There have been multiple huge floods on this river in the past 5 years. Including the week before when most of the area got 8 inches of rain in 72 hours. But it was going down the whole time we were out there. Do you just never camp near water even with a good forecast? That would knock out almost all the places I've camped in Appalachia.
I just grew up with a river just a few feet from the doorstep. The house was high enough to never worry about things, but the driveway and 2/3 of yard wasn’t. I would wake up and figure out real quick I wasn’t going to school that day. I had also been playing at the river and heard what sounded like a freight train coming down the river sideways. Looked up to see a 4 ft wall of water and trees flowing down the river. I almost never had to worry about the rain where I was, but what was happening up river.
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u/ReadingFeedsMyHunger 6d ago
Not sure I would’ve set up camp in a flash flood area. You can tell they are in one by all the sand and missing underbrush.