[meteorite-list] My thoughts on the Arizona Fall

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:58:31 -0700
Message-ID: <4543AC9D-BBCB-4D60-B6E3-8711D29E0663_at_comcast.net>

We know about the flooding potential here since all of us hunting are
from Arizona. Why do you think I sent a photo of us in the wash? By
the way anyone thinking of hunting here should really understand how
our summer storms work. If you park you car anywhere that water can
flow you can kiss it goodbye and your life as well as we go from sand
to raging torrents of water in seconds even if not raining on you. Be
careful. Flooding has already begun at my house found two frogs in the
yard last night.
Michael Farmer

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Michael


On Jul 5, 2009, at 5:41 PM, Mark Bowling <minador at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Carl,
>
> I think he was referring to degradation caused by rain. I don't
> think he considered flash flooding.
>
> You're right though, this isn't the "high and dry" sand of
> Holbrook. These washes will be filled with water and these stones
> will be washed away and buried, the crust quickly ground off by the
> coarse quartz sand and lost forever. These are energetic and
> violent events.
>
> Mark Bowling
> Vail, AZ
>
> --- On Sun, 7/5/09, cdtucson at cox.net <cdtucson at cox.net> wrote:
>> So,please don't try and kid us into believing
>> that rain is no problem.
>> I would be happy to help you save these little critters
>> before they drown.
>> --
>> Carl or Debbie Esparza
>
Received on Sun 05 Jul 2009 08:58:31 PM PDT