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Major flooding on Las Vegas Strip, 7/28-29, 2022. (Original Post)
catbyte
Jul 2022
OP
Did Lake Mead receive some of this rainfall? Did it head east to Lake Powell?
LonePirate
Jul 2022
#4
No kidding. I cringed when I saw all that water dripping from the light fixtures
catbyte
Jul 2022
#6
Joinfortmill
(16,406 posts)1. Wow
niyad
(119,931 posts)2. Bizarre.
AllaN01Bear
(23,047 posts)3. eep.
LonePirate
(13,893 posts)4. Did Lake Mead receive some of this rainfall? Did it head east to Lake Powell?
I hope there were no casualties from the flooding but the entire region is in desperate need for some rain.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)5. Yikes! It would seem that all that water
coming through the ceilings and flooding the lower levels of the casinos would mess pretty badly with their electrical systems - a HUGE cost if that goes screwy. This is going to be an expensive storm.
catbyte
(35,772 posts)6. No kidding. I cringed when I saw all that water dripping from the light fixtures
and was surprised that none of them shorted out. So dangerous.