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Related: About this forumHoly crap! Flooding in Death Valley??
It was not called 'Death Valley' because of dangerous floods! At least, not until now.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/10/death-valley-floods-climate-crisis
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Holy crap! Flooding in Death Valley?? (Original Post)
70sEraVet
Aug 2022
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Chainfire
(17,538 posts)1. You have to wonder what will bloom when the waters recede.
We may find previously unknown species of plants...
wcmagumba
(2,886 posts)2. Maybe something like this:
AllaN01Bear
(18,213 posts)3. been trending on youtube since last week. wait for the superbloom.
OnlinePoker
(5,719 posts)4. They're going to have to update what a "1000 year" event means
According to the following post from the weekend, they missed breaking the record for rainfall by 0.01 inches. So it has happened in the recorded past. According to the wiki article, the dry lake bed flooded in 2005 and it took two years for it to evaporate.
https://www.insider.com/floods-trap-1000-people-in-death-valley-national-park-2022-8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Valley