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Be safe if you're standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona. (Flash Flood Warning)
#EAS #WEA for Coconino, #AZ; #Navajo, #AZ: National Weather Service: A FLASH #FLOOD WARNING is in effect for this area until 2:00 PM MST. This is a dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order. Source: NWS Flagstaff AZ
** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
@ai6yr @Thorium I did see one cliff dwelling. It was near the bottom of one of those canyons at a bend in the canyon. If there's a lot of water going through there now, I suspect it might not survive; it wasn't that far from the bottom. The canyons are so narrow that my rotor blades could not fit inside them so for quite a bit of the gig, I flew with just the body of the helicopter inside the canyon and the rotor blades sticking out the top. We were looking for raptors on the cliff faces.
@ai6yr @Thorium I should add here that that was one of my favorite gigs. For one leg, we left Winslow Airport with a full tank of fuel, dropped down into the canyon, followed the canyon's twists and turns for nearly 3 hours. When we popped up to refuel, we were only 5 miles from the airport. After three hours of flying.
@ai6yr Sedona yesterday, 😬
(I imagine this scene: a girl drives by driving a Ford in torrential rain, sees guy standing on the corner, thinks to herself "why is that idiot standing out in a torrential rainstorm!!?")
That rhymes poorly.
@ai6yr
Hah, I got the reference.
Dad had all the Eagles CDs when I was growing up 😂
Anyway, full details of flash flood warning for Winslow, Arizona here:
Hmm, wonder if that statue is properly labeled in OSM.
@ai6yr @Thorium The whole plateau south and west of Winslow has carved out canyons that are only visible when you are right next to one or from the air. I had an environmental impact survey gig with my helicopter years ago when I flew just inside those canyons for miles and hours several days in a row. I can imagine those canyons filled with water right now. These feed into the little Colorado River, which dumps into the Grand Canyon east of the main body of the park. Water for Lake Mead.