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San Felipe Flash Flood Video

CortezBlue - 9-4-2013 at 07:05 PM

The attached link shows my neighbors house in San Felipe durring the storm last Thursday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmWHlNQPKHs

N2Baja - 9-4-2013 at 09:38 PM

Wow, I'm sorry for your neighbor! It looks like the water was flowing out from the patio? I hope it didn't come through the house! Been there, done that. Wishing you sunny skies!

mrfatboy - 9-5-2013 at 03:54 AM

What did you use to take that video? Interesting panning and zooming action.

CortezBlue - 9-5-2013 at 06:30 AM

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Originally posted by N2Baja
Wow, I'm sorry for your neighbor! It looks like the water was flowing out from the patio? I hope it didn't come through the house! Been there, done that. Wishing you sunny skies!


Well actually it is kind of interesting.
They literally just finished pouring cement and tiling their back patio.

The design of the patio has a lower area with a fire feature and when they built it I told them it looked like a small pool.

The water came past my house across the street from them and directly into their garage.

They tried to stop the water from coming under the garage door, NOT, the garage had about 6 inches of water in it. The rest of the water diverted to the right and left of the driveway and down both sides of the house.

By the time it hit the back it was white water. At the end of the patio, where the water exited to the sand, their was about a 4 or 5 foot deep arroyo that formed. It was probably 7 feet wide and all of the sand under the new patio was washed away about 3 feet back under the cement.

All in all they were fine, just a bunch of cleaning of the garage and patio areas

micah202 - 9-5-2013 at 08:47 AM

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Originally posted by CortezBlue

All in all they were fine, just a bunch of cleaning of the garage and patio areas


hmmm,doesn't sound like it bodes well for future storms!

durrelllrobert - 9-5-2013 at 11:18 AM

Sounds like they are going to need to backfill the space left under the slab in small increments that are tamped well and then build a retaining wall to keep it in place next time. Also should investigate possibility of adding some means of diverting or channeling future flash floods at their source. I know, good luck with that.

[Edited on 9-5-2013 by durrelllrobert]

CortezBlue - 9-5-2013 at 05:26 PM

I am getting a price to have all of the my water downspouts drained to the street and I am going to have a cistern built into the low spot in my back yard with a sump pump and a series of under ground pipes pumped to the front as well

Drainage and grading is not really considered when folks build in a dry desert. I have brought this up to our HOA for years, now maybe they will listen

BajaKurtis - 9-5-2013 at 10:18 PM

I am also curious about the panning technique you used.
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Originally posted by mrfatboy
What did you use to take that video? Interesting panning and zooming action.

bailling buckets!!!

EdZeranski - 9-6-2013 at 11:30 AM

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Drainage and grading is not really considered when folks build in a dry desert. I have brought this up to our HOA for years, now maybe they will listen


Some folks laughed at us for having flood insurance in Borrego Springs. But.......It got real quiet after the past few weeks. Luckily we weren't hurt but quite a few homes were damaged around DeAnza.

EdZ KG6UTS

mrfatboy - 9-6-2013 at 06:21 PM

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Originally posted by BajaKurtis
I am also curious about the panning technique you used.

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Originally posted by mrfatboy
What did you use to take that video? Interesting panning and zooming action.



Do we ever get to learn the camera secret? ;).

CortezBlue - 9-6-2013 at 09:40 PM

If I had to guess, I would say it is a GoPro or, it is a camera with a very wide angle lens and a motion device to float the camera through the scene

mrfatboy - 9-6-2013 at 10:09 PM

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Originally posted by CortezBlue
If I had to guess, I would say it is a GoPro or, it is a camera with a very wide angle lens and a motion device to float the camera through the scene


Oh. I thought you took the video. If you find out exactly what equipment was used I certainly would like to know. It had a very non hand held feel to it.

CortezBlue - 9-7-2013 at 06:07 AM

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Originally posted by mrfatboy
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Originally posted by CortezBlue
If I had to guess, I would say it is a GoPro or, it is a camera with a very wide angle lens and a motion device to float the camera through the scene


Oh. I thought you took the video. If you find out exactly what equipment was used I certainly would like to know. It had a very non hand held feel to it.


I will ask my neighbor who shot it.