[meteorite-list] The storm and Lucerne Dry Lake

From: R N Hartman <rhartman04_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:40:08 -0700
Message-ID: <423DD8D479CF4644825300C49A6C640B_at_DBZC5NB1>

Sonny: You may not realize how very lucky you probably were. Most of the
tme these are "dry" lakes, but they become real lakes very quickly. They
are there because they are the low points of a basin, and very quickly
collect all the runoff water from the surrounding areas.

The Old Barstow Road (through the center of Lucerne Dry Lake) and the Old
Woman Springs Road from the town of Lucerne Valley (hwy 247) (which it
intersects with South of the lake, and which then continues to the East and
up to Big Bear, was under 7 feet of water today as the storm came through,
but apparently both are open again. I have seen that only once, in August,
1963 we went out to LDL right after a storm. The Barstow road dips to a low
point midway across LDL and there is no drainage. It was impassable. It
was interesting that as the water dissipated on the dl that it left washtub
size pools a foot or so deep.Little crab-like creatures were swimming around
(about an inch long). I understand these may become dormant when things dry
out and then come to life when puddles reform. This must not be very often.
Wonder what one might find now. Warning: Small children should stay away
from the large cracks in the dl. This is the time that there is a lot of
underground water draining away and the dry lake surface can cave in quite
readily.

This is also the time that buried meteorites wash out onto the surface,
(Look a bit higher than the very low points on the dl.)

Ron Hartman

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Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 8:04 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] SouthWest Dry Lake Bed Thunderstorm pictures


> Hi All,
>
> I added a few pictures from one of my recent hunting trips on my web page.
>
> Thanks,
> Sonny
>
> P.S. I am still looking for that first USA lunar in Nevada! ; )
>
> http://www.nevadameteorites.com/nevadameteorites/Thunderstorm_over_a_Southwest_Dry_lakebed.html
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