1785: "Why the Desert Floods So Fast"
Interesting Things with JC · Sep 24, 2026 · 2:50
Interesting Things with JC · Sep 24, 2026 · 2:50
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Interesting Things with JC #1785: "Why the Desert Floods So Fast" – A desert thunderstorm drops rain faster than the ground can absorb it, sending excess water downhill into channels that were dry minutes before. Runoff from across the watershed combines in arroyos, where floodwater can arrive from a storm several miles upstream that never reaches the people standing downstream.
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