.. It'll rain for like 5 minutes... But the fact that FLagstaff knows how the flood water flows and will prepare for it ahead of time. Is amazing in itself...

[@angelinethompson7513]

Wow Nice river flow Yup, I agree It's the year of the WATER so awesome Thanks for sharing

[@stephennina]

Safe travels, Reed!

[@Mr.Thermistor7228]

yesssssssss keep the trap beats coming man!!!!

[@lilyj8420]

Nice haircut, Reed!! ❤

[@canyonroots]

Reed started driving out of Sedona. Fun to recognize. I looked into living in flag 20 yrs ago.chose to live in Oak Creek Canyon, wonderful wilderness.

[@ReedTimmerWx]

What a beautiful place you live

[@charliemcgrew4589]

Never found someone who does this around where I live. Northern AZ gets crazy flooding sometimes. Not like recent news but in comparison to its location and environment

[@charliemcgrew4589]

I'm 2 hours away in Vernon, but similar altitude and climate and its WONDERFUL.

[@motogem1408]

Yes, I recognized Sedona immediately! Arizona is an amazing state. It has so many beautiful natural wonders!

[@kittvulpin]

I was thinking the exact same thing! I immediately recognized 89A right at the beginning coming out of uptown Sedona. That drive is so beautiful, love visiting there to see the leaves change in the fall ❤️

[@NAKASRODRIGUEZ]

Any rain 🌧 is welcome regardless flash floods issues, people from Texas will be happy to see it happen in their state even north Mexico they are having issues with with water. Having rain is a bless.

[@danmeek928]

I used to live in Prescott valley and I always worried about the weather up there. I hope they figure it out. It's a good part of the country to live in

[@eaglehorse1202]

Powerful & dangerous, s0 Dope!. I c u Reed wit the TrapBeatz!. 🎶 🥁

[@Mr.lamusa]

I love your video. I cannot wait for your next video coming soon!

[@jitterspec]

Very well produced video. Dramatic and educational. Nice work!

[@johnwozniak1218]

Very interesting! Thank you!

[@LJSkyistBigskyMT]

Fascinating video! Great job.

[@b_uppy]

Mitigation needs to be in smaller increments and start in the foothills. This would help reduce wildfires, increase livestock and wildlife feed, reduce downstream flooding, recharge the aquifer/water table, save lives, be durable and practical without requiring huge infrastructure, ongoing maintenance, breakable parts, big $$$, etc. Gully repair is important too. It would help to divert storm water into bioswales to water orchards instead of directly into rivers. City streets could employ curb cuts, bioswales and trees to reduce the heat island effects, add to pavement life, make walking and biking more comfortable, add food resiliency by planting area-appropriate food trees, reduce residential and commercial watering costs, reduce storm drain mitigation needs, reduce downstream flooding. By reusing this rainwater for landscape maintenance it also reduces the strain on the electrical grid to because *water is heavy* and has to be pumped long distances. This also forgoes the need for expensive, harmful water-producing infrastructure like desalination plants. The other losses in these events is organic matter and carbon rich topsoil. They are important to regeneration in the burnout areas as well as supporting the watertable elsewhere. Brad Lancaster has done huge progress in Tucson at little cost and big rewards to the residents. Water isn't the enemy, bad planning is. We pay to pump out water and then pay to pump it back in. That is crazy. It would be better to do a paradigm shift in our thinking and think outside immediate 'solutions'...

[@robertburkett5461]

Absolutely. Even pumping and de salinization can be done relatively economically with the right apparatus and the abundant sunshine. We can do it if egos, greed and politics don't get in the way.

[@b_uppy]

@@robertburkett5461 Pumping and desalination are expensive, period. If we can avoid having to move water, that is some savings. The thing is to use what you have better. Look up Brad Lancaster, Geoff Lawton and Andrew Millison on recharging aquifers, water tables, regreening, etc.

[@helenwalker716]

I am a Floridian and the main thing I noticed in Barstow was the total lack of drainage. It would rain 10 min and totally flood everything. I love the information in this comment. Just seems like common sense.

