Rainstorm in Vegas
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July 20th, 2013 at 9:09:00 AM
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Any eyewitness reports? I read 50,000 were without power at one point last night.
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July 20th, 2013 at 9:43:11 AM
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July 20th, 2013 at 9:49:45 AM
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I was just east of the strip at Silver 7 Casino when the storm hit. It didn't last long maybe 20 minutes. Later at home watching the news, I was surprised by some of the flooding as I always am at such flooding from relatively small amount of rains, here in Vegas.
July 20th, 2013 at 9:53:52 AM
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Yeah, one of the first things I noticed about Vegas after moving here is how bad its drainage system sucks. A little bit of rain = a whole lot of flooding. Thankfully, it doesn't rain much.
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July 20th, 2013 at 9:55:34 AM
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Quote: Beethoven9thYeah, one of the first things I noticed about Vegas after moving here is how bad its drainage system sucks. A little bit of rain = a whole lot of flooding. Thankfully, it doesn't rain much.
I am assuming it has something to do with the ground being too hard to absorb water.
July 20th, 2013 at 11:02:25 AM
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With 300 units at a condo being damaged it looks like winds that uprooted trees and shifted utility pipes.Quote: kewljI am assuming it has something to do with the ground being too hard to absorb water.
July 20th, 2013 at 11:36:49 AM
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Vegastripping dot com news also has a few reports.
Bellagio Lake overflow
Ceasers flooded
Fremont lost electric and shutdown
Gennerally the Strip was flooded.
Clicking on "more" will have a vid-clip at Gilley's
Bellagio Lake overflow
Ceasers flooded
Fremont lost electric and shutdown
Gennerally the Strip was flooded.
Clicking on "more" will have a vid-clip at Gilley's
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July 20th, 2013 at 12:34:03 PM
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I wonder whether storms like this kill any of the poor wretches who live deep in the drainage tunnels under the strip in Las Vegas?
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July 20th, 2013 at 1:18:25 PM
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Quote: kewljI am assuming it has something to do with the ground being too hard to absorb water.
California may suck at everything else, but they can say that their streets drain properly. Vegas streets (e.g., Decatur) have large puddles of water scattered all over the place even after a brief rain.
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July 20th, 2013 at 1:32:30 PM
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Quote: Beethoven9thYeah, one of the first things I noticed about Vegas after moving here is how bad its drainage system sucks. A little bit of rain = a whole lot of flooding. Thankfully, it doesn't rain much.
Phoenix was the same way, but it rarely mattered. We had a I guess what would be called a "greenbelt" in our complex and after a rain there could be several inches of water standing in it. But within 2 days it was dry as a bone again. Any standing water would be gone fast, just evaporated into the dry air.
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July 20th, 2013 at 2:03:57 PM
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Probably. In Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico its all pretty much the same thing: if you camp in an arroyo you can drown from a rainstorm eighty miles away. Water flows in the desert but rarely soaks into the soil. In New Mexico there is an entire town where all the houses get their water from the usual late August thunderstorms and its roof to cistern for storage so as to use it for the rest of the year. You want drinking water you pay some old Navaho to come around and deliver it.Quote: kewljI am assuming it has something to do with the ground being too hard to absorb water.
Las Vegas of course has a good deal of roads and parking lots and buildings where soil used to be, so even less will soak into the soil. I don't know if building permits ever required sewers and storm drains in sufficient amounts. Then of course the Harmon Hotel required rebar at specific amounts too and didn't get it.
It all runs off to somewhere. That is why the land under the Imperial Palace was so cheap for the initial builder, it was the flood channel that protected other casinos. So in a real storm, avoid the Quad.
Sure you can do things to make "sponges" that absorb the storm and release it slowly but such things don't look so green most of the time. What would the politicians call them: Flood Mitigation Wetland Projects or Sewage Filled Homeless Encampments?
July 20th, 2013 at 2:35:03 PM
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Quote: FleaStiff
That is why the land under the Imperial Palace was so cheap for the initial builder, it was the flood channel that protected other casinos. So in a real storm, avoid the Quad.
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And the Quad suffered damage in this storm.
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July 20th, 2013 at 3:48:30 PM
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I was standing in the player's club line at Binions (where else would you wanna be, right?). Half the casino stayed dark for about 3 hours. Many people stood by the entrance watching the lightning and a little stream flowing down the middle of Fremont St.
100% risk of ruin
July 20th, 2013 at 5:12:22 PM
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But booze kept flowing in the bars so the casinos were not totally losing money.
I wonder if all the insurers could get together and develop some Sponge Land Oasis with the saved money?
I wonder if all the insurers could get together and develop some Sponge Land Oasis with the saved money?
July 20th, 2013 at 7:54:34 PM
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Wouldn't be nice if one or two of these cells decided to dump its contents into Lake Mead or Lake Powell for a change?
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July 20th, 2013 at 9:39:19 PM
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For those in Vegas, I assume pretty much everything is back to functional at this point in Downtown/Strip? I'll be out there later this week.
