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Originally posted by Lanny_MacDonald+Sep 23 2004, 12:12 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Lanny_MacDonald @ Sep 23 2004, 12:12 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Displaced Flames fan@Sep 19 2004, 03:55 AM
Lanny...Arizona has some of the worst flash floods you'll ever see.
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Yup, I got to see some of them in action this summer. Its pretty amazing to see bone dry desert then have this wall of water wash through, then have bone dry desert again a couple of hours later. The destructive power is impressive. Fortunately flash flooding usually happens in a six week period duing the "monsoon season". Nothing compared to what Tranny and Witty has had to go through. Those pictures are incredible. Its funny, but the storms have cause trouble in New Jersey too. Ivan flooded out my brother-in law's basement in central Jersey. Amazing year for weather. [/b][/quote]
Gaston was actually the worst one for us this year in central Virginia. 14 inches of rain in a few hours. The trendy area of town lost 15-20 bars and restaurants that may never open again. They had 14 feet of water pushing through. We ended up with over 6 feet in our basement. I've never seen rain like that in my life. Took me 4 hours to do my normally 10 minute commute. They called it a one in 6,000 year flood event! Looks like Jeanne could be heading right at us now, too. Last year we got devastated my hurricane Isabel, and it is almost unheard of for a hurricane to make it as far inland as we are.