[@b_uppy]

@@helenwalker716 Brad Lancaster and Geoff Lawton gives great advice on how to best set up rainwater harvesting earthworks so they work without dailing.

[@wendymckenzie719]

Ooooh...Reed got a haircut! Looks good! Never knew Arizona had areas of such beautiful green landscape. Looks like a really nice place to live.

[@Lucyblacklab]

great video they did a great job diverting the water away from the buildings

[@lesshrubb203]

I'm convinced, Reed, your video's have saved many American lives. From England, God bless you man. Over here, in the UK, Flood damage is standard cover under Household Insurance policies, luckily...

[@msbgone]

Great Vid, great shots, and I like to hear what you are saying and pointing to, would suggest you get a microphone so you can talk when not looking at the camera so we can hear what you are saying.

[@gailhasler8435]

Potential homebuyers should consider all previous catastrophic events and ALWAYS check your elevation. Fires create future conditions for catastrophic mudslides and the potential for faster moving, more dangerous flash flooding. This video is EXCELLENT 👍

[@ilcanaledellanatura]

Thanks for sharing💯💯💯

[@dynasty1hertha79]

Hi Reed, be careful! !

[@iglesiaagapecalvarychapelr6982]

Just saw the "dont try it"... too late. years ago in Chuyudo Sonora Mexico Sonoran desert, a flood caused a river to overrun the only road out and in my Toyota Camry I slammed through it.. was about 2 feet deep and about 9 feet wide but my momentum carried me to solid ground before I started moving sideways and cleared it like a pro. lol... I loved it, my wife freaked out.

[@MichaelLee-dt1iw]

Excellent video! Really appreciate the educational caption boxes! Thanks Reed!!!

[@luannswanson3699]

Thanks!

[@BlueMax333]

expert coverage, Thanks

[@FalloFSilenceOfficial]

The backing track is awesome! Who is the artist that created the music?

[@galaxxy614]

I live in flagstaff!! Thank you for your coverage of what's happening here. Side note, I've watched you for years, especially when I lived in the midwest. Love your content!!

[@tonytiangco]

Very interesting and informative 👍

[@Porsche944]

Watching reruns of Stormchasers brought me here lol... I grew up in Phoenix AZ and I remember this time of year when the Monsoon Season would arrive. During the day it would be very hot, and thunderstorm clouds 360 degrees surrounding the Metro area. At dusk into the night those Storms would put a pounding like no other. The Lightning is very intense and thunder is very loud. The next Day it would be a repeat and so on.. I will always remember the smell of hot Asphalt steaming from the rain. I moved to Idaho in 1990. Those were my memories.

[@peekpen]

'outflow'. I've felt it in Western New York. Never knew it by name. Now living in San Francisco where God more-or-less regulates our weather with a rare Mediterranean climate. Sans mans pollution that is.

[@fanny3942]

Wow! Thanks for explaining 👍🏼😊

[@dp2995]

alternate title: Up Shultz creek without a paddle?

[@dianagary1304]

Aww thought and prayers

[@Derrick4Davidson]

Thanks

[@markpatterson2507]

Interesting close look at this sad situation.

[@joecoelho7030]

Great job as always! Stay safe!

[@Autum-MrsPinkHairedChristian]

This video is one of your best!

[@kathryncasey4114]

This video is excellent! There isn't anything in the video that is new to me... except for the great example you set for folks making videos. Thank You so very much.

[@gigi3242]

A lot of really good information in this video. Thanks Reed.

[@BJETNT]

We have had flash floods in north Idaho! Not a place I expected to see such things. I was going about 100 in my car and come over a hill and hydroplaned 40 feet or so over a flooded road! I wish I could say I had the skill to survive but I am sure it was blind luck and speeding saved me! If I was not going so fast I wouldn't have made it all the way across! I was In an 89 Supercharged Dodge Daytona and would have just floated away and no telling if I would have even survived.

