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"I was woken up at around 4:30 AM by Glenalth pounding on my tent(I had been camping on the small grassy hill right above wheel camp). He was yelling 'Lurker, Lurker, Lurker, we need to leave, we're being evacuated!' When I asked why, he told me 'There's a big river that wasn't there before!'
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Minutes later, I was up and about, and found the river that had appeared 10 feet or so away from my camp. Search&Rescue was there already, but they had told us to stay where we were and not do anything, because we would have to wait until morning so we could find a place to cross. I sat there for close to two hours doing nothing, because they didn't want us to try and escape, even though the Green Dragons had already done so. What S&R had failed to tell us, was that we were soon to be trapped onsite because of a collapsed flood bridge and on the wrong side of a rapidly flowing death river that wasn't there before. Eventually, we got the idea to pack up things, and have Glenalth throw them across the river to Marcil, who would load them in the trucks for people.
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A little before 7 AM, Brennon, Glen, and Clalibus came by and informed us that if we didn't escape soon, we'd be trapped there because the exit from the campgrounds was collapsing. The idea soon became to use the narrow spots up by Green Dragon camp to cross the river by using a rope. We eventually got everyone across, but the water was above waist-high there, and it was difficult. The whole time Search&Rescue did nothing to help, and we had to be saved by Amtgarders. It was a tremendous relief to get out of there."
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-[[Lurker]]

Revision as of 01:40, 29 July 2008

Exodus of the Clans

The Exodus of the clans is the event that marked the end of clan 2008 by the flooding and subsequent evacuation of the bonito lake campground. Although none of the attendees of the event were killed there was significant financial and material loss as a result of the flood waters.

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"The gully flood waters the morning after"

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Personal accounts

"I was woken up at around 4:30 AM by Glenalth pounding on my tent(I had been camping on the small grassy hill right above wheel camp). He was yelling 'Lurker, Lurker, Lurker, we need to leave, we're being evacuated!' When I asked why, he told me 'There's a big river that wasn't there before!'

Minutes later, I was up and about, and found the river that had appeared 10 feet or so away from my camp. Search&Rescue was there already, but they had told us to stay where we were and not do anything, because we would have to wait until morning so we could find a place to cross. I sat there for close to two hours doing nothing, because they didn't want us to try and escape, even though the Green Dragons had already done so. What S&R had failed to tell us, was that we were soon to be trapped onsite because of a collapsed flood bridge and on the wrong side of a rapidly flowing death river that wasn't there before. Eventually, we got the idea to pack up things, and have Glenalth throw them across the river to Marcil, who would load them in the trucks for people.

A little before 7 AM, Brennon, Glen, and Clalibus came by and informed us that if we didn't escape soon, we'd be trapped there because the exit from the campgrounds was collapsing. The idea soon became to use the narrow spots up by Green Dragon camp to cross the river by using a rope. We eventually got everyone across, but the water was above waist-high there, and it was difficult. The whole time Search&Rescue did nothing to help, and we had to be saved by Amtgarders. It was a tremendous relief to get out of there." -Lurker

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