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Arkansas Campground Flash Flood: Learning Lessons from a Tragedy
By: Jeffrey Miesbauer | June 24th, 2010No Comments »
Little Cottonwood Creek, Utah, overflowing its banks
Two weeks ago on the night of Thursday, June 10, a heavy rainstorm moved through southwestern Arkansas, dumping up to 9 inches of rain over a mostly remote section of wilderness. In this area lies Albert Pike Campground, located at the junction of the Little Missouri and Caddo Rivers.
Two to three hundred people were camping in tents, cabins, and RVs on Thursday night when light rain began to fall. The rain picked up around 11pm and didn’t let up until around dawn. The NOAA issued a flash flood warning for the area after 1:30am, but all the sleeping campers heard was the rain pelting the outside of their tents. Read More …
Tags: Albert Pike Campground, Arkansas flood, camp safety, camping, car camping, flash flood preparedness, flash flood prevention, RVing
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