A River Ran Through It
Feb 16, 2019 20:01:24 #
Palm Springs was inundated with a great deal of rain water last Thursday. 3.7 inches in Palm Springs and over 6 inches of rain at the canyon where the Whitewater River enters the Coachella Valley. Needless to say, the roads into town are all washed out and in order to get here you need to drive almost to Indio and come back on one of only two roads in. It is a great big traffic mess. Takes an hour to drive 3 miles. Well I braved the traffic and went to the golf course where I renewed my membership last January. The course is now closed indefinitely and I will need to have a visit with the management about reimbursement. This is what happens when heavy rains swell the local desert washes.
5th hole Ladies tee. Boulder course at Cimmaron Golf Course.
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View from the men’s 5th tee. Used to be a nice course.
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This is from a different tee but gives you an idea of what it was before.
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Feb 16, 2019 20:12:28 #
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Feb 17, 2019 01:07:40 #
Sorry about your golf club. I had the same problem at mine during a summer of drought and high heat when the greens and fairways burned up and the club closed down for months. The membership was provided with the opportunity to play at other clubs in the area until the course re-opened but many pulled their membership. They didn't like having to pay dues while the course was re-done and the well sunk lower and irrigation added. It was never the same again. They didn't realize that if the club were member owned they would be paying for the repairs out of their own pockets.
Feb 17, 2019 07:52:56 #
Feb 17, 2019 09:52:38 #
It looks like the wind turbines ruined the view first and the water finished it off.
Feb 17, 2019 10:14:08 #
tcthome
Loc: NJ
Robertven wrote:
It looks like the wind turbines ruined the view first and the water finished it off.
Haha ,wind turbines comment. I grew up in Wayne, NJ along the Pomptain River. In 1984 the river ran thru our house which was about 3' above ground level & the water was about 4-1/2' in the house.Feb 17, 2019 10:14:31 #
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
Rain in the desert versus rain in Florida (I've lived both) - 3-6" of rain in Florida, just another day, 3-6 inches in the desert, flood city!!!!! Anywhere one builds, you have to pay attention to the topography, you never want to be in the path, or potential path, of water. Neighborhoods that are built in natural bowls are a recipe for disaster, and this one always kills, towns built below dams, on both sides of the river = what were they thinking? Guess they weren't!! Hey, its all good till the levee breaks!
Feb 17, 2019 10:37:05 #
tcthome
Loc: NJ
olemikey wrote:
Rain in the desert versus rain in Florida (I've li... (show quote)
Family joke, my father rowed in to put the down payment on the house!
Feb 17, 2019 14:20:43 #
Longshadow wrote:
WOW!
Literally...
Took it with it when it left too!
Literally...
Took it with it when it left too!
Water. The worlds fastest leveling device.
Feb 17, 2019 14:22:30 #
JD750 wrote:
Looks like the sand trap is a little bigger now.
I don’t think they make a sand wedge driver.
Feb 17, 2019 14:27:24 #
SteveR wrote:
Sorry about your golf club. I had the same proble... (show quote)
I just pay a fee to join, the condo owners association for that development is responsible for repairs. This particular course accepts outside members and by joining you get reduced green fees during the year. But since it’s 6 weeks into the year, and I just bought the membership the last week in January, I figure I’m up for some sort of refund.
Feb 17, 2019 14:29:03 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Nice shots
Thank you. Destruction is always a good photo subject.
Feb 17, 2019 14:31:11 #
Robertven wrote:
It looks like the wind turbines ruined the view first and the water finished it off.
Oh, now now! I like the wind machines. They add a lot of interesting angles to the landscape.
Feb 17, 2019 14:37:30 #
tcthome wrote: Haha ,wind turbines comment. I grew up in Wayne, NJ along the Pomptain River. In 1984 the river ran thru our house which was about 3' above ground level & the water was about 4-1/2' in the house.
Haha ,wind turbines comment. I grew up in Wayne, NJ along the Pomptain River. In 1984 the river ran thru our house which was about 3' above ground level & the water was about 4-1/2' in the house.When I was a kid, we went on a Scouts camping trip. The day we set up camp the weather looked like it might rain so my brother and I set our tent up away from the fire on the side of a small hill. The others all set up down in the hollow next to the creek. They taunted us saying we just didn’t want to be like anyone else, being stupid for sleeping on the side of a hill, why don’t you have your tent on the flat ground..... on and on.. The next morning about 5 am the creek flooded. We were dry, them not so much.
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