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.
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.
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...
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
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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
Aloha to you and Monet, Sky!
That is outstanding. Glad no one was swimming that day!
I was there in March at this spot a day before they had all that flooding. Wow!
Awesome footage...happy that no one was in that pool.
I'm blown away. I was just swimming there.
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.
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.
how such an amount of water can appear in few seconds? so impressive and such a mystery... great footage!
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...
Holy shit, thats insane how fast that happened
Amazing, Im sharing this because its truely spectacular the rate the water rises, highly dangerous! :O
Nice one thanks Sky!
Venus Pool
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
very rare you find these
Oh God .... Mom left the bathtub running again!!!!
Where in Hana is this? Great video. Mahalo for the share.
a spot called Waioka pond. popular swimming spot for those who know where it is.
Doesn't it rain 36 feet per year there?
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
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.
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.
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...
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
Crazy, we sat right in the middle there on the rocks, it was just as dry as in the video too!
Aloha. Great video. When did u shoot this video? I was just in Hana this past weekend and it flooded.
Thanks, been trying to get it on film for a while. It was shot on Labor Day, 11/11/13 close to sunset.
***** Haha! Yes, Veterans day.
I was in Hana that day. Epic.
КРАСОТА!!!
Dat river one buggah kine.
Flash floods seem to be a common occurrence in this drainage.
I wonder how big those falls are. You can't really tell by the video.
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.
Great video. What mile marker is it near?
Locals Secret!!!
wow!!
Who knew that there was class 5 creeking in Hawaii.
great footage Sky, just got this on my facebook (Sally hanasidenews)
how did you know the flood was coming???
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.
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.
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.
minor.
mauinow.com/2021/02/18/update-26-year-old-california-woman-dies-in-east-maui-flash-flood-at-waioka/
@@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.