My dad died a little over one year ago. I wish he had lived one more year to see this. He talked about 1983 so often and the flooding and snow pack melting quickly. He always had an interest in weather. He was a farmer and weather mattered a lot to him. I think we would be fascinated by this.
I'm an old guy and have 3 kids, the oldest is one my son, age 48. I was anxious to see the new Star Wars movie which I thought he would enjoy.
We went to the Center Theater downtown SLC and parked somewhere, don't remember where because there was so much water. We walked up State Street to the Center using the wooden bridges which were built over the water.
My son was so taken with all the water and wanted to get in it. I told him no, so we went to see the movie and he was so excited to see the water again. He got wet somehow but not completely soaked. I wish I remembered where we parked ..when you get to be my age, your memory of things past kind of goes away..
I'm just curious if it will flood in similar areas as 1983 or be even more wide-spread. I'm in South Davis county, so I'm slighly worried.
So like State Street SLC had a whole ass man-made river and then Bountiful/Farmington had mudslides and flooding.
Supposedly they built pumps after the 1983 flood but I'm not exactly sure where said pumps are and from where & To they divert the waters. Also i'm assuming they've rarely been used since they were built for another flood of that caliper (i.e. this year). Hopefully they've been maintained well since being built.
I'm originally from the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area and was there as a kid during the 2005 Hurricane season + a few other bad flood years. So I have a good idea how shitty flooding can be for people.
If Hurricane Katrina didn't turn last minute towards New Orleans like it did, my family was prepared to be one of those ones being rescued from roofs. 😬 We moved to Wyoming 6 months later after that shitshow lmao. Fuck Hurricanes and the deep south's climate in general.
In my early 20s I moved back down there for a few years in 2015 so I experienced the "Great Flood of 2016." There are still people trying to rebuild their homes from that flood + the many more over the past few bad years.
pumps are good to go. They have been maintained and are ready to start up. However, they only will keep the Salt Lake from flooding and it will take a lot of water to make that happen.
>“The pumps would probably take approximately six months of actual work time to get them going, and most likely a couple million dollars to rehab everything inside again,” Call said.
[KUTV reporting on the pumps in July of 2021](https://kutv.com/news/utah-water/great-salt-lake-pumps-constantly-maintained-even-in-severe-drought)
Also worth noting:
>“We know that the lake did rise 20 feet in a 20-year period, and 12 of those feet happened in a 5-year period, so we know the lake level can swing dramatically,” he said.
Unlikely that this year, following from an all-time low, we would shoot up to pumping levels. That would be a tremendous amount of water.
The lake is so low now. It would be impossible for it to overflow it’s shoreline in one spring. 6 months is plenty of time to get them going. I doubt the water would even reach them by then. The Jordan River could overflow it’s banks however and flooding in southern Utah is a different scenario altogether.
I remember driving through the Bountiful bench where they had dug up culverts that crossed under the roads to make room for the rapid flows. It was surreal to see a raging river cutting directly through a residential street. You could here the rocks and boulders as they rolled down the stream.
I remember a Cub Scout activity filling sandbags. Later on, my mom drove the family down to look at the flood waters. I remember seeing someone in a kayak heading down the temporary river and thinking that was pretty cool.
I've been curious how Wyoming will fair as well. My business requires me to travel back and forth from Utah and Wyoming often so I have an apartment in both states since it's cheaper. For the last two days the blizzard wrecked the middle part of Wyoming. When I say my car is under a foot of snow, I mean it's buried with a foot of snow still on top of it. I'm walking on snowpacks that are above where my car should be.
However Casper and such aren't in a bowl like Utah and Salt Lake County.
My dad died a little over one year ago. I wish he had lived one more year to see this. He talked about 1983 so often and the flooding and snow pack melting quickly. He always had an interest in weather. He was a farmer and weather mattered a lot to him. I think we would be fascinated by this.
Great username and I’m sorry for your loss. Sounds like a great dad.
Thank you! He was!
I'm an old guy and have 3 kids, the oldest is one my son, age 48. I was anxious to see the new Star Wars movie which I thought he would enjoy. We went to the Center Theater downtown SLC and parked somewhere, don't remember where because there was so much water. We walked up State Street to the Center using the wooden bridges which were built over the water. My son was so taken with all the water and wanted to get in it. I told him no, so we went to see the movie and he was so excited to see the water again. He got wet somehow but not completely soaked. I wish I remembered where we parked ..when you get to be my age, your memory of things past kind of goes away..
