Amazing Flash Flood Footage, David Rankin Rankinstudio.com

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This is a demo video I put together myself of footage I've shot over the last few years chasing flash floods in southern utah. This footage is available for commercial use. For rates, contact David Rankin at David@rankinstudio.com


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Category:

Education

Tags:

• Flash
• Flood
• Flashflood
• Rain
• Weather
• Canyoneering
• Canyon
• Danger
• Water
• Debris
• Debrisflow
• Flow
• Flooding

[kiwigeofreak]

I appreciate your videos as a physical geographer by interest and degree. Toowoomba, in Queensland, Australia was struck by a very damaging flash flood on 10 January 2011. Caused several deaths and cost the Queensland State Government several hundred million to fix. Can't post a link because I'm having trouble with Youtube, but try searching "Toomwoomba flash flood" and clicking the one with 7 million hits.

[rankinstudio]

@kiwigeofreak

Thanks Kiwi. I have seen that video a few times ;) Amazing footage.

[kiwigeofreak]

@rankinstudio

It is interesting watching the various clips you have compiled here. Some seem to be rather thick and don't move as freely as a purely water based flow would. Others seem to flow more like a lahar. I imagine it is quite exciting to be on the spot when one of these events happens.

[rankinstudio]

@kiwigeofreak

It is a lot of fun for sure. The behavior of the floods tends to come from the amount of debris in the way. If there are multiple floods in one year, they "clean" out the drainage basin. If there is only one or two, they tend to be carrying more logs and bushes and take on that more lahar look.

[bugatti102]

Awesome! i seen these on planet earth, apparently they can travel over a hundred miles from the source thunderstorm.

[rankinstudio]

@bugatti102

Thanks. Yes, they can. Some of the ones I film have traveled well over 40 miles.

[johnstonalligator]

Wow you can see why they say dont camp in creek beds if that mud hit you u'd be cactus man it would just grind you up.

[rankinstudio]

@ripplecutbuddha

Yes, very high clay content. It is draining in late cretaceous sediments, coastal deposits, and shales.

[rankinstudio]

@mercy777ish

OHH LOOK! Another critic on the internet. What a surprise.

[mercy777ish]

You need to take "Amazing" out of the title. Boring. Zzzzz.