July 20th, 2013 at 9:50:35 PM
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Quote: silversonic2006For those in Vegas, I assume pretty much everything is back to functional at this point in Downtown/Strip? I'll be out there later this week.
Actually, at 9:45 pm we're currently experiencing a second round of storms for a second straight night. There is another severe thunder storm warning and flash flood warning in effect and it is currently raining very hard and the wind blowing hard with thunder and lightning.
July 20th, 2013 at 9:56:27 PM
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July 20th, 2013 at 9:57:11 PM
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Quote: kewljActually, at 9:45 pm we're currently experiencing a second round of storms for a second straight night.
You can say that again. This rain is nuts. I was about to head out, but it looks like I'd better wait a couple hours.
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July 20th, 2013 at 10:01:07 PM
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ALERT 4 - Flash Flood Warning
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11:15PM PDT SATURDAY, JULY 20
Event Start: Saturday, July 20, 2013 9:20 PM PDT
Event End: Saturday, July 20, 2013 11:15 PM PDT
Location: Areal Flooding
Flood Begin: In Progress
Flood Crest: Unknown
Flood End: Until Further Notice
Flood Severity: Not Applicable
Flood Status: None
Cause: Excessive Rainfall
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11:15PM PDT SATURDAY, JULY 20
Event Start: Saturday, July 20, 2013 9:20 PM PDT
Event End: Saturday, July 20, 2013 11:15 PM PDT
Location: Areal Flooding
Flood Begin: In Progress
Flood Crest: Unknown
Flood End: Until Further Notice
Flood Severity: Not Applicable
Flood Status: None
Cause: Excessive Rainfall
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July 20th, 2013 at 10:03:33 PM
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Quote: EvenBob
Yeah, looks like a couple more hours cleaning the pool, AGAIN tomorrow. :-(
July 21st, 2013 at 8:22:50 AM
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I was at the quad. Smelled worse then usual. Got rainwater all over my socks :(
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July 21st, 2013 at 8:38:33 AM
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Quote: djatcI was at the quad. Smelled worse then usual. Got rainwater all over my socks :(
What are you saying?....that you smelled worse than usual or yourr socks smelled worse than usual? Lol. Anyway, it doesn't't appear that this second night of storms was as bad as the first. I had much less debris floating in my pool. I think it actually rained harder and longer, but there was far less wind.
July 21st, 2013 at 1:07:07 PM
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I just looked at the weather and its 85 in Vegas
and the humidity is 49%. Thats really high, I
wonder what it feels like there today. In all the
decades I've gone, I never experienced that. More
rain is coming, I see it on the radar.
and the humidity is 49%. Thats really high, I
wonder what it feels like there today. In all the
decades I've gone, I never experienced that. More
rain is coming, I see it on the radar.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
July 21st, 2013 at 1:19:55 PM
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Quote: kewljWhat are you saying?....that you smelled worse than usual or yourr socks smelled worse than usual? Lol. Anyway, it doesn't't appear that this second night of storms was as bad as the first. I had much less debris floating in my pool. I think it actually rained harder and longer, but there was far less wind.
Lol both me and the quad. Havent done laundry since i moved here
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July 21st, 2013 at 1:31:49 PM
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Quote: EvenBobI just looked at the weather and its 85 in Vegas
and the humidity is 49%. Thats really high, I
wonder what it feels like there today. In all the
decades I've gone, I never experienced that. More
rain is coming, I see it on the radar.
Feels a bit muggy. You can really sense the humidity when you've gotten used to bone dry air. Thankfully, it's cooler, and car interiors are not their normal scorching hot ovens.
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July 21st, 2013 at 1:43:00 PM
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Quote: EvenBobI just looked at the weather and its 85 in Vegas
and the humidity is 49%.
Sounds like a good summer day in St. Louis.
Quote: djatcI was at the quad. Smelled worse then usual. Got rainwater all over my socks :(
Brutal.
July 21st, 2013 at 2:29:52 PM
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Quote: djatcLol both me and the quad. Havent done laundry since i moved here
Dude, give up gambling, its not for you. First
you sold your shoes and now this.
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July 21st, 2013 at 2:34:32 PM
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Quote: EvenBobDude, give up gambling, its not for you. First
you sold your shoes and now this.
He may just be going through all of his clean clothes before doing laundry. (Ah, the life of a single dude...LOL!)
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July 21st, 2013 at 5:02:55 PM
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Quote: djatcI was at the quad. Smelled worse then usual. Got rainwater all over my socks :(
Walked through yesterday morning smelled like a sewer back up. Smell was gone in the afternoon.
I was ther for both Friday and Saturday storms. Friday it rained more than 20 mins at Bally's more like 45 ish. Last night it poured I was sitting on my patio/deck/porch call it what you will, of the platinum at about 10 and it was howling wind and pouring rain. Nice though. Drove home Scottdale this morning, rained/overcast the whole way home with pouring rain in Scottsdale once i got home, noonish. Went to the OTB once I got home sat outside and smoke my cigars, perfect weather, just went outside to have another, it is 5 pm and and muggay as shit.
July 21st, 2013 at 5:05:17 PM
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DUHHIIIIIIIII HEARD THAT!