[@kimcwhite6509]

Thank you for showing this! Wow! Great educational video for living in the valleys of Arizona. I lived in Northern California where we had a dip down creek crossing. I used the same rule of time after a heavy rainfall as to whether I would go all the way down that road or use another, longer route. Unfortunately we haven't had any big rains in two years☹️

[@LisaFaiss]

This isn’t valley. This is in the mountains and San Francisco peaks is highest point in AZ, 12k+

[@cacatr4495]

@@LisaFaiss But Fort Valley Rd. is still in the Flag area, so it really impacts the car travel and lives of those in that area, at 7,000Ft. elevation.

[@samantharobertson7550]

I love the information text boxes. Hope you keep them!

[@jamesgray7845]

This is my first year here , and the floods are crazy, especially around Doney Park

[@benschmidt8168]

absolutely KILLING IT with the new editing and the haircut. Never stop chasing!

[@ReedTimmerWx]

The production is all Brian O’toole

[@fortunaf3]

Its "weird" how s USA has a lot of flat land, so, obviusly there are mapped areas where flash floods can occur but here in Brazil most of the terrain, mainly the "flood-prone" ones are much narrower than there. So, when a flood happens, normally are much worse and we have a lot of people living in so called "slope" terrains. If you are curious about these you cam search about the city of Petropolis and its floods. The story is really sad, but its easier to understand how things are here... in a heavy rainny country

[@fortunaf3]

Just to let u know, i did some little reserach rn and in Petropolis it rainned 24 CENTIMETERS in a matters of 2 to 3 hours... this is insanelly absurd and i think u more than ever know this

[@fortunaf3]

600 mm in 24hrs also...

[@sahasdulmina4783]

Gods have treated well for brutal USA 👍🌷🤣

[@toocozycanti]

Was just driving back from phoenix to Dallas and had some crazy lightning storms the whole way back. Most of it wasnt even raining was just insane lighting the whole way back

[@kizzylloyd152]

i have just found your channel thank you for being real talking about it and thank you for risking situations very knowledgeable and so interesting these videos are fantastic .. subbed :)

[@ReedTimmerWx]

Thank you so much Kizzy

[@rollnryan27]

@@ReedTimmerWx there was exactly ZERO debris in that flow !!! but Thanks for trying to sensationalize the footage you captured ❤️. if you were there for the previous storm (whenever it was, you can still see the "wet" high water marks on the bank) you would have been able to document the ACTUAL debris flow. MAN the internet is awesome for fooling the Suckers 💯 also, you should spell check the info in the boxes or at least read what you have in them before you upload

[@mikeashcraft4354]

Been thru two major Aug monsoon floods in Glendale. First one in '64

[@lloydbellis7360]

That was interesting and educational. Thank you Reed for all you do. You need to be awarded for the work you do. Your an awesome guy 👍👍👍👍

[@charmaccents6278]

Wow, thank you, Reed. Stay safe. Hugs from southern AZ.

[@johnviktora6014]

Good job! Thank you.

[@soulshine8531]

Thanks Reed!

[@RIXRADvidz]

Nice Work. Plan Ahead : find out if you live in a 'flood plain' if you do, move to a place that is up out of he flood plain, two zones minimum.

[@cleo6205]

Excellent

[@stevewest6133]

It seems like during times when the larger West is stuck in a mega drought, the Southwestern Monsoon trends stronger. These last two years immediately come to mind, both events were exceptional. Again back in 2014-2015, both events were even more extreme. Is there any hard data on this correlation? Or it as simple as- La Nina causes them both?

[@ReedTimmerWx]

The extreme heat that precedes monsoon season can make it stronger. Stronger 4 corners high and more southerly flow off the eastern tropical pacific. I suspect the luke warm water there is playing a role also in tandem with the string high near four corners deon the extreme heat that preceded it. Typically, El Niño years result in the bigger monsoon seasons according to David Rankin

[@bukboefidun9096]

I lived out there 82-97, and the heavy rain/snow winters of 82-84 were followed by very wet springs and summers from Utah to Colorado and Idaho to Wyoming... and New Mexico was very rainy most of the 80s in the summer.

