Hi Ron,
I should have know better since I live in Nevada. I have seen many
flash floods before. But as you know the allure of a new lake bed
seemed to have blinded me temporarily. A good lesson learned. My wife
and have seen those little crablike creatures before in sandstone water
basins in Red Rock Canyon. It is amazing how these little tanks can be
bone dry for years and then come to life with a little water.
Warning: Small children should stay away from the large cracks in the
dl. This is the time that there is a lot of underground water draining
away and the dry lake surface can cave in quite readily.
Two lakes in particular one in California and one in Nevada have
sinkholes that are only visible when you come right up on top of them
or can be seen from the air. The only indication in the one in
California was a tiny raised edge and a crack or crevice on the far
side. The sink hole was large enough to swallow an ATV. I never got
close enough to determine the depth. I told my hunting partner we could
figure out the depth and check out the sink hole if I lowered him
down with a winch but he chickened out! : )
This is a good lesson for anyone who hunts on dry lake beds. Watch the
clouds, watch for sinkholes, cracks and the occasional artillery shell.
Sonny
-----Original Message-----
From: R N Hartman <rhartma...@earthlink.net>
To: wahlpe...@aol.com
Cc: Meteorite Central <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Fri, Aug 27, 2010 2:40 am
Subject: [meteorite-list] The storm and Lucerne Dry Lake
Sonny: You may not realize how very lucky you probably were. Most of
the tme these are "dry" lakes, but they become real lakes very quickly.
They are there because they are the low points of a basin, and very
quickly collect all the runoff water from the surrounding areas.
The Old Barstow Road (through the center of Lucerne Dry Lake) and the
Old Woman Springs Road from the town of Lucerne Valley (hwy 247) (which
it intersects with South of the lake, and which then continues to the
East and up to Big Bear, was under 7 feet of water today as the storm
came through, but apparently both are open again. I have seen that
only once, in August, 1963 we went out to LDL right after a storm. The
Barstow road dips to a low point midway across LDL and there is no
drainage. It was impassable. It was interesting that as the water
dissipated on the dl that it left washtub size pools a foot or so
deep.Little crab-like creatures were swimming around (about an inch
long). I understand these may become dormant when things dry out and
then come to life when puddles reform. This must not be very often.
Wonder what one might find now. Warning: Small children should stay
away from the large cracks in the dl. This is the time that there is a
lot of underground water draining away and the dry lake surface can
cave in quite readily.
This is also the time that buried meteorites wash out onto the surface,
(Look a bit higher than the very low points on the dl.)
Ron Hartman
----- Original Message ----- From: <wahlpe...@aol.com>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 8:04 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] SouthWest Dry Lake Bed Thunderstorm pictures
Hi All,
I added a few pictures from one of my recent hunting trips on my web
page.
Thanks,
Sonny
P.S. I am still looking for that first USA lunar in Nevada! ; )
http://www.nevadameteorites.com/nevadameteorites/Thunderstorm_over_a_Southwest_Dry_lakebed.html
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