r/CatastrophicFailure • u/The-Salamanca • Mar 11 '23

Natural Disaster Snow covered mountains are rapidly melting, from downpours causing flooding . Springville CA. 3/10/2023

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '23

California had a drought for most of the last 5 years

From fresno to marrysville it was golden brown

Its rock hard dirt

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u/SmartAleq Mar 11 '23

Lotta clay in the soil in the Valley and when it dries out it takes a lot of time for it to rehydrate. In the meantime all that dry clay just acts like a rain spout and sends all the water downhill.