The power of water

[Papasequoia]

Here's a pretty cool video of the Sandy River in Oregon at flood stage that I saw on another forum. Incredible content, and I also like the way this is put together.

http://vimeo.com/18921387

Here is a news story on the event in case you are interested in further info:

http://www.oregonlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2011/01/area_where_sandy_river_flooded.html

[rkfiske]

That is one powerful visual seeing those trees get ripped up. I don't know if that was the best song choice though, didn't quite fit the mood I was thinking of at least. It happens to be a favorite song of mine so now when I hear it, instead of sitting back and relaxing, I'll have terrifying visuals of giant pines being ripped from the very ground around them

[Benny]

It's an awesome show of how much power/pressure the river creates.
Impressive editing job on the video, they spent the perfect amount of time on scenes without loosing ones attention.

[WanderingBlues]

Amazing. Plus, the videography was just plain awesome. They could have made cutting potatoes look like the most fascinating thing in the world.

[fly addict]

I saw this weekend what power water has blasting through our local canyon streams. Trees and other debris were piled everywhere. What trees that were still standing next to the stream had all the bark scraped off the upstream side of them. The good thing about all the water was all the moss that you normally see on the stream bottom was gone. Traction was great; you had no worries about slipping around. Bad thing was a lot of fish were left high and dry.

Mark

[briansII]

So I'm thinking a size #12 Sponge Bob would still bring fish up in that water.

Incredible scene. The power of water is right. Those trees toppled over like they had no roots.

The shot of the water pushing up against the road, reminded me of a trip in Kings Canyon. It was a big water year, and the river was raging. At spots, the water was slamming into huge boulders, and the cascading waters was much higher than the road. The sound was almost deafening. To see the water pounding down the canyon, and feel the vibration was frightening. I stayed far away from the edge of the road.

briansII

[midger]

Excellent video showing the power of rain. I'll bet the houses along the river sustained major damage as well, but guess that comes with the territory of building within a potential flooding area, eh?

Thanks for the post. Her videography was great.

[readyfisher]

If the dams at Lake Isabella ever goes down at any where near full pool , the Kern will make the Sandy look mighty small. And if that seems impossible , the dams of Lake Isabella are on the Corp of Army Engineers list of possible fails , top of list or way up on it. The water would flood downtown at depths of 30' and would spread over most of Bakersfield. Only Rio Bravo and the area near BC would be safe. Look at the map that was in the Bakersfield Californian recently , and very close map back in the 1980's. I keep both maps. Back then I lived off East Brundage near Oswell , and the edge of the flood water potential was close. Now I'M above the river near Lake Ming and is well above the possible flood levels. If all that sounds impossible , remember that the Army Corp built the dam on an earthquake fault. Keep a boat handy.

[readyfisher]

www.kget.com/...Isabella-Dam.../D4eibt2 ... cvT5w.cspx Here is but one link that tells about the issue of the dam at Lake Isabella failing.

[readyfisher]

Whoops ! That link doesn't work like I wanted it too , but google something like "dangerous dame at Lake Isabella" and go down until you find the TV story.

[Papasequoia]

Whoops ! That link doesn't work like I wanted it too , but google something like "dangerous dame at Lake Isabella" and go down until you find the TV story.

Yeah, you gotta watch out for those dangerous dames from LI!

[Fishfreak911]

Wow!
That video was Suh-WEET! Love the high def, and the music+editing. Seeing that many old growth trees tumble into the river like that is powerful. Thanks for posting this.

[Papasequoia]

Midcurrent posted a link today to a follow-up story about how the logs from this flood are being donated to a group that is doing river restoration. Interesting info, it's worth a quick read, and if you haven't seen the original video of the flood, it is pretty cool. Here's the link to midcurrent:

http://www.midcurrent.com/news/2011/02/sandy-river-debris-to-become-t.html