[@WeRHisPoem]

Watch THE TWO PREACHERS. THEY HAVE CHARTS THAT SHOW DATA FROM 1950 ON, ALL KINDS OF NATURAL DISASTERS, AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT EVERYONE HAS CAMERA PHONES NOW! THE WHOLE WORLD IS GETTING HAMMERED! REALLY BAD. AND I ALSO SAW A VIDEO WHICH EXPLAINED THAT HUMAN ACTIVITY IS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM-- ONLY CREATING A TINY FRACTION OF CO2. IT'S THE OCEAN AND VOLCANOES.... AND IF EVERYONE GETS ELECTRIC CARS, OUR ELECTRIC GRID COULDN'T SUPPORT 4 MILLION EVS, LET ALONE EVERYONE DRIVING ONE!!!! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!!!

[@BeamMonsterZeus]

It's not nearly as simple as people want it to be.

[@sinonreaper6793]

Go look at cosnino road after the next flood, that’s even crazier

[@ghettopressproductions5211]

Great video Dr. Timmer

[@brooklynnchick]

I am curious, can native species be considered for flood mitigation or does the dry climate prevent that by selecting for species with taproot structure instead of widening root balls?

[@johnnyjohns3863]

Damn! I was just there Thursday on my was to Las Angeles and stopped there again on Sunday when we were coming home. OKC to LA was brutal. We drove thru several storms in Arizona New Mexico and part's of California

[@goldarizona73]

Yes debre flows can be big especially when we have not had alot of rain for a few years ,quite normal

[@georgevue8175]

Great to see the drought stricken southwest getting some much needed rain. Sorry to all whose homes were flooded.

[@Jagg61]

Last year the 3 floods in July and August. We had 12ft of water running 50 mph. We are 50 miles south of flag. The second round we got so much ash from the museum fire. It suffocated all the carp in the verde river.

[@cacatr4495]

I was concerned about the affect it would have on the wild horses further down, that drink that water, that eat from the Verde River. That's terrible!

[@Jagg61]

@@cacatr4495 it was nasty. From just the ash and silt it killed a lot of the carp in the river. I didn't find out till later. That ecoli was present. From the different ranches having huge piles of cow and horse manure close to the bank. So all of it washed down stream.

[@cacatr4495]

@@Jagg61 Terrible! Talk about bad judgement! Why on Earth would any one place piles of manure so close there?! Seriously *dumb! Carp are bottom-feeders, which means they clean the waters just as shrimp and "shell-fish" cleans seawater of pollutants, heavy metals and toxins. With them gone, now there are no "cleaners." That is *not good! I wonder how the horses are. SMH.

[@Jagg61]

@@cacatr4495 I learned the piles of manure were placed there intentionally on the tribal lands. So it would dispose itself. I do not know about the non tribe ranches. Some of the carp have made a comeback. I had to throw at least 50 back into the water from the edge of the banks that were suffocated from the ash. Just from our 1100ft of bank. I have not heard anything negative on the wild horses.

[@cacatr4495]

@@Jagg61 Asking sincerely, why would you throw the dead carp back into the river, which would pollute the river the more? Did I misunderstand? Do they not know that doing that can kill life in a river? I would think they would know that. Have they done that before? I haven't heard of them doing that until now. That is so irresponsible, disrespectful to Life. It sounds malacious, frankly, part of the destructive agenda that's afoot in the world. SMH. I'm thankful the carp are making a comeback; they are very important, not for eating, but for cleansing.

[@caseyp3447]

This isn't even the worst flooding I've seen in flag. I live about 70 miles east of flag and over my 15 years of living here the flooding and fires in flagstaff were way worse in the past. The flooding happening now is actually a good thing. It brings water to the plain environments east and south of flagstaff. It also brings in better soil for our crops and cattle. Yeah the flooding sucks for those that live there but this flood is nothing compared to a few years back when we had people boating around town for days in flag.

[@cacatr4495]

That sounds so strange > "people boating around town for days in flag." I attended NAU for a couple of years and lived and worked both on campus and off, I was there during a summer, witnessed a normal 1980 monsoon, beautiful! Nothing like the fire damage of recent years. I can't imagine people boating around Flag!

[@caseyp3447]

@@cacatr4495 look up flagstaff man I think it was a canoe or something down milton road . it should pull up a few news articles about it.

