We are now in monsoon season for much of the deserts of the southwest So if you visit look for rain clouds to be safe

 The problem is that when you see Desert (Dry Washes) they wouldn't be there if they were always dry. So, even if it is one or two or 7 days time every year these places are rivers during flash floods in the desert.

I myself have almost died during flash floods. The most memorable time for me was in my 1968 Camaro in likely 1969 out near Pioneer town near Yucca Valley which was a theater built town for making western movies over the years. So, as I drove towards big bear up a paved road there a wall of water was coming towards me I saw just in time. I burned rubber spinning the car around before this wall of water grabbed my car and threw it along the desert with me inside of it likely drowning at that point. But, I survived and I saw no other people then so hopefully everyone else survived this wall of water too coming out of the mountains.

another time my father and I were taking the desert route from Los Angeles to the Yucca MEsa area above yucca valley over the Angeles Crest Highway and down through Antelope Valley which also goes through Victorville and Lucerne Valley too. So, between Lucerne Valley they had then what we called "Whoopie" roads because they were rolling roads that went up and down like a roller coaster but in the valleys of these "whoopie roads" there could be dry washes.

So, this particular day this guy passed us going about 90 miles an hour over these "whoopie roads" for fun. Well, we found him with his entire front end of the car pushed up against his windshield at this speed. He was a young man with a new car so He had likely either ruined his car or his Dad's car or something because it wasn't drivable the way it was. So, the bumper was still in place but the hood and fenders were bent up to the windshield because of how hard he hit about 4 feet of water or more at 90 miles an hour. He was lucky to still be alive. But he didn't seem psychologically okay to even answer us so finally we drove on. Besides we had to hit that water at a reasonable speed ourselves to even make it through that much water without killing our engine too on our vehicle. But at least we were in my Dad's Truck so it had enough ground clearance to do this without killing the engine in the middle of the water.

The point is here that when there is rain anywhere in the desert within 50 miles of you it is important to never go down any dry washes because you could easily die. even if they are dry 360 days a year when they aren't they can easily drown and kill you.

I was looking at the monsoons right now especially around southern ARizona and hoping everyone will be all right there in the monsoons on KSBW Radar which is a video stream of rain coming down over the whole U.S. if you want to see what is happening within 5 or 10 minutes of when it occurred or will occur.