“I am sure it is an astronomical amount,” she said. Shade said no estimates have been made to determine the cost of the flood damage to the historical buildings on the property. We are talking about historical buildings here. I just thought that something would happen and the crew would stop the water. There were even crews out from Cal Trans fixing the road, but they did nothing to help our flooding. “It was just heartbreaking to watch the water. The water lasted quite a while,” Shade explained. “Our night-keep did notice dark clouds in the direction of Death Valley in the morning, but nobody paid too much attention to that. That morning no one paid attention to the scattered clouds. The water then went past the hotel and flooded the cafe and gas station. “The water and mud was ankle deep in the opera house,” she remarked. Shade said the water flooded the opera house and damaged the floor and walls extensively. This time the water poured through a broken levy at the intersection of Highway 190 going to Death Valley and Highway 127. “When it does rain, the water all comes down from Death Valley,” she said.
According to the day clerk of the Amargosa Hotel, Kathy Cheney, the last big rain to cause any real damage happened in 2004. Rain hardly comes to this desert town on the outskirts of Death Valley National Park. I was trudging through knee-deep water and muck,” said Rhonda Shade, who manages the famed Amargosa Opera House. Before I knew it, it was just enveloping the town. I was heading out and it looked like laundry soap was rounding the house. “I walked out of Marta’s house and it was nice out - no rain. The flood that soaked the junction seemingly came out of nowhere, with no warning. 4 was a sunny day in this dusty town between Amargosa Valley and Shoshone.
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