[@ladislaoortiz8420]

I like how nature reminds us you built your towns on my riverbed..Why do think it was so flat..

[@Mars-ev7qg]

It seems to me that the state of Arizona should build huge underground catchment basins to prevent these floods and store water for drought years. In India people built enormous basins called step wells to capture water from the monsoon and save it for the dry season. With modern technology it should be possible to do this on a massive scale. It would also be possible to use such basins as an energy storage solution by using extra power from Arizona's abundant solar power potential to pump stored water up to higher basins during the day and send it through hydroelectric generators at night. Having the system underground will prevent evaporation and reduce contamination considerably. All this technology exists its just a matter of getting serious about building it.

[@jamessharier7529]

Are there any cisterns in place to capture the runoff to utilize the water later, I know when we stayed on St. John’s island the house we stayed in had a cistern in place for each dwelling

[@LisaFaiss]

Really appreciate the educational pop up boxes. I do wonder if there is a way to capture more of this water in containment basins and use injection wells to replenish aquifers or ground table around city wells. I would think Flagstaff gets there water from wells given there are no lakes or perennial rivers in the area.

[@marjoriecoulsoncoulson2582]

Great idea. Since they are low & getting lower. Somehow capture the water & put in the low 🌊 rivers dams & lakes.

[@robnamowicz8073]

@@marjoriecoulsoncoulson2582 Getting permits to build anything like that would take years and millions of dollars in engineering studies.

[@LisaFaiss]

I did do some additional research and found Flagstaff gets much of their water from Lake Mary…I’d forgotten about that lake. But it no longer supplies enough water and they’ve dug wells.

[@LisaFaiss]

@@robnamowicz8073 AZ is one of the best states in water management because they have to be. There last in line for Colorado River water, so Phoenix invested in injection wells to pump CAP water into their aquifers used for drinking water. It costs millions of dollars to drill wells as well and some have been drying up in the outskirts of the metro area. Another thing Tempe did was construct a low cost dam system using air baffles to capture the Salt River runoff. It’s a fairly large lake and they used that system for over ten years till they could afford to pay for a permanent dam. These structures are also worth it because allowing that water to flow in contained have wiped out the historic bridges into the Main Street of Tempe near Arizona State University. Flagstaff is getting floods that are wiping out neighborhoods and restricting traffic to the Grand Canyon and Glen Canyon Dam. They’re probably going to be spending hundreds of millions on diversion channels to contain flooding anyway. They cannot afford to lose tourism in that area. Stanford is doing research on the injection wells and indicated that it’s energy intensive, but there is potential for wind and solar.

[@robnamowicz8073]

@@LisaFaiss Thank you so much! That these projects succeed is important to the people of AZ. Water is playing catchup in the west. Here in the Michigan too many people take water for granted. It is the source of good life, and should be treated with reverence. Your detailed message is most appreciated. Thanks again and good luck.

[@ryukiravenwing8530]

I live on the north end of flagstaff and that flooded road is the only way home for those of us on that end. We has 3 days of floods that week and that road was closed for a few hours each day.

[@AstoriaHeard]

I would absolutely LOVE to hear your story Reed; I’m curious about how and when you originally became fascinated by the weather? You’ve helped and educated (and entertained!) so many of us with your passion, and I know I’m not alone in feeling grateful to you! 🥰

[@tomaterjuice5095]

I was thinking this too, I've been watching him for years and now wonder what started his fascination

[@CS-uc2oh]

Get off this man's dick. There's nothing special about him.

[@sahasdulmina4783]

Gods have treated well for brutal USA 👍🌷🤣

[@jeromewiegand339]

THE UBIQUITOUS, ANNOYING TECHNO MUSIC WAS DISTRACTING. AS A FORMER TRUCKER I OFTEN STAYED AT LITTLE AMERICA IN FLAGSTAFF AND LOVED THE COOL WEATHER AND MOUNTAINS.

[@jacetorii1452]

Shouldn't people be celebrating that this glorious rain is helping to lessen the drought?

[@Robertmacmedia]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@darlenericotta7550]

Wow, so fast and dangerous.