Originally Posted by crockett

Yes, but people do dumb things and also lack of education about the situation could be a issue as well. Example, previously as someone who lived in FL most of my life I never really under stood how a flash flood could happen.

Here in FL, it can rain for days and days but you see very little flooding. The reason is we have lots of sand and that sand lets the water soak into the ground very fast, added to that lots of rivers and lakes ect. Meaning it has to rain a literal shit load like a hurricane or something to get any serious flooding here in FL.

Due to this, I never really understood how fast you can get flash flooding in places out west in what I'd consider a small amount of rain. The reason being, it's a lot of rock out there so the water can't soak in fast and builds up quickly.

It could have been something as simple as that, lack of experience/knowledge. Perhaps they didn't understand the actual danger due to not living in that area. Then again, maybe he's just a dumb local and ignored the danger as well.