Al F Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 In another topic the subject of October 2015 floods in Death Valley came up. After doing a little exploring on Wundergound.com, I was a little puzzled about the floods since there was no precipitation shown in or around the park headquarters. Having lived in the Southwest most all of my adult life I knew that flash floods don't happen just where it is raining. Many times heavy rains many miles away result in floods in places where there are clear blue skies and no rain. Here are a couple of links to October historical weather: Stovepipe Wells, elevation about 80'. No rain. Near Furnace Creek about 370'. No rain. However about 50 miles away at Scotty's Castle there were devastating floods. Here is a link to a video from Death Valley NP showing the devastation at Scotty's Castle and flood water going across one of the roads. In the very beginning of the video is a few seconds of the isolated rain storm which produced the flooding. By the way the vast majority of the NP is open. Some of the gravel roads are closed. I think only the paved road closed is the one going by Scotty's Castle, going to Scotty's Junction at US-95. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenp Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 Video link did not work but here is another: and another : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al F Posted December 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 Thanks for providing the links to the videos. I'm not sure what happened to keep you from viewing the original link I provided, but it just worked fine for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelinbob Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 Thanks for the notice. We will be exploring DV during Feb-Mar and was unaware of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk W Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 When we visited DV and Scotty's Castle in Feb. of 2002 it was snowing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaH Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 travelinbob, on 30 Dec 2015 - 06:18 AM, said:Thanks for the notice. We will be exploring DV during Feb-Mar and was unaware of this. *Most* of the roads within DVNP are now open, with a few exceptions. Scotty's Castle was badly damaged due to the floods and will remain closed for the foreseeable future (the Castle itself wasn't damaged, but many of the other buildings on the property were). There are a couple of ways to keep up with the road conditions in Death Valley: 1) If you are on Facebook, "Like" the Death Valley National Park Road Conditions Facebook page, or 2) Read the Morning Report on the Death Valley NP's website, www.nps.gov/deva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaH Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 Al Florida, on 30 Dec 2015 - 04:56 AM, said:Thanks for providing the links to the videos. I'm not sure what happened to keep you from viewing the original link I provided, but it just worked fine for me. Your video was on Facebook. If LenP isn't a member of Facebook, he would not have been able to view it. However, I would imagine the same video would be on YouTube (?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl&Rita Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 Your video was on Facebook. If LenP isn't a member of Facebook, he would not have been able to view it. However, I would imagine the same video would be on YouTube (?). Works for this non-member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaH Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 Darryl&Rita, on 30 Dec 2015 - 07:39 AM, said:Darryl&Rita, on 30 Dec 2015 - 07:39 AM, said: Works for this non-member. Really? I wouldn't think that anything on Facebook would be available to view by anyone not a member! Can you view people's pages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl&Rita Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 Really? I wouldn't think that anything on Facebook would be available to view by anyone not a member! Can you view people's pages? Non-members can only view pages they have a direct link to. We can't search, or peruse. At the top of the video, I can click the "next" and "previous" buttons all day, but I can't jump anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenp Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 FYI, the OP's link works for me tonight. Could have been my connection - been having some issues with it. Lenp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaH Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Darryl&Rita, on 30 Dec 2015 - 1:58 PM, said:Non-members can only view pages they have a direct link to. We can't search, or peruse. At the top of the video, I can click the "next" and "previous" buttons all day, but I can't jump anywhere. OK, that explains it. I was worried there for a minute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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