[T2] fw warning: Desert Washes

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they were idiots, just the slightest misstep and they are dead!

Bob

On Sat, 17 Aug 2013, Robert Mann wrote:

> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 09:27:30 +1200
> From: Robert Mann <robtmann7 at gmail.com>
> To: VW type 2 late aircooled <type2 at type2.com>
> Subject: Re: [T2] fw warning: Desert Washes
> 
>> 
>>> This is why you don't camp in washes or dry river beds in the desert. It 
>>> doesn't have to rain where you are camped to get washed away.  For those 
>>> of you who don't understand the BIG, DRY rivers in the Southwest and 
>>> West and the cautions associated with them, watch this!
>>> 
>>> http://www.youtube.com/embed/_yCnQuILmsM
>>> _______________________________________________
>
>
>> WOW !
>
>
> 	That was indeed the intended effect on listees.
> 	The basic msg of this video is relevant to campers, esp those who 
> have not resided in 'dry wash' regions.
> 	Mind you, if I had  to get caught in such a log-fronted 
> pseudotsunami, a VW camper would be one of the least dangerous vehicles to be 
> caught in :-|
> 	 It is not an untested hypothesis that tourists can camp in dry 
> washes when there's no evidence of rain nearby in time or space. I did just 
> that on my honeymoon.  The fact that no mobile logs came down that gulch was 
> just a lucky fluke ;-).  Providence was smiling on me & my bride, 
> notwithstanding the fact I'd departed temporarily from the VW clan, seduced 
> by the walnut veneer and quiet of a '68 Rover 2000.
>
> 	Of course, the biggest log-fronted pseudotsunamis will be in Texaw 
> (rhymes with Arkansaw).
> 	And of course my small island is not too small to develop such grand 
> phenomena <:-|
>
> 	To spread this warning, bumper stickers might be contrived. But at 
> least a still of the log-front is needed for impact, with nearby words of a 
> bumper-sticker terseness
> What's a DRY Gulch?
> Dry Gulched?
> One  4-ft Log Can Ruin  Your Jalousies
>  etc.
> 	The pic is so arresting it shouldn't be on a bumper sticker or 
> oriented for display to those driving.
>
> 	Posters could be displayed at suitable places  -  on wall of 
> camper-van rental showroom?  Insect-check stop at state border? Lounge at 
> border, Brownsville/Matamoros, while they dismantle your aircleaner??
>
> 	Anyhow, let's spread the warning.
>
>
> Robt Mann
> Whangaparaoa, New Zealand
> '73 VW 1600dp Devon camper
> '53 Meteor V8
> various Jawa-CZ and Jawa-NZ strokers
>
>
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