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momentum rv
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Just and FYI, that "river" is normally just a dry sandy wash (rode motorcycles in it back in the day.) The water was an overnight surprise.
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toedtoes
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I doubt these people just let their RVs fall into the river for an insurance payout.
Per the news article I linked, the RV caught on video was a permanent resident who was unable to get everything moved in time.
There were two other RVs that fell in.
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momentum rv wrote:Just and FYI, that "river" is normally just a dry sandy wash (rode motorcycles in it back in the day.) The water was an overnight surprise.
Valencia Travel Village is just up the creek from the old Indian Dunes MX park. It's also near the spot where Vic Morrow and the child actors died while filming The Twilight Zone Movie.
It's usually a dry creek, but there are documented accounts of the Spanish explorers sailing up the Santa Clara river miles past that site, long before the river and the aquifers would be used up for municipal drinking water.
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toedtoes
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Flash floods like that can happen and they don't give you a lot of time to prepare.
In addition, a lot of "permanent residents" in RV Parks don't have the ability to move the RV. They may have paid someone to move a trailer into the spot, so don't have a truck that can tow it. They may not have any fuel in the motorhome. They may have stuff stored under and/or around the RV.
So moving it quickly may seem easy for those of us who travel, but it's not that way for everyone living in an RV.
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rhagfo wrote:SoonDockin wrote:No one was injured which is good news. Sounds like they were trying to get them all moved so it wasn't a surprise to anyone at the scene.
Just have to wonder if as stated permanent resident, the MH wouldn't start? The new caster spoke of no time to pack up, heck start, drop power, water, and sewer and move!
They may not have had any fuel in the RV. If you are using it as a stationary permanent residence, why would you keep fuel in the tank to gunk up.
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