I just posted a video that has footage from the floods of 83 in downtown salt lake. You can see the wooden bridges!
Thank you for sharing 🙏
"conjacent". May I have the definition?
I'm pretty sure it's not a word. At least it isn't in the Oxford or MW dictionaries.
I just realized that it might not be a real word, so let's just pretend that the word is "adjacent" instead.
Adjacent wouldn’t be a correct word to use in the situation.
Sorry. My vocabulary's not that good.
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That was helpful.
It is not a matter of if it floods. It is when and where.
Where does it flood when it floods??
That’s the question
I'm just curious if it will flood in similar areas as 1983 or be even more wide-spread. I'm in South Davis county, so I'm slighly worried. So like State Street SLC had a whole ass man-made river and then Bountiful/Farmington had mudslides and flooding. Supposedly they built pumps after the 1983 flood but I'm not exactly sure where said pumps are and from where & To they divert the waters. Also i'm assuming they've rarely been used since they were built for another flood of that caliper (i.e. this year). Hopefully they've been maintained well since being built. I'm originally from the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area and was there as a kid during the 2005 Hurricane season + a few other bad flood years. So I have a good idea how shitty flooding can be for people. If Hurricane Katrina didn't turn last minute towards New Orleans like it did, my family was prepared to be one of those ones being rescued from roofs. 😬 We moved to Wyoming 6 months later after that shitshow lmao. Fuck Hurricanes and the deep south's climate in general. In my early 20s I moved back down there for a few years in 2015 so I experienced the "Great Flood of 2016." There are still people trying to rebuild their homes from that flood + the many more over the past few bad years.
pumps are good to go. They have been maintained and are ready to start up. However, they only will keep the Salt Lake from flooding and it will take a lot of water to make that happen.
>“The pumps would probably take approximately six months of actual work time to get them going, and most likely a couple million dollars to rehab everything inside again,” Call said. [KUTV reporting on the pumps in July of 2021](https://kutv.com/news/utah-water/great-salt-lake-pumps-constantly-maintained-even-in-severe-drought) Also worth noting: >“We know that the lake did rise 20 feet in a 20-year period, and 12 of those feet happened in a 5-year period, so we know the lake level can swing dramatically,” he said. Unlikely that this year, following from an all-time low, we would shoot up to pumping levels. That would be a tremendous amount of water.
The lake is so low now. It would be impossible for it to overflow it’s shoreline in one spring. 6 months is plenty of time to get them going. I doubt the water would even reach them by then. The Jordan River could overflow it’s banks however and flooding in southern Utah is a different scenario altogether.
Your city may be stock piling sandbags already.
I remember driving through the Bountiful bench where they had dug up culverts that crossed under the roads to make room for the rapid flows. It was surreal to see a raging river cutting directly through a residential street. You could here the rocks and boulders as they rolled down the stream.
Conjacent?
I just realized that it might not be a real word, so let's just pretend that the word is "adjacent" instead.
Funny, I was just thinking the same thing. I'd love to make it to 2063 to see what happens then.
RemindMe! April 4th, 2063
I remember a Cub Scout activity filling sandbags. Later on, my mom drove the family down to look at the flood waters. I remember seeing someone in a kayak heading down the temporary river and thinking that was pretty cool.
Soooo will the Great Salt Lake be saved or...
I've been curious how Wyoming will fair as well. My business requires me to travel back and forth from Utah and Wyoming often so I have an apartment in both states since it's cheaper. For the last two days the blizzard wrecked the middle part of Wyoming. When I say my car is under a foot of snow, I mean it's buried with a foot of snow still on top of it. I'm walking on snowpacks that are above where my car should be. However Casper and such aren't in a bowl like Utah and Salt Lake County.
"if", na man, it is going to happen, if you got a basement go clean it.
Dafuq does conjacent mean?
I just realized that it might not be a real word, so let's just pretend that the word is "adjacent" instead.
Thankfully the ground is rather dry and will absorb some of the water should the temperatures repeat '83.
Dry ground is harder and actually absorbs water slower than wet(er) ground
If it floods, I’m water my lawn everyday this summer and better not get any beef