Rising waters force evacuation of southern Nevada town, several homes

[NVMojo]

the gods must be angry ...

OVERTON, Nev. (AP) - The last in a series of winter storms blew through southern Nevada on Tuesday, leaving behind raging rivers and melting snow that forced dozens to flee their homes.

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A few miles north in Beaver Dam, Ariz., rushing waters ruined the 18-hole Hamilton Ranch Golf Course and wrecked several mobile homes, said course employee Donna Sullivan.

"Beaver Dam as we know it is gone," said Tim Stejskal, 53, another course employee.

No injuries were reported, but 14 houses were destroyed or washed away by floods in Beaver Dam. Eight houses in nearby Littlefield, Ariz., also were flooded.

Meanwhile, Clark County officials said the threat of an avalanche in the Mount Charleston area was worsening. The U.S. Forest Service extended its avalanche warning until Wednesday midnight and warned people to avoid the area until conditions improved.

more...

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2005/jan/11/011110443.html

[dbt]

1. Hooray! Climate change is now a MOOT POINT!

Imagine all the time and energy that Amerika will save now that we don't have to debate whether "global warming" exists.

:eyes:
dbt

[Cerridwen]

2. More on the avalanche

LEE CANYON TRAGEDY: Ski resort avalanche rare

Experts say a fatality such as Sunday's hasn't occurred in years
By J.M. KALIL and FRANK CURRERI
REVIEW-JOURNAL

The cascading wave of snow that swept a 13-year-old Las Vegas boy to his death on Mount Charleston Sunday is the first fatal avalanche inside a U.S. ski resort in years, national experts said Monday.

Mammoth avalanches such as the one that killed snowboarder Allen Brett Hutchison have been a rarity inside ski resorts for decades with the advent of snow control measures such as precision blasting, where explosives are used to pre-emptively unleash dangerously unstable drifts before skiers take to the slopes.



http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-11-Tue-2005/news/25638169.html


I'm a native Las Vegan - I don't remember many reports of avalanches in the Mt. Charleston/Lee Canyon area. Especially one that takes a life. I'm 47, btw - so you can get a time frame.