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Rage on Gila! - The Big One of 2005
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The great flood of 2005 at the 211 bridge on the Gila River -
Note that the entire field behind the big tree in the middle
is now, uh, the river
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Same perspective as above but a little closer
This is the flood of the century, so far |
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This is the high point and the water is within
about 5 feet of the roadbed -
it's normally about 10 feet lower |
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Looking downstream from the bridge -
The channel is normally about 10 feet wide
and just to the left of that big cottonwood -
Everything to the right is normally a field |
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This is to the right of the picture above, normally a field -
Look closely in the middle and note the swamped mobile home
and a big tractor in water up to the axle |
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Another field on the opposite side of Hwy 211 from the pic above -
That small patch of green in the middle and slightly to the right is a high spot that indicates what the entire field looks like normally |
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The Bear's a Runnin'!
Normally bone dry, bear creek is the accumulated drainage
going back 30 miles or more - note that it's cutting into the far bank and spilling onto the road behind the barricade |
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Self portrait - Monica Rude and Kyle Johnson
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The Bear - again, normally bone dry -
heading to its confluence with the Gila, about a mile down |
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