Hana Maui Hawaii Flash Flood

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10 жыл бұрын

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Flash flooding is a dangerous thing. Here is an example of how fast it happens. Imagine you were swimming in this beautiful spot in Hana, Maui Hawaii and didnʻt know this was coming...

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@WizardIllustrator 3 жыл бұрын

So large smooth path filled with smoothed out rocks and gravel is a big no no in the rain...so don't follow the smoothed shaped road...got it

@bobbysbackingtracks 10 жыл бұрын

Awesome footage...happy that no one was in that pool.

@arthurfreely 2 жыл бұрын

Aloha to you and Monet, Sky!

@RoadsideWildflower9 10 жыл бұрын

That is outstanding. Glad no one was swimming that day!

@wmm976 8 жыл бұрын

I'm blown away. I was just swimming there.

@rastalion5354 10 жыл бұрын

Nice one thanks Sky!

@SaabAholic 3 жыл бұрын

I was there in March at this spot a day before they had all that flooding. Wow!

@junglejoecvideogates9705 10 жыл бұрын

Yikes! We were there last year this time. We just got back from O'ahu a few days ago and the weather was perfect there

@hebneh 9 жыл бұрын

This video makes it abundantly clear how people have been, and will continue to be, drowned in flash floods along the Hana coastline. It's just so fast and so powerful that you cannot escape, if you're in the way of the water when it appears.

@jordang.9190 10 жыл бұрын

how such an amount of water can appear in few seconds? so impressive and such a mystery... great footage!

@skypierce4637 8 жыл бұрын

Aloha Richard, that's true in many places, but EMI doesn't have any irrigation on this particular stream (thankfully). This is just Mother Nature doing her thing...

@CarletonJohnson 10 жыл бұрын

Amazing, Im sharing this because its truely spectacular the rate the water rises, highly dangerous! :O

@TheHolyMongolEmpire 8 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, thats insane how fast that happened

@jjasinski1303 8 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the roar of a train or jet engine .....may only give you 10 seconds notice. I have been on the Hana coast twice when this happened and fortunately no one was hurt. Have to always keep your wits about you when out in nature.

@narcovice 3 жыл бұрын

very rare you find these

@AdventureBrothersTV 8 жыл бұрын

Crazy, we sat right in the middle there on the rocks, it was just as dry as in the video too!

@staudtj1 3 жыл бұрын

Oh God .... Mom left the bathtub running again!!!!

@user-nt1pz9xx7m 9 жыл бұрын

КРАСОТА!!!

@hawaiianfool 10 жыл бұрын

Where in Hana is this? Great video. Mahalo for the share.

@skypierce4637 10 жыл бұрын

a spot called Waioka pond. popular swimming spot for those who know where it is.

@MrScottford79 4 жыл бұрын

Venus Pool

@Rated-R-Guy 8 жыл бұрын

wow!!

@joliettraveler 7 жыл бұрын

Great video. What mile marker is it near?

@graysonsheridan1593 3 жыл бұрын

Locals Secret!!!

@wailuku1976 10 жыл бұрын

Aloha. Great video. When did u shoot this video? I was just in Hana this past weekend and it flooded.

@skypierce4637 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks, been trying to get it on film for a while. It was shot on Labor Day, 11/11/13 close to sunset.

@skypierce4637 10 жыл бұрын

***** Haha! Yes, Veterans day.

@wailuku1976 10 жыл бұрын

I was in Hana that day. Epic.

@genxer711 4 жыл бұрын

How did you know it was coming? Are there any signs or warnings? I’m asking because I’ll be in Maui this June with my family and I don’t want them to get caught in one

@skypierce4637 4 жыл бұрын

I"ve live nearby for a long time, so I knew where and when to look. But the short answer is that if there is rain anywhere upslope there is the potential for a flash flood downstream. So even if itʻs dry where you are (as it was where I was filming) it might be raining up in the mountain. If you canʻt see the top of the mountain from where you are because of clouds, be careful. If itʻs rained recently the ground can be saturated, increasing the risk.

@warphonesS22 3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't it rain 36 feet per year there?

@hanamauidaze 10 жыл бұрын

great footage Sky, just got this on my facebook (Sally hanasidenews)

@fugley100 3 жыл бұрын

Dat river one buggah kine.

@richardbriggs7090 8 жыл бұрын

The flash flood is actually EMI opening their gates up the mountain because their canal system that transports water to the central valley can't handle the amounts of water generated from storms. Happens all the time. Hawaiian Hiking Co.

@skypierce4637 7 жыл бұрын

Aloha Richard, that's true in many places, but EMI doesn't have any irrigation on this particular stream (thankfully). This is just Mother Nature doing her thing...

@citycity3660 3 жыл бұрын

They would have to set an alarm to tell people to get out of the water. The same alarm is used for tsunami, two months ago a tourist died. 2021

@EPATZ 9 жыл бұрын

Who knew that there was class 5 creeking in Hawaii.

@lindsaygrove6153 7 жыл бұрын

I wonder how big those falls are. You can't really tell by the video.

@skypierce4637 7 жыл бұрын

The lower falls where it drops into the pool at the bottom is not very high. Maybe 15 feet. The camera is about 25 feet above the pool.

@josephastier7421 2 жыл бұрын

Flash floods seem to be a common occurrence in this drainage.

@mauipumehana 10 жыл бұрын

how did you know the flood was coming???

@NYpaddler 10 жыл бұрын

Flash floods are only surprises to people who don't know what the weather is like upstream, and these guys obviously knew it had rained up on the mountain. Annual rainfall in that area ranges from 80" at the coast to as much as 400" at the top of the mountain. I'd guess that warm air rising through the day means that it would be safest to expect a flash flood most afternoons.

@mauipumehana 10 жыл бұрын

Having lived on Maui since 1985 -- my experience is that the weather & flash flooding are more nuanced. They must have had more knowledge of what was coming. In any event -- it is a very impressive video and useful to people visiting Hawaii.

@DrInQTel 7 жыл бұрын

Ugh @1:06 looking down for 30 seconds you can't see the water level rise over the rocks anymore. :-( I would edit this clip and take out that whole part looking down, then its easier to see the difference. Otherwise you have to skip back and forth from the beginning to see the depth and change.

@DRUMNICOdotcom 3 жыл бұрын

minor.

@skypierce4637 3 жыл бұрын

mauinow.com/2021/02/18/update-26-year-old-california-woman-dies-in-east-maui-flash-flood-at-waioka/

@DRUMNICOdotcom 3 жыл бұрын

@@skypierce4637 yeah. thats what happens when you fool around at the venus pools when its dumping rain in hana. still, the flash flood posted here is pretty minor.