bobfriesenhahn
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This past weekend my wife and I made our trip from Arizona to Texas as we usually do, and spent the night in Roswell.
After fighting extreme rains while driving through Lincoln County (Hwy 380 / Lincoln) we made it to Roswell and were happy to be safe again.
We went out to eat at a restaurant about 5 minutes north of the hotel. As we were eating it began raining extremely hard and we were wondering how we could get back in the Jeep without being soaked. Once we were back on the road, we found that the water was quickly very deep, and perhaps a foot deep (and rising). Driving was not fun. The hotel did not have a covered entrance and the water in the parking lot was 6" deep, so we wondered how we could make it into the hotel without being soaked. The rain (mixed with hail) continued to pound down. We did make it to the room, somewhat damp.
The next morning we were to continue on 380 to Dallas. 380 goes close to the downtown part of Roswell. There was concern if we could get through because 380 crosses the Pecos River.
It did not take long before we saw that things were not normal. Cars were strewn all over, and many were packed with mud. One car was wrapped around a power pole. After picking our way through, we made it to the intersection of 380, but police and fire were there. They were saving people from the top of a tall building.
A police man waved us through, an we did make it out of the Roswell area. We drove through a huge lake with water just an inch from the surface of the road.
We are lucky that we decided to eat at a place north on Main Street rather than south as we often do. A Jeep would have been destroyed just like any other car given the power of the water.
Here is a short video which includes the area we drove through in the morning:
After fighting extreme rains while driving through Lincoln County (Hwy 380 / Lincoln) we made it to Roswell and were happy to be safe again.
We went out to eat at a restaurant about 5 minutes north of the hotel. As we were eating it began raining extremely hard and we were wondering how we could get back in the Jeep without being soaked. Once we were back on the road, we found that the water was quickly very deep, and perhaps a foot deep (and rising). Driving was not fun. The hotel did not have a covered entrance and the water in the parking lot was 6" deep, so we wondered how we could make it into the hotel without being soaked. The rain (mixed with hail) continued to pound down. We did make it to the room, somewhat damp.
The next morning we were to continue on 380 to Dallas. 380 goes close to the downtown part of Roswell. There was concern if we could get through because 380 crosses the Pecos River.
It did not take long before we saw that things were not normal. Cars were strewn all over, and many were packed with mud. One car was wrapped around a power pole. After picking our way through, we made it to the intersection of 380, but police and fire were there. They were saving people from the top of a tall building.
A police man waved us through, an we did make it out of the Roswell area. We drove through a huge lake with water just an inch from the surface of the road.
We are lucky that we decided to eat at a place north on Main Street rather than south as we often do. A Jeep would have been destroyed just like any other car given the power of the water.
Here is a short video which includes the area we drove through in the morning:
