3″ of Rain In The Last 24 Hrs Creates Flash Flood Conditions Near Our Home In The Catalina Foothills — Images by kenne
Flash Flood in Desert
The storm was intense
In mountains afar
Downpour and lightning;
The smell of wet char.
Rain fell for hours,
Soaked into ground deep
Tall pines and scrub oaks
Drank all they could keep.
Below, the desert
Five miles away
Some wind and few clouds
Were all for that day.
And then it cleared up;
Leaving just a breeze
The desert cooled
And appeared serene.
It’s fine, one might think –
Here on this dry ground;
That storm way up there
Died without a sound.
Then faintly one hears
An ominous sound:
Something like thunder
From deep in the ground.
Then hissing, snapping
And splashing come fore
A red wall of death
Carries all before
Branches and boulders
And tree trunks and mud
Carcasses tumble –
Some covered in blood.
Like banshees, dragons
And things best unsaid;
Shrieking and raging –
Sounds of growing dread.
It’s here and raging –
Can’t deny its force
Growling and roiling
And tearing its course.
It has no mercy
It’s massive and strong;
It eats then kills you
Your body long gone.
Tall cliffs and mesas
Are where you should stay
You can’t outrun it –
Stay out of its way.
So mark these words well:
Though the desert’s dry
The rain those hills
Can cause you to die.
Written by JustAGuy
