The truck rumbled up to Peter Bigfoot's refuge deep in the desert canyon. The road was in the best shape ever. Floods had ravaged the road, but a lot of work put it back in order. Our mission was to re establish the trial for Campaign Creek. Peter is a lucky man. He has a friend with a D9 Dozer who is helping rebuild his ranch that was devastated by the monsoon floods. The amount of water that came down Campaign Creek is incomprehensible. A stream that normally you could hardly drink out of ran deep enough to surpass the top of the pickup truck. The evidence in the trees told the story. The Stream had been up to eight feet or more deep in place. The water moved boulders the size of cars, and tore up everything in it's path.
Rain in the desert is an entirely different animal. The desert has no holding capacity for water and a big watershed will flood instantly. As Kadizzle writes it is starting to sprinkle. The prediction is for up to two inches. If it comes quickly look out. More sand will inundate the highways and the boulders will move.
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