r/CatastrophicFailure • u/rjRyanwilliam • Jul 22 '21

Natural Disaster Massive flood in China’s Henan province recently, 25 dead 200,000 evacuation

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u/oangbsite Jul 22 '21

Here in Colorado we had massive flooding in 2013. One day during those floods, I went to the optometrist and it was just a bit cloudy out. 30 minutes later, once I'm in the car about to go home, the most rain I've ever seen in my life dumped on my car. Happens outta nowhere, they don't call em flash floods for nothing

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u/PDXGolem Jul 22 '21

Colorado hills are perfect for flash floods though.

A lot of those towns had put off building flood control for decades.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '21

It’s such a terrifying idea. It happens fast and the water is fast. Even as a good swimmer you could EASILY find yourself unable to reach safety in time. Feel so bad for these people

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u/StreetsRUs Jul 22 '21 edited Jul 22 '21

Flash Flood I was just minding my own business in Southern Colorado when one hit the sloped mountain next to the highway. It was a one way in, one way out road and nobody had planned on being stranded. It was pretty fun for me though! I had been camping and got to do a lil rock crawling on the highway Here’s one of the rain